Template:Asterism/doc

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This template generates the asterism character:

Usage

Substitution (recommended method):

  • {{subst:Asterism}} produces: ⁂

Transclusion:

  • {{Asterism}} produces: ⁂

Accessible symbols

Wikipedia previously provided templates that generated images with alt text for symbols not read by screen readers.[1] As of 2023,[2] the symbols in the table below will be read in the default configuration of all three major screen readers (JAWS, Apple's VoiceOver, and NVDA). Depending on user-configured verbosity settings, a reader may hear additional characters read aloud or fewer typographic or punctuation characters read aloud.[3]

Accessible symbols for tables
Unicode symbol Pronounced as HTML entity Template name Template usage
* "star" or "asterisk" * Tasterisk transclusion
"dagger" or "single dagger" † Tdagger substitution
"double dagger" ‡ Tdouble-dagger substitution
# "number" or "hash tag" # Tnumber sign transclusion
° "degree" or "degrees" ° Tdegree substitution
"right arrow" or "rightwards arrow" → Tarrow substitution
"down arrow" or "downwards arrow" ↓ Tdown-arrow substitution
"left arrow" or "leftwards arrow" ← Tleft-arrow substitution
"up arrow" or "upwards arrow" ↑ Tup-arrow substitution
"prime" ′ Tprime transclusion

Notes

  1. Bohman, Paul. "Why Don't Screen Readers Always Read What's on the Screen? Part 1: Punctuation and Typographic Symbols".
  2. Ragas, Sophie. "How screen readers read special characters: an update".
  3. AudioEye. "How Screen Readers Make Digital Content Accessible".