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CSS Can Influence Screenreaders

• Ben Myers explains that some CSS may have unintended side-effects on assistive technologies. <button style="text-transform: uppercase">Add</button>, for example, is read out as the acronym “A.D.D.” on VoiceOver. The line between presentation and content is increasingly blurred with ::before/::after pseudo elements, the output of which is compiled into the same accessibility tree consumed by screen readers. It’s a confusing world.

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