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
> >>>
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