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From: glen walker
Date: May 25, 2023 3:35PM

I just tried 1F5CE for the document emoji and its name was *not* announced.
As mentioned, whatever emoji is used, test with at least the three main
screen readers, JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver. Probably Talkback as well.

As far as using CSS to provide screen reader text, the spec for the
accessible name computation (https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.1/#step2) says
that CSS :before and :after are to be included as part of the accessible
name (step F) so it's a valid thing to do.


On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 3:05 PM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I agree with Glen that a Unicode symbol would be a clever idea to use:
> 1. You save a lot of work around to provide a text alternative for an
> image or a font awesome icon etc. JAWS and NVDA interpret Unicode symbols
> quite reliable. Just the texting does not always fit perfectly.
> 2. A screen reader provides the interpretation of a Unicode symbol in the
> default language. Helpful for pages in a foreign language beyond any SC.
>
> I’d propose 🗎 (1F5CE) to indicate documents. They are not clipboards,
> although the icon looks alike.
>
> And I am not sure whether CSS is the correct approach. Once I learned that
> CSS should not be used to provide information for SR:
> .folder:before { content: '1f4c1'; }
> <li style="list-style-type: '1f4c1'";'">
> What is State of the Art?
>
>
>