blindGram 1.3 adds accessible Instant View and voice settings
blindGram 1.3 made Instant View articles readable with a screen reader, gave the app its own blindGram settings menu, and added controls for how voice messages are recorded and played.
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Posts tagged “Accessibility”
Every blindGram blog article tagged “Accessibility”: news, guides, and updates about accessible Telegram for blind users.
82 posts tagged “Accessibility”
Locked voice recording and accessible music in blindGram 1.2
blindGram 1.2 let you lock the voice recorder instead of holding the button, made Telegram's music player and its notifications work with a screen reader, and improved the Persian translation.
Forward messages to several groups and channels in blindGram
Pick one or more Telegram messages and send them to several groups, channels, or contacts in one go. Here is how it works in blindGram with a screen reader.
blindGram from launch to stable 1.0, as told by the community
Two days after blindGram 1.0 Final, a Persian community article retraced the project's first weeks, from the first beta to a stable accessible Telegram app for blind users.
blindGram 1.1 adds Android 4 support and a one-tap message menu
blindGram 1.1 brought Android 4 support, a one-tap message menu for screen reader users, quieter speech, and a fix for the menu being read with the chat list.
blindGram 1.0 Final, the first stable accessible Telegram client
blindGram 1.0 Final was the first stable release: Telegram 4.6 with screen reader access to messages, bots, media, links, voice recording and group creation.
blindGram 0.4 beta adds Persian and accessible media downloads
blindGram 0.4 beta, released December 7, 2017, added a Persian interface and made photos, files, videos, audio, links, and bots easier to use with TalkBack.
Tasnim reports blind users can now use Telegram with blindGram
Tasnim News reported that blind people could now use Telegram through blindGram, an Android client built to work with TalkBack and other screen readers.
Shab-e Roshan reviews blindGram through an impartial lens
Shab-e Roshan published one of the first independent reviews of blindGram, looking at how the app makes Telegram usable with a screen reader.
IRNA covers blindGram, accessible Telegram for blind users
Iran's official news agency IRNA reported on three students from Kashan who built blindGram so that blind people could use Telegram with a screen reader.