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 (DIR) Post #Arj0MWaIKsPfGzaHYG by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-03T21:47:03Z
       
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       Please 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 eat the shrimp scampi in the fridge. It is tasty 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢.(This is an example I am using to make a recording of how it’s announced by some screen readers. I will eventually reply with those videos.)
       
 (DIR) Post #Arj0MaMGIzZ4yd38Ea by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-03T22:19:38Z
       
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       NVDA 2024.4.2 / Firefox 135.Doesn’t announce the fake bold nor fake italic.#a11y #accessibility
       
 (DIR) Post #Arj0MeTqyi0vlKdFce by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-03T22:22:24Z
       
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       JAWS 2025 / Chrome 133.Announces each fake bold and fake italic letter individually, including its case and style.#a11y #accessibility
       
 (DIR) Post #Arj0Mj8leX7ODNnywy by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-03T22:40:57Z
       
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       Those two videos account for ~78% of primary screen reader use (https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey10/#primary) so I’m stopping there for today.Anyway, this is not new information: https://adrianroselli.com/2018/01/improving-your-tweet-accessibility.html#UnicodeAnd please don’t reflexively blame screen readers:https://adrianroselli.com/2021/10/blaming-screen-readers-red-flag.html#a11y #accessibility
       
 (DIR) Post #Arj0MnkqUtxCWdeRrE by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-04T20:43:36Z
       
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       VoiceOver / macOS 15.3.1 / Safari 18.3.Doesn’t announce the fake bold nor fake italic.
       
 (DIR) Post #Arj0MsHbf2XIZP0fTc by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-04T22:05:52Z
       
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       Narrator / Windows 11 24H2 / Edge 133.Doesn’t announce the fake bold nor fake italic.
       
 (DIR) Post #Au3YdVGtr1Ndiv457A by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-04T23:07:43Z
       
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       I’m using default settings. Some users will have different settings, but understand screen reader users have the same range of skill & experience with their kit as everyone else has with their own kit.Try with your built-in screen reader. Resources: https://adrianroselli.com/2022/11/your-accessibility-claims-are-wrong-unless.html#SRs (anchor link)
       
 (DIR) Post #Au3YdWLXrEgr3cFIzg by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-05T14:50:54Z
       
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       VoiceOver / iPadOS 18.3.1 / SafariDoesn’t announce the fake bold nor fake italic.
       
 (DIR) Post #Au3YdXD4eDVZjdI3Qe by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-05T14:52:51Z
       
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       TalkBack 15.2 / Chrome 133.Announces the fake bold and fake italic as if it is regular text. TalkBack started doing this in 2021.
       
 (DIR) Post #Au3YdY1lbk3eGr0XRY by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-05T15:16:54Z
       
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       I’ve shared 6 screen reader experiences.The takeaway should be DO NOT use sites like YayText•com to make fake bold or italic text (whether on Bluesky, LinkedIn, etc.).If you’re a tester, you may see the speech logs show the characters. These are lies: https://adrianroselli.com/2020/08/speech-viewer-logs-of-lies.htmlNow…
       
 (DIR) Post #Au3YdcQNGC7NuKYFM0 by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-05T15:17:30Z
       
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       Imagine your local government sends this:𝑇𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔: 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆. Updates to come in the next hour. Stay calm.Now imagine the impact on screen reader users.End of thread.#a11y #accessibility
       
 (DIR) Post #Au3YdgwQSy8JutZtrs by aardrian@toot.cafe
       2025-03-06T01:21:46Z
       
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       I made the thread into a post so you can share it with your social media manager or your mom or whatever:“Don’t Use Fake Bold or Italic in Social Media”https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/dont-use-fake-bold-or-italic-in-social-media.html#a11y #accessibility