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My main concern are blind people, I‘m not sure how well these emojis are accessible for them.
by xiconfjs 7y ago
My main concern are blind people, I‘m not sure how well these emojis are accessible for them.
- amarshall 7y agomacOS VoiceOver reads one of the (but not necessarily the most useful in a given context) names of the emoji. For example, gets read as “caterpillar”. However, importantly: there’s no distinction that it’s an emoji when read. Caveats: I have no idea what JAWS does here. I’m not a visually impaired user, but have done a11y work in the past.
- amarshall 7y agoToo late to edit now, but just realized HN scrubbed the emoji. “…For example, <bug emoji used in OP> gets read…”
- s_kilk 7y agoAn object lesson in the problems of using emoji to actually convey meaning :)
- scrollaway 7y agoIt's a problem insofar as HN is, on purpose, stripping emoji. Which is a questionable choice...
- saagarjha 7y agoHacker News does strip all emoji, FWIW.
- krageon 7y agoIt saves people from having to guess which subculture you come from, just so they can understand what a certain picture means for you. Emoji are very irritating for this reason: They are focused on the writer, and not the audience.