nellie_m
okay, first question.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that it’s not a good idea to include hashtags in your post. Inline, so to speak. But that it’s better for folks on screenreaders to add them below your text.
But I see people write hashtags inside the text of their posts so often that it almost makes me feel I must have imagined it. What’s your advice, as a blind reader? How do screenreaders handle hashtags? What’s the best way to use them?
x0
@nellie_m @devinprater @larena I put them inline, my screen reader just says number, but they're relatively sparse if used at all. If they're words used in the actual sentence I'll just do that, if they're categorical tags that would just come off as fluff I stick them at the end, either before or after any CC-style mentions I might make. Whether I mention someone inline or use CC-style depends on whether it's addressed to them directly or whether I simply think they would find it interesting. These would go after any links.
Larena Woodmore
@nellie_m @devinprater I always put them at the end because I find it quite difficult to read text that has them inline.
nellie_m
@x0 @devinprater
@SingingNala
@JesseF8693
thanks everyone for your input. Very helpful.
What strikes me as odd is that a #screenreader will announce a hashtag as “number” even though the # sign is followed by letters and not a number. I’d expect them to say „hashtag“.
That should be an easy fix for any developer, and I imagine it would be nice to know right away that a clickable link is coming up, or am I missing something?
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