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Do screen readers actually read the plus/minus/tilde symbols when doing content warnings like "PH -"?

Or are screen reader users just rolling the dice every time they open a toot with a PH/MH warning?

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in reply to Aurani

Talon
Talon
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depends on which screen reader, whether the + or - has a space or not, and on the many many settings, tts, punctuation level, etc.
in reply to Talon

Talon
Talon
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like just as an example mine doesn't usually read it. But I usually remember to check if MH or PH comes up.
in reply to Talon

Aurani
Aurani
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@talon yeah, that was my thinking.

I also suspect that they would typically say "dash" or "hyphen" - if anything - unless they were able to identify and announce math being performed.

@Talon
in reply to Aurani

Talon
Talon
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unless you use math notation like ➖ or ➗, or mathml or something, screenr eaders will always say - as dash even if it's in context of math. I think predictability > cleverness in cases like that because otherwise you're not sure what's actually written there or not. Like was it the unicode minus? The dash? The word? Something else?
in reply to Talon

Talon
Talon
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but that's also my opinion. other screen reader users have different opinions probably and you'd have gotten a different answer based on whom you ask. Most readers are highly configurable so you can tell it how to pronounce certain things from symbols to words etc. And different speech engines also have their own rules and quirks. So definitely not an easy question to answer. But personally there are only very few things that actually trip me up or annoy me so I'd say write it how you want especially in this case.
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