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18th April 2019 - Link Blog

Using the HTML lang attribute (via) TIL the HTML lang attribute is used by screen readers to understand how to provide the correct accent and pronunciation.

Posted 18th April 2019 at 9:09 pm

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This is a link post by Simon Willison, posted on 18th April 2019.

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