What should be said for × and · in "LiteralSpeak" and character navigation mode?

[NSoiffer]

There are many ways to speak these. Most come with some semantic baggage.

· is probably easiest: perhaps "center dot"

× can be "times", "cross", "cross product", "by". Something like "cross sign" seems too wordy.

There are other symbols that need a literal meaning, but this is a starting point and maybe some convention can be established.

Thoughts?

[NV-Codes]

One disadvantage of "times" for the × symbol is its lack of specificity; listeners could imagine a dot, a star/asterisk, or an X-shaped cross.

Though "times" is how NVDA verbalizes the Unicode symbol.

[NSoiffer]

FYI: the Unicode name for the symbol is "Multiplication Sign". I don't that is a great choice: it doubt everyone will think of the same symbol and the name is pretty long. But I suspect it is a little less ambiguous than "times".

[andrew-l-d]

"Multiplication"is very verbose. My maths knowledge is much less than others here, but "times"means multiply to me. Could abbreviate to "mult", but people would need to know what it meant.

Andrew

[NSoiffer]

I'm currently leaning towards "cross". "cross sign" is less semantic, but rather long. I'm still looking for better ideas...

[NSoiffer]

Going once, going twice... Is everyone ok with "cross"?