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Read HTML entities, unicode characters, other symbols #3805
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Reported by paulbohman on 2014-01-22 23:33
Many HTML entities, unicode characters, and other symbols are not read by default, or at all. When web developers or content writers put these characters or symbols in their content, it's almost always because they're using them to convey some meaning. There are exceptions, of course, when symbols may be used for decorative purposes, but I don't think that's the norm.
As an example, NVDA reads the left and right arrow HTML entities (← and →), but for some reason NVDA doesn't read up arrow or down arrow. When web authors use these characters, it's usually because they are conveying some meaning, like up to the next level, or down a level, or next page or previous page. Or maybe they're using them to explain the NVDA shortcut keys: Control plus alt plus up arrow, for example.
Similarly, symbols like the dagger or double dagger symbol might be used for footnotes. There are a lot of other characters and symbols out there -- and I realize that the magnitude of the lists of characters is an issue -- but in most cases they're used to convey meaning, so I would want them read by default.
For most of them, it's enough to simply say what the character is: "dagger" or "heart" or whatever the symbol is. I wouldn't worry about trying to interpret "I heart you" and changing it to "I love you." Just say what the symbol is.
Blocking #3752