Sergi

I would like to hear from people using screen readers. Do you prefer the hashtags to be intermingled in the body of the message, or separately at the end?

Example of the former:

"I did a #thing and after doing #AnotherThing I was happy"

Example of the latter: this post 😉

Please boost.

#screenReader #voiceOver #hashtag

Hashtags in the body
31.4%
Hashtags at the end
68.6%
Poll ended at .
Dec 29, 2023 at 2:02amWeb
Show threadSergiJan 5, 2024

For anybody interested in the results that didn't vote, the poll ended with:

31% Hastags in the body
69% Hastags at the end

51 people voted

@toolsontech

#screenReader #voiceOver #hashtag

Show threadBas (Tools on Tech)Jan 5, 2024
@sergi cool, that knowledge means I'll adjust my postings a bit and move hashtags to the end
Show threadstfn  Dec 29, 2023
@sergi I did almost exactly the same poll :) https://fosstodon.org/@stfn/111322705817846753
stfn :raspberrypi: :python: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Those are interesting results, looks like there is no common consensus on this

Fosstodon
Show threadSarah E BourneDec 29, 2023
@sergi The other option I sometimes go with is to start with a hashtag, as a sort of lightweight content warning. For example, "# caturday: My cat did something cute and I'm going to go on and on about it."
Show threadBas (Tools on Tech)Dec 29, 2023
@sergi this misses the option, "only want to see the results"
Show threadSergiDec 29, 2023
@toolsontech good point. I'm not sure how editing the original post would impact the results (does it reset it?), so I'll post a reply with the results at the end of it.
Show threadBas (Tools on Tech)Dec 30, 2023
@sergi not sure either, but I'll watch the thread so I don't change the results.
Show threadchrysnJan 2, 2024
@sergi 3.) Allow more link-style things than hash tags that are a) less visually intrusive (say, dotted underline like abbr tags) and b) don't necessarily go to the word but to some well-defined target and thus caters for both grammar and overloaded terms.