Text to Speech repeats “bullet” twice on every line and structural element in a list

Originator:pavol.vaskovic
Number:rdar://19442715 Date Originated:12-Jan-2015 03:27 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:OS X Product Version:10.10.1 (14B25)
Classification: Reproducible:always
 
Summary:
When reading text on a web page in Safari, the text to speech pronounces “bullet” (or “black square”) twice after each new line, when reading text set as bulleted list.

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Open attached ul.html test file in Safari
2) Select all text
3) Press Alt+Esc to activate Text to Speech

Expected Results:
Paragraphs read in continuous manner, with each bullet pronounced once at most

Actual Results:
“Bullet” or “Black square”, depending on the list formatting style, i pronounce twice at the end of each line and once around structural elements in text like abbreviations <abbr> or emphasis <em>.

Version:
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)

Notes:


Configuration:
Safari Version 8.0.2 (10600.2.5)

Attachments:
‘ul.html’:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<body>

<ul>
<li><abbr>OS</abbr> X is degrading into a base for an entertainment platform. As it stands, the trend is entirely <em>downhill</em> for serious work (albeit a mild grade so far, but steadily downhill nonetheless).
<li>OS updates are fast and furious &mdash; a lot of hype but little of real value and a lot that degrades value, improvements to stability running in reverse, core performance stagnating, followed by a scattershot approach to fixing new bugs introduced in the new haphazard and hurried release that was made to match the next model, not to provide serious deeply considered benefits.
</ul>

<ul style="list-style-type: square;">
<li>Core operating system quality is declining as resources are diverted to software development in more profitable lines: iPhone, iPad, iHaveNoRealWorkToDo products. Apple forgets its history and leaves it core professional base twisting in the wind.
<li>Developers are forced without recourse (by <abbr>API</abbr> changes and Apple Store requirements) into costly and arbitrary updates which themselves carry the risk of new bugs.
</ul>

</body>
</html>

Comments

There is the same issue for ordered lists (ol) where the number of the item is repeated.

By pavol.vaskovic at Jan. 14, 2015, 12:06 p.m. (reply...)

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