That's a reasonable question. I don't know. As a ::before content some readers might issue a verbal hiccup, but they're generally never used in inline text; the

That's a reasonable question. I don't know. As a ::before content some readers might issue a verbal hiccup, but they're generally never used in inline text; they're isolated in a div tag of their own as graphical elements, the way an SVG graphic would be. I'm struggling to think of a case where they'd ever need to be read out loud, but if there was you could add aria tags. It's usually used inside a header or float that isn't meant to be printed or read aloud.