chrismessina,
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On the topic of hashtag accessibility, I stronger concur with @markwyner's points:

  1. Should hashtags be grouped at the end of a post or is it okay to add hashtags to words inline? Screen readers will treat them the same either way.

  2. Is it necessary to capitalize single words? No.

  3. What about branded words? This is more complex, but as a rule of thumb it’s okay to capitalize branded words as they are.

https://markwyner.medium.com/hashtag-accessibility-by-everyone-for-everyone-298667b2d891

frozencanuck,
@frozencanuck@mas.to avatar

@chrismessina @markwyner

> Should hashtags be grouped at the end of a post or is it okay to add hashtags to words inline?

When you want to emphasize a specific word or term, fine to inline the hashtag, just don't go crazy with it. If, however, you want to use hashtags purely for outreach or discoverability or simply added context that you feel doesn't go with the body of the post or creates too much noise, group them all at the end of the post

Pampa,

@chrismessina @markwyner

  1. Hashtags at the end to make the post more readable for the sighted majority. As you say, no difference for screen-readers. (I mute people who are too lazy and use loads of in-line hashtags.)

  2. Yes. not . Why not?

kaiserkiwi,
@kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar

@chrismessina It's ironic that the image doesn't have alt text. 😅

superflippy,
@superflippy@mastodon.xyz avatar

@chrismessina This is the one complaint I have about @IceCubesApp : their hashtag suggestions seem to prefer lowercase over camel case.

IceCubesApp,
@IceCubesApp@mastodon.online avatar

@superflippy @chrismessina will look into it

chrismessina,
@chrismessina@mastodon.xyz avatar

@IceCubesApp @superflippy yes! CamelCase would be a big accessibility win!

hybridhavoc,
@hybridhavoc@darkfriend.social avatar

Alt text: Screenshot of examples of hashtags in all lowercase versus hashtags with pascal case, with explanations of how screen readers handle them. The examples include UX design, UI design, and web accessibility with the hashtags all in lowercase being pronounced oddly as though each was just one word, while the pascal case versions are read in the expected fashion.

markwyner,
@markwyner@mas.to avatar

@chrismessina thanks, friend.

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