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Full History - 2020 - 12 - 06 - ID#k87bhp
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Plex iOS and Mac accessibility? (self.Blind)
submitted by soundwarrior20
Hi everyone hope you’re doing well and staying safe. How accessible is Plex on Mac and iOS in 2020? I’ve read some apple of his posts about it but they are quite old. If somebody could help me with this that would be brilliant thank you very much everyone :-)
Prefect316 1 points 2y ago
I remember having difficulties with the iOS app, but before I came here to tell you that I wanted to double check. What I found delighted me. The iOS app works entirely fine except for a small issue where while playing media, you can't expand the player controls and read them with VO. You need to pause the media and then expand the controls. Otherwise the app stops working with VO and it's an issue until you close the app out from app switcher and start again.

However, it works awesomely on Mac. I recommend using Chrome with it instead of Safari though.
soundwarrior20 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Thanks very much for this Do you use a nas drive?
Prefect316 1 points 2y ago
Not yet but it's on my list for 2021 purchases. Just need to get my partner to come around on the usefulness of a dedicated Plex server.
cyclops32 1 points 2y ago
Happy to say that the iOS app is mostly accessible. There are a few focus issues with voiceover, mainly pertaining to entering in pin numbers where voiceover can focus around them, but every element seems to be labeled. File names read out properly, and the media player has no unlabeled elements.
I haven’t used it in a little bit, but hope this is helpful. Last time I checked the app was about three months ago.
soundwarrior20 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Thanks for this that’s really helpful :-)
sixstringsg 1 points 2y ago
I’m low vision and not fully blind, but I would be happy to answer any questions you may have or try out anything you may need! I extensively use Plex daily.
soundwarrior20 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Hi Man thanks for this I need to see if Plex is accessible with voice-over on Mac and iOS.
sixstringsg 1 points 2y ago
I’m happy to share my library with you if you would like to test the client out for yourself, or I can poke around the client myself a little later.
soundwarrior20 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Probably best to share your Library if you don’t mind
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