Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-overflow] Line-clamp and screen readers (#12859)

To clarify, there is not really an option to “hide from screen readers” but show to other AT. It’s either removed from the API, or not.

So I mainly worry about hiding this, in the context of say: Larger Text sizes, in combination with VoiceOver or HoverText (both of these are common uses)

Fonts at 200% plus a line clamp may become unreasonably short, unreadable text strings. A sighted VO or HoverText user would access these through the API. If these are hidden, they are out of luck. 

I would say that if there is ever a possibility that the text may be rendered (for example, small text on a large wide desktop display) then the full text should be exposed to the accessibility API.

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