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How do we make bitcoin accessible to blind people?

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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)

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Discussion

Mark Camper 2y ago

Do you find any apps particularly good/bad in terms of a11y?

Ingwie Phoenix (aka. birb) 2y ago

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).

Christoph Ono 2y ago

We tested a lot of wallets in Bitcoin Design and found almost all of them lack those basics, making certain features inaccessible (mostly missing button and QR code labels and no feedback on interactions). We’re trying to help get them fixed and put together a page here about wallet accessibility. Would love to hear more about what you personally encounter. https://bitcoin.design/guide/designing-products/accessibility/