Accessibility question

[starwatcher]

I will soon be moving my fanfic to Archive of Our Own, and to a Dreamwidth fic-site. When moving the fics, I'd like to ensure that my code is accessible for screen-readers. I know some things, but have questions about others. I asked the questions in a post at my Studio, but have had no responses; apparently no one in my reading circle uses a screen-reader.

If you do, I'd appreciate it if you could drop by and educate me. Or perhaps point me toward a site that has the answers. Feel free to pass the link on to anyone who might know the answers. After I've learned what I need to know, I'll make a new post to share with my friends, and anyone else who needs or wants the information.

Thank you.

Comments

[starwatcher]

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Well, I thought [q] or [cite] might be an easier way to produce non-emphasized italics. But the answer seems to be, "Sometimes, maybe, but you can never be sure." So, since they're not something I'll need in posting comments or fanfic, I'll just ignore them, and work on memorizing the [span italics] string.
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[susanreads]

Oh, I just saw in changelog_digest
Make styling for the <q> tag consistent across all styles and site schemes
Consistently display the <q> tag as italics.
so on Dreamwidth, you could use that and it'll work, after the next code push.

[starwatcher]

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Thanks for the heads-up. But I think it's safest to figure out one way and stick to it, which is to use [em] and maybe [span:italic] as necessary. (I'm still researching that one.)
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