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Another heartfelt thanks to those who use #CamelCase in their hashtags. This makes it so much easier to understand with a screen reader and for those who read print as well! ❤️
Camel Case, https://www.boia.org/blog/make-your-hashtags-accessible is the practice of capitalising the start of each word in a #. E.g. #CamelCase. Those familiar with the difference between susanalbumparty and SusanAlbumParty will appreciate the effort, as will people with dyslexia. People with screen readers also benefit as described in the link.
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Make Your Hashtags Accessible
Make hashtags accessible to screen readers, people with cognitive or reading disabilities, or anyone who has trouble reading them by capitalizing the first letter of each word. Learn more here, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.CJ (Bureau of Internet Accessibility)
Pragmatically: If you are not writing for an audience outside of people you personally know then there is a non zero chance you will have someone with difficulty seeing or with dyslexia try to read your work. Effective communicators remove barriers for their audiences.
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1. It means that screen readers will read it out instead of spelling it out.
2. It's the difference between Susananalbumparty and SusanAlbumParty see also museumofart and MuseumOfArt
3. If enough people use CamelCase then Mastodon starts using CamelCase (AIUI) by default.
Be the change. 😀
When you use hashtags it can help those using a #ScreenReader to use #CamelCase. Screen-readers can then find and pronounce the constituent words, rather than trying to pronounce the whole thing.
It's not essential, but it's one way we can make the Fediverse more welcoming.