Ambiguous word (homograph) with pronunciation information in simple Ruby annotation (<html:acronym>XHTML</html:acronym> 1.1)

A web page that contains a sentence where the meaning of the word ‘row’? can be determined with the provided pronunciation information (provided with simple Ruby annotation). In user agents that support Ruby (and XHTML 1.1), the pronunciation is displayed alongside the annotated word in a smaller font. Ambiguous word (homograph) with pronunciation information in simple Ruby annotation (<html:acronym>XHTML</html:acronym> 1.1) Christophe.Strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be en Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 2006-08-30 accepted for end user evaluation XHTML™ 1.1 - Module-based XHTML Ruby Annotation

This test case is intended to pass because pronunciation information is provided.

Check whether you can identify the meaning of the word ‘row’? (without knowing the pronunciation).

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What were the people doing when they were asked the time?

What waren de mensen aan het doen toen hun gevraagd werd hoe laat het was ?

Having a fight Aan het vechten -1 Moving a boat Een boot aan het verplaatsen -2 I do not know Ik weet het niet -3 blindness low vision

The user can determine ‘row�? here means ‘line, queue’? and not ‘noisy argument, quarrel’?.

This test case maps to technique H62: Using the ruby element.

For more heteronyms see The Heteronym Page.

The example is inspired by http://archive.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/history/topic/51900-1.html. See also ‘row’ in Webster's online dictionary.

The user can determine ‘row�? here means ‘line, queue’? and not ‘noisy argument, quarrel’?.

Online version: sc3.1.6_l3_003.

This test case maps to technique H62: Using the ruby element (http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20060427/Overview.html#H62).

For more heteronyms see The Heteronym Page.

The example is inspired by http://archive.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/history/topic/51900-1.html. See also ‘row’ in Webster's online dictionary.