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ISO 8859-1 Characters

Latin 1

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
inverted exclamation mark	¡	¡	¡	inverted exclaim	inverted exclamation point
currency sign	¤	¤	¤	symbol	currency sign
diaeresis = spacing diaeresis	¨	¨	¨	dyaeresis	umlaut
feminine ordinal indicator	ª	ª	ª	superscript ay	ordinal ay
left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet	«	«	«	left double angle bracket	left double bracket
not sign	¬	¬	¬	optional hyphen	not
acute accent = spacing acute	´	´	´	NOT SPOKEN	acute accent
middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot	·	·	·	dot	middle dot
masculine ordinal indicator	º	º	º	degrees	ordinal o
right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet	»	»	»	right double angle bracket	right double bracket
vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter	¼	¼	¼	one fourth	one quarter
vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters	¾	¾	¾	three fourths	three quarters
inverted question mark = turned question mark	¿	¿	¿	inverted question	inverted question mark
latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring	Å	Å	Å	Ay	Ay ring
latin capital letter I with circumflex	Î	Î	Î	Greek capital pi	I circumflex
latin capital letter N with tilde	Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	Any	N tilda
latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash	Ø	Ø	Ø	O	O slash
latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring	å	å	å	ay	ay ring
latin small letter n with tilde	ñ	ñ	ñ	any	n tilda
latin small letter o with stroke = latin small letter o slash	ø	ø	ø	o	o slash
latin small letter y with diaeresis	ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	NOT SPOKEN	y umlaut

Symbols, Mathematical Symbols, and Greek Letters

Greek

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
greek capital letter alpha	Α	Α	Α	NOT SPOKEN	Alpha
greek capital letter beta	Β	Β	Β	NOT SPOKEN	Beta
greek capital letter gamma	Γ	Γ	Γ	G	Gamma
greek capital letter delta	Δ	Δ	Δ	NOT SPOKEN	Delta
greek capital letter epsilon	Ε	Ε	Ε	NOT SPOKEN	Epsilon
greek capital letter zeta	Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	NOT SPOKEN	Zeta
greek capital letter eta	Η	Η	Η	NOT SPOKEN	Eta
greek capital letter theta	Θ	Θ	Θ	T	Theta
greek capital letter iota	Ι	Ι	Ι	NOT SPOKEN	Iota
greek capital letter kappa	Κ	Κ	Κ	NOT SPOKEN	Kappa
greek capital letter lambda	Λ	Λ	Λ	NOT SPOKEN	Lambda
greek capital letter mu	Μ	Μ	Μ	NOT SPOKEN	Mu
greek capital letter nu	Ν	Ν	Ν	NOT SPOKEN	Nu
greek capital letter xi	Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	NOT SPOKEN	Xi
greek capital letter omicron	Ο	Ο	Ο	NOT SPOKEN	Omicron
greek capital letter pi	Π	Π	Π	NOT SPOKEN	Pi
greek capital letter rho	Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	NOT SPOKEN	Rho
greek capital letter sigma	Σ	Σ	Σ	S	Sigma
greek capital letter tau	Τ	Τ	Τ	NOT SPOKEN	Tau
greek capital letter upsilon	Υ	Υ	Υ	NOT SPOKEN	Upsilon
greek capital letter phi	Φ	Φ	Φ	F	Phi
greek capital letter chi	Χ	Χ	Χ	NOT SPOKEN	Chi
greek capital letter psi	Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	NOT SPOKEN	Psi
greek capital letter omega	Ω	Ω	Ω	O	Omega
greek small letter alpha	α	α	α	ay	alpha
greek small letter beta	β	β	β	ess zed	beta
greek small letter gamma	γ	γ	γ	NOT SPOKEN	gamma
greek small letter delta	δ	δ	δ	d	delta
greek small letter epsilon	ε	ε	ε	e	epsilon
greek small letter zeta	ζ	ζ	ζ	NOT SPOKEN	zeta
greek small letter eta	η	η	η	NOT SPOKEN	eta
greek small letter theta	θ	θ	θ	NOT SPOKEN	theta
greek small letter iota	ι	ι	ι	NOT SPOKEN	iota
greek small letter kappa	κ	κ	κ	NOT SPOKEN	kappa
greek small letter lambda	λ	λ	λ	NOT SPOKEN	lambda
greek small letter mu	μ	μ	μ	mu	mu
greek small letter nu	ν	ν	ν	NOT SPOKEN	nu
greek small letter xi	ξ	ξ	ξ	NOT SPOKEN	xi
greek small letter omicron	ο	ο	ο	NOT SPOKEN	omicron
greek small letter pi	π	π	π	p	pi
greek small letter rho	ρ	ρ	ρ	NOT SPOKEN	rho
greek small letter final sigma	ς	ς	ς	NOT SPOKEN	final sigma
greek small letter sigma	σ	σ	σ	s	sigma
greek small letter tau	τ	τ	τ	t	tau
greek small letter upsilon	υ	υ	υ	NOT SPOKEN	upsilon
greek small letter phi	φ	φ	φ	f	phi
greek small letter chi	χ	χ	χ	NOT SPOKEN	chi
greek small letter psi	ψ	ψ	ψ	NOT SPOKEN	psi
greek small letter omega	ω	ω	ω	NOT SPOKEN	omega
greek small letter theta symbol	ϑ	ϑ	ϑ	NOT SPOKEN	theta symbol
greek upsilon with hook symbol	ϒ	ϒ	ϒ	NOT SPOKEN	upsilon symbol
greek pi symbol	ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	NOT SPOKEN	pi symbol

General Punctuation

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
prime = minutes = feet	′	′	′	NOT SPOKEN	prime
double prime = seconds = inches	″	″	″	NOT SPOKEN	double prime
overline = spacing overscore	‾	‾	‾	NOT SPOKEN	overline

Letterlike Symbols

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal	ℵ	ℵ	ℵ	NOT SPOKEN	aleph

Arrows

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
leftwards arrow	←	←	←	NOT SPOKEN	leftwards arrow
upwards arrow	↑	↑	↑	NOT SPOKEN	upwards arrow
rightwards arrow	→	→	→	NOT SPOKEN	rightwards arrow
downwards arrow	↓	↓	↓	NOT SPOKEN	downwards arrow
left right arrow	↔	↔	↔	NOT SPOKEN	left right arrow
downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return	↵	↵	↵	NOT SPOKEN	downwards leftturn arrow
leftwards double arrow	⇐	⇐	⇐	NOT SPOKEN	leftwards double arrow
upwards double arrow	⇑	⇑	⇑	NOT SPOKEN	upwards double arrow
rightwards double arrow	⇒	⇒	⇒	NOT SPOKEN	rightwards double arrow
downwards double arrow	⇓	⇓	⇓	NOT SPOKEN	downwards double arrow
left right double arrow	⇔	⇔	⇔	NOT SPOKEN	left right double arrow

Mathematical Operators

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
for all	∀	∀	∀	NOT SPOKEN	for all
partial differential	∂	∂	∂	NOT SPOKEN	partial differential
there exists	∃	∃	∃	NOT SPOKEN	there exists
empty set = null set = diameter	∅	∅	∅	o	empty set
nabla = backward difference	∇	∇	∇	NOT SPOKEN	nabla
element of	∈	∈	∈	NOT SPOKEN	is an element of
not an element of	∉	∉	∉	NOT SPOKEN	is not an element of
contains as member	∋	∋	∋	NOT SPOKEN	contains as member
n-ary product = product sign	∏	∏	∏	NOT SPOKEN	product
n-ary summation	∑	∑	∑	NOT SPOKEN	summation
minus sign	−	−	−	NOT SPOKEN	minus
square root = radical sign	√	√	√	v	radical
proportional to	∝	∝	∝	NOT SPOKEN	is proportional to
infinity	∞	∞	∞	eight	infinity
angle	∠	∠	∠	NOT SPOKEN	angle
logical and = wedge	∧	∧	∧	NOT SPOKEN	logical and
logical or = vee	∨	∨	∨	NOT SPOKEN	logical or
intersection = cap	∩	∩	∩	n	intersection
union = cup	∪	∪	∪	NOT SPOKEN	union
integral	∫	∫	∫	NOT SPOKEN	integral
therefore	∴	∴	∴	NOT SPOKEN	therefore
approximately equal to	≅	≅	≅	NOT SPOKEN	is approximately equal to
almost equal to = asymptotic to	≈	≈	≈	tilda	is almost equal to
not equal to	≠	≠	≠	NOT SPOKEN	does not equal
identical to	≡	≡	≡	equals	is identical to
less-than or equal to	≤	≤	≤	equals	is less than or equal to
greater-than or equal to	≥	≥	≥	equals	is greater than or equal to
subset of	⊂	⊂	⊂	NOT SPOKEN	is a subset of
superset of	⊃	⊃	⊃	NOT SPOKEN	is a superset of
not a subset of	⊄	⊄	⊄	NOT SPOKEN	is not a subset of
subset of or equal to	⊆	⊆	⊆	NOT SPOKEN	is a subset of or equal to
superset of or equal to	⊇	⊇	⊇	NOT SPOKEN	is a superset of or equal to
circled plus = direct sum	⊕	⊕	⊕	NOT SPOKEN	direct sum
circled times = vector product	⊗	⊗	⊗	NOT SPOKEN	tensor product
up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular	⊥	⊥	⊥	NOT SPOKEN	is perpendicular to

Miscellaneous Technical

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
left ceiling = apl upstile	⌈	⌈	⌈	NOT SPOKEN	left ceiling
right ceiling	⌉	⌉	⌉	NOT SPOKEN	right ceiling
left floor = apl downstile	⌊	⌊	⌊	NOT SPOKEN	left floor
right floor	⌋	⌋	⌋	NOT SPOKEN	right floor
left-pointing angle bracket = bra	〈	⟨	〈	less than	is less than
right-pointing angle bracket = ket	〉	⟩	〉	greater than	is greater than

Geometric Shapes

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
lozenge	◊	◊	◊	NOT SPOKEN	lozenge

Miscellaneous Symbols

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
black spade suit	♠	♠	♠	NOT SPOKEN	black spade suit
black club suit = shamrock	♣	♣	♣	NOT SPOKEN	black club suit
black heart suit = valentine	♥	♥	♥	NOT SPOKEN	black heart suit

Markup-significant and Internationalization Characters

CO Controls and Basic Latin

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
less-than sign	<	&lt;	&#60;	less	is less than
greater-than sign	>	&gt;	&#62;	greater	is greater than

Latin Extended-A

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
latin capital letter S with caron	Š	Š	Š	S	S caron
latin small letter s with caron	š	š	š	s	s caron
latin capital letter Y with diaeresis	Ÿ	Ÿ	Ÿ	NOT SPOKEN	Y umlaut

Spacing Modifier Letters

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
modifier letter circumflex accent	ˆ	ˆ	ˆ	NOT SPOKEN	circumflex accent
small tilde	˜	˜	˜	tilda	tilda

General Punctuation

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output	Preferred Output
left single quotation mark	‘	‘	‘	apostrophe	open single quote
right single quotation mark	’	’	’	apostrophe	apostrophe
single low-9 quotation mark	‚	‚	‚	NOT SPOKEN	low single quote
left double quotation mark	“	“	“	quote	open double quote
right double quotation mark	”	”	”	quote	close double quote
double low-9 quotation mark	„	„	„	NOT SPOKEN	low double quote
dagger	†	†	†	single dagger	dagger
per mille sign	‰	‰	‰	NOT SPOKEN	per thousand
single left-pointing angle quotation mark	‹	‹	‹	NOT SPOKEN	left single bracket
single right-pointing angle quotation mark	›	›	›	NOT SPOKEN	right single bracket