The other claim is that “reddit doesn’t care about blind people” which is the most ridiculous claim of all. The new site design is WCAG AA compliant. I did both an automated assessment with WAVE and used VoiceOver to confirm. It is useable for blind users with standard screen readers and other ATs.
Is it easier with apps? Sure. But it’s not impossible.
I don’t claim to be familiar with their issues but I thought the problem was that the mod tools were not usable for the blind. I recall posts that they had to get help from sight-capable users to moderate r/blind.
The other claim is that “reddit doesn’t care about blind people” which is the most ridiculous claim of all. The new site design is WCAG AA compliant. I did both an automated assessment with WAVE and used VoiceOver to confirm. It is useable for blind users with standard screen readers and other ATs.
Is it easier with apps? Sure. But it’s not impossible.
I don’t claim to be familiar with their issues but I thought the problem was that the mod tools were not usable for the blind. I recall posts that they had to get help from sight-capable users to moderate r/blind.