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[css-counter-styles-3][editorial] Make it slightly clearer that 'speak-as' isn't just for speech synthesizers. #6040
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A counter style can be constructed with a meaning that is obvious visually,
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but impossible to meaningfully represent via a speech synthesizer,
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or possible but nonsensical when naively read out.
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but impossible to meaningfully represent via a speech synthesizer or other non-visual means,
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or possible but nonsensical when naively transformed.
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The '@counter-style/speak-as' descriptor describes how to synthesize the spoken form of a counter formatted with the given counter style.
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Values have the following meanings:
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for the counter styles participating in the loop.
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</dl>
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Note: The values above are defined by referring to "speaking" a value,
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but should be understand as referring to any non-visual means of representing text.
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<div class='example'>
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The ability to defer pronunciation to another counter style can help when the symbols being used aren't actually letters.
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For example, here's a possible definition of a ''circled-lower-latin'' counter-style, using some special Unicode characters:

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