Use of hash (#) to denote "number"
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For the purposes of saving space on a navigation bar, I would like to employ the hash to denote the meaning of "number 2" for instance...as in "Part #2".
I'm interested to learn if this would be interpreted as intended by screenreaders and other UI devices.
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... and I'd love to know where the heck the # key is on my new baby 12" Powerbook - any ideas?!
Oh, and I'd also be interested in the answer to Mike's post
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What did they put above the number three key at the top? If its not a #, then what did they put on top of all the numbers across the top...
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| 1! 2@ 3# 4$ 5% 6^ 7& 8* 9( 0) ... |
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3 is a UK pound sign on keyboards over here: 3£ (the rest the same)
The hash/sharp # sign is above the right hand shift key when used without shift. #~
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| Mike@TheWhippinpost wrote: |
| For the purposes of saving space on a navigation bar, I would like to employ the hash to denote the meaning of "number 2" for instance...as in "Part #2".
I'm interested to learn if this would be interpreted as intended by screenreaders and other UI devices. |
Interesting - just read your post using JAWS, and it read "#" as "number". As ever, though, I don't know if all screen readers will read it this way.
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| dms wrote: |
| Interesting - just read your post using JAWS, and it read "#" as "number". As ever, though, I don't know if all screen readers will read it this way. |
Thanks DMS.
Just to clarify; there was no use of the word "hash" apart from where it was written and the "#" symbol was interpreted as the word "number".
So to be pedantic, I just want to be absolutely sure there is no confusion.
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The use of # as a number :O
Music fan: That last number you played was cool, what key was it in?
Musician: A#
Music fan: A number?
Musician: Oh alright, it was in B flat.
I'm kidding, but # could mean hash, sharp, or number. It sounds confusing to me, but I think # is commonly used in the States to denote number. A bag of # will never be the same again.
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And I get confused when people say 'pound' and mean # ... and I'm thinking "£? ... lb?" _________________
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| lloydi wrote: |
| And I get confused when people say 'pound' and mean # ... and I'm thinking "£? ... lb?" |
...or, I'm gonna pound your head in, which I hear often!
Good points actually Gez, I'd not even considered those variants - So I guess we have to rely on the context-sensitivity of the reader being used.
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That's true, I'd forgotten about pound. That probably explains why you can't find the # key on your Powerbook, as it's been replaced by a £ lol.
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| lloydi wrote: |
| And I get confused when people say 'pound' and mean # ... and I'm thinking "£? ... lb?" |
It's a pain when you want to write hexadecimal color codes and can't remember.
I've got an ibook, but not here. I can access # on it, but I can't remember offhand how I do it. know it isn't anywhere visible on the keys. So I just tried:
http://www.google.com/...
The answer seems to be that:
# is alt 3
That rings a bell. I thought it needed the "alt" key not the "shift" key.
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| dms wrote: |
| Interesting - just read your post using JAWS, and it read "#" as "number". |
| Mike@TheWhippinpost wrote: |
| Thanks DMS.
Just to clarify; there was no use of the word "hash" apart from where it was written and the "#" symbol was interpreted as the word "number". |
Yep - JAWS said "hash" when it read the word "hash", but said "number" when it read the hash symbol ("#").
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Incidentally, the correct typographical name for the # symbol is 'octothorpe'.
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