[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37486: Make emojis accessible

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#37486: Make emojis accessible
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 Reporter:  afercia                  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Emoji                    |     Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots a11y-    |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility,
  task has-patch                     |  javascript
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Changes (by pento):

 * keywords:  has-screenshots a11y-task => has-screenshots a11y-task has-
               patch


Comment:

 I don't think there's any sort of realistic method for us to maintain
 translations for all emoji descriptions. This would add ~20k words to the
 translation files, in addition to causing all sorts of issues trying to
 load them in a fast and bandwidth-efficient manner.

 [attachment:"37486.diff"] adds an `aria-label` and `role="img"` to each
 emoji `<img>` element, which changes the behaviour slightly in
 Safari/VoiceOver, but otherwise doesn't seem like much of an improvement.

 Unless there are any better ideas, I'm inclined to close this issue, as
 it's not something we can make progress on.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37486#comment:13>
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