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Full History - 2018 - 07 - 20 - ID#90lazh
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How do you use the common apps? (Facebook, Whatsapp, Telegram, Reddit...) (self.Blind)
submitted by sudden_blind_spot
I've tried using Facebook with VoiceOver (on iOS), but it is awful. Every message it reads, it first reads the person name, then the time, then the message. Telegram doesn't even work. Not sure about the rest. How do you do it?
AllHarlowsEve 4 points 5y ago
I don’t use telegraph, but I generally use the default apps. I only really have an issue with Reddit, but you get used to it.

A lot of blind people refuse to use the default Twitter app for some reason, I personally hate all the alternatives, but as far as I know the third-party ones are going to be basically useless in a month or so.

Really though, short of just getting used to it, the biggest thing is your speech rate. I have mine almost always set at 100% so the time it takes to read the name and the time or date of the post is usually around a second maximum.
mobiledakeo 2 points 5y ago
Lots use VoiceOver so I suppose it just takes some getting used to
ENTJ351 1 points 4y ago
Facebook is actually really easy to use. If it doesn’t read out who posted it, then pardon me for asking, but how am I suppose to know? What if a friend posted that he passed the bar exam. What am I suppose to say hey, whoever you are congrats? And, if I don’t know the time, how do I know if it was posted 2 minutes or 3 weeks ago? If it was 3 weeks ago, then maybe it’s no longer a timely congratulations if I also add in wow, I bet you’re recovering from the over-assertion!
hopesthoughts 1 points 5y ago
I've never used Telegram and Whatsapp. I do use Facebook and Reddit on the web.
ScarReincarnated 1 points 5y ago
I think FB is still working on making better the screen reading tech and image reading. But at the moment, it is what it is. If you are severely blind almost unable to read is not even worth using it. I have to use one of my eyes and close up my phone to read and im just straining more my eyes, which I should not be doing really.
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