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Uncover The Hidden Challenges Of Using Emoji

Speaker: Rachel Menzes
Twitter: @Rachel_Menzies Slides

  • Many people has fun sending emojis, but they can cause confusion. Example: heart + smile face
  • Emojis have Unicode Charaters
    • face-smiling
    • Face with tires of joy
  • Rendering of Unicode Characters are different depending on the device (Android, IOs, web)
  • Brown Bear + Snowflake: works in Android but in other cases it doesn't
  • Alternative use for emoji: peach, octupus, egg plant
  • Screen readers wont be able to interpret if multiple emojis using together Emoji Accessibility
  • There's no autocorrect for Emojis
  • Sometimes if you tap on the wrong emoji, Things might get weird
  • Using emojis on profile names can derive in weird interpretations for screen reader. Ex: happy face, smile face, Rachel
  • Poor use in Context. Ex warning #waterloo information sound alert CWR Customer ... Emoji Placement
  • https://twitter.com/networkrail?lang=en
  • Consider when using emojis.
  • Consider the number of emojis you're going to use
  • Six emojis with tears is more impactful for visual users, but for screen readers it's too repetitive
  • Placement of Emoji. In user name might just be decorative Emoji Placement
  • Distracting if use at the beginning of a phrase Emoji Placement
  • Consideration of Reader, following image is complete inaccessible. It describes a road using emoji. This can't be interpreted by Screen Readers Emoji Placement
  • Emoji can be missing if using an old device, or including new emojis not supported in every device.

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