[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32370: Emojis in screen reader text?

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#32370: Emojis in screen reader text?
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 Reporter:  pavelevap     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |     Focuses:
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Changes (by dd32):

 * keywords:   => close


Comment:

 Your code was cut-off, as Trac doesn't support Emoji, uploaded a
 screenshot of it for you.

 But this is correct / by design.

 The reasoning is several fold:
  * When used as an alt tag for an image replacement, the emoji is copied
 instead (ie. when the browser doesn't support native emoji)
  * To replace it with the emoji name would require a several-MB mapping
 file between all the emoji's and their "descriptive title"
  * Screen readers will need to read the alt text of the emoji replacement
 (since they can't read the image)
  * Screen readers will need to adjust to read emoji's if they don't
 already support it

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