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[Jono Mingard <jonom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

With the new Font Awesome icons in Mahara 15.10, the JAWS screen reader
reads each icon as "Unknown character". This also messes up link order
when using JAWS' "List links" feature.

Since the icons use the :before CSS pseudo-element, I suspect this is
unfixable (and a problem with JAWS), but it's worth looking into whether
there is a solution which allows Font Awesome icons to be used but
doesn't compromise screen reader accessibility. It's also worth testing
with NVDA to see if the same problem exists.

Affects latest master

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: accessibility

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1484781

Title:
  Font Awesome icons cause screen reader weirdness

Status in Mahara:
  New

Bug description:
  With the new Font Awesome icons in Mahara 15.10, the JAWS screen
  reader reads each icon as "Unknown character". This also messes up
  link order when using JAWS' "List links" feature.

  Since the icons use the :before CSS pseudo-element, I suspect this is
  unfixable (and a problem with JAWS), but it's worth looking into
  whether there is a solution which allows Font Awesome icons to be used
  but doesn't compromise screen reader accessibility. It's also worth
  testing with NVDA to see if the same problem exists.

  Affects latest master

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