perryprog:
The number one issue here is that Discord is 100% inaccessible, and the /r/blind team has been told it will stay that way.
For example, Discord has been rather rude to the /r/blind team, where /r/blind made a post on Discord’s subreddit asking if Discord will ever be accessible, and if not, they had custom clients that they could use. Discord responded by saying that using a custom client will get your account permanently banned from Discord and to contact them on Discord if they have more questions.
Discord has also said things to blind users like “get a better magnifier” and other things along that line. There has also been a support ticket open for (I think) about 4 years now asking for this, and there hasn’t been a single response from Discord.
This indeed sounds like a problem and something we should take quite seriously since a chief motivation in moving from IRC was to improve accessibility.
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