Accessible phone number input

1. What is phone number input type?
2. How to take mobile number input in HTML?
3. How do screen readers read phone numbers?

What is phone number input type?

<input> elements of type tel are used to let the user enter and edit a telephone number.

How to take mobile number input in HTML?

The <input type="tel"> defines a field for entering a telephone number.

How do screen readers read phone numbers?

A US phone number is normally written as “(703) 555-1212”. A screen reader will read this number as “seven hundred three (pause) five hundred fifty-five minus one thousand two hundred twelve.” The digits are read as large numbers. The reader treats the exchange and number as a math equation.