Instagram Accessible To The Blind
A YouTube video has shown how a blind man can enjoy using Instagram to take photos, edit them, caption, and share the results.
Tommy Edison is blind but has been using the photo sharing app to capture images. Although he cannot see what they look like, he gets plenty of interesting comments on what he’s posted and how they look.
With the help of the “accessibility” feature on the iPhone, Edison can make Siri read out to him every button that he touches. The app itself, filters to select, and where to share the photo are all read aloud amongst other things.
The pictures can then be captioned by using speech recognition to complete the process. Instagram app availability for the visually impaired is just one example of how social media is expanding to be accessible for everyone.
Tommy Edison also has a YouTube channel where he discusses “the fun parts of being blind” as well as performing other general day to day actions.
This is one of many apps that are accessible to blind people with one app using data from Foursquare to help those who are visually impaired the find their way around the streets.
Tommy Edison’s Instagram profile can be found at blindfilmcritic.
What do you think of apps and social media being accessible for the visually impaired?
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Daniel Barr
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Instagram Accessible To The Blind
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