Always test forms and databases with a text-based browser. Providing a phone number for alternate format is intended especially for low-traffic, internal use pages. Applets and plug-ins. However, currently, many of these programs are not accessible to people utilizing text-based browsers. To ensure that people with vision and hearing impairments can access your information, provide the content from these programs in other, text-based formats.
Screen reading software often ignores or stumbles across punctuation.
Rather, spell out any abbreviations. In a list, use a bullet or number for each item. This makes it easy to determine where in the list you are, if hearing it serially. Also, state how many items are in an upcoming list. This information is helpful in orienting users on the length of the list.