I wrote an article about how to make hastags accessible. Did some #ScreenReader testing with #JAWS, #NVDA, #VoiceOver and #Narrator, which was fun!
Pretty long one though, contains a bunch of tables for comparison. Enjoy the ride!
https://stevefrenzel.dev/posts/easy-web-accessibility-wins-hashtags/
#accessibility #a11y #html #JavaScript #WebDev #frontend
Easy web accessibility wins: Hashtags
Is there a way to create hashtags that work for everyone? I did some screen reader testing and was surprised by the outcome!Steve Frenzel
NV Access
in reply to Steve Frenzel • • •Hi Steve, interesting article! I'm curious about your latter examples. I'd be happy to push for these to be fixed in NVDA (please do write up issues on our tracker here: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues ) - I must confess, I'm interested what the real world use cases for some of those are (aside from badly written code)?
Also: You don't have (or I missed it, not going to rule that out) any way to contact you or find you on your blog - I was glad to find you here though :)
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in reply to NV Access • • •@NVAccess Thanks for reaching out! I just added my contact info to the blog. 🤗
My examples are very isolated and even I don't think they apply a lot to the real world, to be honest.
Cause most of the time hashtags will be links. @miclgael already pointed me into this direction, so I think I might need to update this article or write a follow up some time soon.
Once I do another screen reader study and find something, I'm happy to open an issue. Keep up the great work, love your product ❤️
NV Access
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