Character References Not Spoken by JAWS

Guide to the Results

ISO 8859-1 Characters

Latin 1

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output
no-break space = non-breaking space		 	 	NOT SPOKEN
soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen	­	­	­	NOT SPOKEN
acute accent = spacing acute	´	´	´	NOT SPOKEN
latin small letter y with diaeresis	ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	NOT SPOKEN

Symbols, Mathematical Symbols, and Greek Letters

Greek

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output
greek capital letter alpha	Α	Α	Α	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter beta	Β	Β	Β	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter delta	Δ	Δ	Δ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter epsilon	Ε	Ε	Ε	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter zeta	Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter eta	Η	Η	Η	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter iota	Ι	Ι	Ι	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter kappa	Κ	Κ	Κ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter lambda	Λ	Λ	Λ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter mu	Μ	Μ	Μ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter nu	Ν	Ν	Ν	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter xi	Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter omicron	Ο	Ο	Ο	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter pi	Π	Π	Π	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter rho	Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter tau	Τ	Τ	Τ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter upsilon	Υ	Υ	Υ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter chi	Χ	Χ	Χ	NOT SPOKEN
greek capital letter psi	Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter gamma	γ	γ	γ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter zeta	ζ	ζ	ζ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter eta	η	η	η	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter theta	θ	θ	θ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter iota	ι	ι	ι	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter kappa	κ	κ	κ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter lambda	λ	λ	λ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter nu	ν	ν	ν	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter xi	ξ	ξ	ξ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter omicron	ο	ο	ο	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter rho	ρ	ρ	ρ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter final sigma	ς	ς	ς	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter upsilon	υ	υ	υ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter chi	χ	χ	χ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter psi	ψ	ψ	ψ	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter omega	ω	ω	ω	NOT SPOKEN
greek small letter theta symbol	ϑ	ϑ	ϑ	NOT SPOKEN
greek upsilon with hook symbol	ϒ	ϒ	ϒ	NOT SPOKEN
greek pi symbol	ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	NOT SPOKEN

General Punctuation

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

Letterlike Symbols

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

Arrows

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

Mathematical Operators

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output
for all	∀	∀	∀	NOT SPOKEN
partial differential	∂	∂	∂	NOT SPOKEN
there exists	∃	∃	∃	NOT SPOKEN
nabla = backward difference	∇	∇	∇	NOT SPOKEN
element of	∈	∈	∈	NOT SPOKEN
not an element of	∉	∉	∉	NOT SPOKEN
contains as member	∋	∋	∋	NOT SPOKEN
n-ary product = product sign	∏	∏	∏	NOT SPOKEN
n-ary summation	∑	∑	∑	NOT SPOKEN
minus sign	−	−	−	NOT SPOKEN
proportional to	∝	∝	∝	NOT SPOKEN
angle	∠	∠	∠	NOT SPOKEN
logical and = wedge	∧	∧	∧	NOT SPOKEN
logical or = vee	∨	∨	∨	NOT SPOKEN
union = cup	∪	∪	∪	NOT SPOKEN
integral	∫	∫	∫	NOT SPOKEN
therefore	∴	∴	∴	NOT SPOKEN
approximately equal to	≅	≅	≅	NOT SPOKEN
not equal to	≠	≠	≠	NOT SPOKEN
subset of	⊂	⊂	⊂	NOT SPOKEN
superset of	⊃	⊃	⊃	NOT SPOKEN
not a subset of	⊄	⊄	⊄	NOT SPOKEN
subset of or equal to	⊆	⊆	⊆	NOT SPOKEN
superset of or equal to	⊇	⊇	⊇	NOT SPOKEN
circled plus = direct sum	⊕	⊕	⊕	NOT SPOKEN
circled times = vector product	⊗	⊗	⊗	NOT SPOKEN
up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular	⊥	⊥	⊥	NOT SPOKEN

Miscellaneous Technical

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output
left ceiling = apl upstile	⌈	⌈	⌈	NOT SPOKEN
right ceiling	⌉	⌉	⌉	NOT SPOKEN
left floor = apl downstile	⌊	⌊	⌊	NOT SPOKEN
right floor	⌋	⌋	⌋	NOT SPOKEN

Geometric Shapes

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

Miscellaneous Symbols

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

Markup-significant and Internationalization Characters

Latin Extended-A

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output
latin capital letter Y with diaeresis	Ÿ	Ÿ	Ÿ	NOT SPOKEN

Spacing Modifier Letters

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output
modifier letter circumflex accent	ˆ	ˆ	ˆ	NOT SPOKEN

General Punctuation

Description	The Character	Character Entity Reference	Numeric Character Reference	JAWS Output
en space		 	 	NOT SPOKEN
em space		 	 	NOT SPOKEN
thin space		 	 	NOT SPOKEN
zero width non-joiner	‌	‌	‌	NOT SPOKEN
zero width joiner	‍	‍	‍	NOT SPOKEN
left-to-right mark	‎	‎	‎	NOT SPOKEN
right-to-left mark	‏	‏	‏	NOT SPOKEN
single low-9 quotation mark	‚	‚	‚	NOT SPOKEN
double low-9 quotation mark	„	„	„	NOT SPOKEN
per mille sign	‰	‰	‰	NOT SPOKEN
single left-pointing angle quotation mark	‹	‹	‹	NOT SPOKEN
single right-pointing angle quotation mark	›	›	›	NOT SPOKEN

March 22, 2008