How do we make bitcoin accessible to blind people?
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Really thoughtful question. Iโd be interested to hear the answer. I may have seen somewhere the white paper in braille
Understanding the world of Bitcoin, or using Bitcoin?
As far as understanding goes, I would think podcasts would be a great tool, and so many good ones already exist.
Podcasts are a great call. Also, iโm not really familiar with the blind experience personally, but i assume/hope accessibility tools have been somewhat keeping pace with computer technology in general making this not a huge issue
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I agree, I live on pods and audiobooks.
Guy Swann needs to hurry up reading broken money.
But in all seriousness, we need a wallet that will read the invoiced amount out loud.
People carry dumb scanners with them to read the amounts on the cash they try to pay so people donโt take advantage of them. Itโs embarrassing what people try to do to blind folks.
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Doesnโt Apple and Samsung have accessibility software for reading screen content? I guess itโs a matter of the Devs coding the right things in the wallet apps so that the built in SW can properly index and read whatโs there. Iโm no dev but seems fairly straight forward or like there would be some packaged options out there.
Sounds about right but idk
Iโm halfway through listening for errors. It will be getting published very soon, then we just wait on Audible to approve it
My best, shortest answer is that wallets should be compatible with talkback.
If they can scan a qr code a clerk guides them to, there should be a way for talkback to read the amount of the request. Perhaps there could be a place for braille next to permanent qr codes that shows for bitcoin lightning invoice, but most pos are digital and wouldnโt support that.
PS I am not completely blind, I have low vision and trusting a peer or counterparty isnโt something a person with vision problems wants to do.
Blind, well highly visually impaired person here. :)
It is really not as difficult as one might think, just jeep the interface easy to use and follow common a11y practices as seen in ARIA and friends.
The biggest hurdle for me was a... weird one. O, many, zeroes. xD Making this a bit morr ledigble might nit just help ke lol.
But yeah, just keep it simple and ficused! If you wanna know more just ask!
Sorry for the typos btwy this bus is ultra shakey and the android screen magnifier isnt cooperating x)
Do you find any apps particularly good/bad in terms of a11y?
Stack Wallet left a massive impression on me. When opening it and creating a wallet, it immediately bombards you with graphs about the current exchange rates of several crypto currencies. This sent my eyes spinning.
As a good example, I would point at ZEUS. Dead simple UI, shows just what is needed, big buttons with clear meanings. The fact that you can swipe the two bars is not said anywhere, but you might figure it out by accident (which is still bad design.) Still, Zeus' UI is pretty good.
Since most apps use Electron or other webview-based frameworks these days, sticking to WAI-ARIA is a good starting point for screen reader access - and sticking to a KISS-ish UI design helps visually impaired people. Chosing a good and distinct color scheme helps color-blind people (strong contrasts are still visible to them; change your screen to only displaying Monochrome for a very, very, very, very rough representation - its not even close to that, but can help as a guideline for the basics).
I'm not sure how popular this is, but braille displays exist. 