On Wednesday, August 13, 2014, Derk-Jan Hartman < [email protected]> wrote:
> > and shouldn't be read out; > > Note the usage of shouldn't. Screen readers, browser and operating > systems are notoriously bad at consistently and accurately > implementing some of this stuff.. > > > > "Would it cause issues on screen-readers if instead of Unicode private > use range, the existing unicode code points were used?" > > Yes, that would be very bad, especially if they overlap with a-z. > > DJ I actually meant using the corresponding code points, like using 1f527 for a spanner icon, etc. > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Martijn Hoekstra > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Brion Vibber <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> The characters themselves are in the Unicode private use range and > >> shouldn't be read out; but of course any use of them should be > associated > >> with a localized, readable title -- if there's not text alongside the > icon > >> already, there should be a title attribute or other appropriate marker. > >> > >> We've been fixing this recently in the new iOS app where we found that > we > >> had to fix both the readable strings and the accessibility roles on > some of > >> our widgets. > >> > >> -- brion > > > > > > Would it cause issues on screen-readers if instead of Unicode private use > > range, the existing unicode code points were used? > > > > --Martijn > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Derk-Jan Hartman > >> <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Something that came up yesterday when I was discussing with User:Rexx > >>> about the new WikiFont, is how it will influence accessibility, since > it is > >>> actually a 'character' that will have effects on screenreader > software. I > >>> have no idea what the effect will be, so if we start using that, I > very much > >>> encourage that we should go and find out and then document some of the > >>> knowledge we gather into it's style and usage recommendations > guidelines. > >>> > >>> DJ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Design mailing list > >>> [email protected] <javascript:;> > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Design mailing list > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Design mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > > > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >
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