Read on Twitter
You ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ it's ๐ธ๐๐โฏ to ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ your tweets and usernames ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. But have you ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ to what it ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ with assistive technologies like ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป?
For those of you who don't know, those are not characters that have a special font, those are actual mathematical characters that are being abused to make the text look like it has a special font in an effort to be "cute."
The screen reader is doing its job correctly.
The screen reader is doing its job correctly.
And for those using screen readers who understandably skipped or not understood the original tweet, here's what it says:
You this it's cute to write your tweets and usernames this way. But have you listened to what it sounds like with assistive technologies like VoiceOver?
You this it's cute to write your tweets and usernames this way. But have you listened to what it sounds like with assistive technologies like VoiceOver?
Please do continue sharing and reminding people in the thread that empathy is important. This isn't about whether screen readers/twitter should be fixed. It's about what the experience of people is really like today and that by using characters like these you're harming people.
Ok, I need my notifications back so if I don't reply it's because I've muted the notifications on this tweet 
