blindGram 15.1 Beta 3: read Telegram messages word by word
blindGram 15.1 Beta 3 lets a screen reader read a message by character, word or paragraph, keeps the keyboard down until you ask, and fixes the first-call busy tone.
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Practical guides, development updates, and tips for using Telegram with screen readers.
17 posts tagged “TalkBack”
Five blindGram settings that make TalkBack faster on Telegram
Five blindGram settings for screen reader users: keep the keyboard down, speed up long chats, hear emoji names, stay offline, and review voice messages first.
blindGram 14.4 Beta 1: voice to text in the message menu
blindGram 14.4 Beta 1 went out on August 9, 2026 on Telegram 12.9.2, with voice to text in the message menu and screen reader focus that stays on the message.
blindGram 14.2 fixes channel post menus and contact announcements
blindGram 14.2 Final followed 14.1 on July 24, 2026. It can silence channel view counts, restores missing channel post menu items and fixes spoken contact rows.
blindGram 13.3: accessible Telegram 11.9.0 for screen readers
blindGram 13.3, released April 2, 2025, moves the accessible Telegram client to Telegram 11.9.0, labels newly reported unnamed buttons and fixes reported bugs.
blindGram 13.2 makes expanded reactions and topics accessible
blindGram 13.2 arrived March 16, 2025 on Telegram 11.8.2. Expanded reactions, forum topics and the Send button's hidden actions now work with a screen reader.
blindGram 13.1 adds time-only and percentage-only announcements
blindGram 13.1 came out March 7, 2025, built on Telegram 11.7.0. Two new options let a screen reader read only a message's time, or only a transfer percentage.
blindGram 9.3 hotfix: sign-in crash and spoken sending status
blindGram 9.3 Final, a hotfix released October 16, 2022, fixed a crash on the Telegram sign-in screen and made a message's sending state audible.
blindGram 9.2 lets you order what a message and a chat announce
blindGram 9.2 Final, released October 15, 2022, let screen reader users order the message menu and what a message or chat row says, and fixed settings backup.
blindGram 8.0 made Telegram comments accessible to screen readers
blindGram 8.0 Final, released December 6, 2020 on Telegram 7.2.1, made channel comments and multiple pinned messages usable with a screen reader.