How Blind People Use Instagram

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Tommy Edison, who is blind, shows how he uses Instagram on an iPhone with VoiceOver. It shows how the screen reader speaks each button and lets him navigate the app by touch.

HN people offer it as an entertaining, concrete look at a blind person using a mainstream app with VoiceOver, though one thread suspected a viral ad.

“Here is a somewhat more entertaining video of a blind person using Instagram, also on the iPhone with VoiceOver”

3 comments from Hacker News

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@arrrg2014 · in “Show HN: Voice - An iOS App that lets blind people read”
Using apps is no problem (if devs don’t ignore accessibility). iOS comes with a screenreader (VoiceOver) and all the default apps are accessible. Here is a (somewhat boring) walkthrough of the Camera app using VoiceOver: link Here is a somewhat more entertaining video of a blind person using Instagram, also on the iPhone with VoiceOver: ▶ this video Here is a video from the same guy, using an app to identify objects: link Basically, taping on the screen once will read to you what you just tapped, tapping twice (anywhere on the screen) will then select that. There are also gestures to navigate the different elements on the screen (mostly what you would expect, e.g. swiping forward/backward to got to the next/previous element) I think Android has a similar screenreader by now (no idea how good it is) and I can only recommend playing around with it to get a feel for it. I would assume taking good enough pictures is just a question of patience and practice. There is feedback (how much, if anything, was recognized?) so it’s possible to learn and get better at it.
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@cheeaun2012 · in “How Blind People Use Instagram”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@aw3c22013 · in “How blind people use Instagram [video]”
"Blogspam" (blame the submitter, not the blog) for ▶ this video tl;dw: iOS has a mode for vision impaired users where buttons are spoken when touched and a double touch activates them. The instagram app supports that. The video is fun, though it reeks of "viral" ad.