Hi all, I’m writing here some quick feedback on my discussions with Birla Institute of Technology And Science, regarding Whatsapp accessibility
Their research aims at presenting papers for consideration in future development, although they are not directly involved in development itself. Their focus is on general user accessibility as well as accessibility by those with access challenges, not the latter alone. We discussed how the acquisition by Meta has led to overwhelming communication chat, messaging and status-level platforms all into Whatsapp. This overwhelms also sighted and abled-bodied users as well. Whatsapp for Android: It was proposed by me that the problem of using the Voice Note button in a chat results in the screen-reader reading out the latest message while the voice note is being recorded, but that this seems to be resolved in the latest Talkback on Android versions. Long press on messages could include Emojis as a function to choose instead of directly popping up the Reactions. Access to Gifs and stickers could be made accessible by AI integration: Images of people and objects could be described; TTS could be used to make images of Text readable, and a combination of these two deployed in AI integration. Message Order: TalkBack reads messages in an unusual order, announcing the message content, profile picture, then contact name, followed by their phone number in a numerical format. [I have not been able to replicate this from the chat window so could not demonstrate the problem.] Whatsapp for PC: Keyboard shortcuts assignments for answering and ending calls could be natively applied to the buttons for those functions. Appologies for features that did not make it into this discussion. We ran out of time and a future discussion was offered which I accepted. I also proposed discussions with other interested Talkback users but was told they will consider for future but for now a selection was made based on the forms completed on their completed feedback request. Kind regards, Yamuna Jivana dasa On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 2:10 PM Yamuna Jivana Dasa <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi all, This morning I was contacted by researchers from Birla Institute of Technology And Science,for a WhatsApp accessibility Usability learning session. Before I commit my availability date for this discussion, I thought it would be best for me to write to the group for feedback on your experience with Whatsapp accessibility on the various platforms. I do not know the level of impact of this organization on the future of Whatsapp accessibility, so I cannot offer you any guarantees, but I figured it would be worthwhile offering feedback to a large institution dealing with its accessibility. So, anyone interested in offering me feedback with any significant problems with Whatsapp accessibility on any platform, please send me a private E-mail on [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Please be brief and concise. Mention the following: 1. What platform your issue is related to: Android, IOS, Windows or MAC. 2. What screen-reader are you using: Talkback, Prudence, Voiceover, Jaws, NVDA, Etc. 3. A brief and concise description of the accessibility issue needing to be addressed. 4. Whether or not you have found that the problem can be replicated using alternate platforms or screen-readers. Please only discuss accessibility of Whatsapp and do not write with any other related accessibility issues. I will be compiling notes and cannot waste time with clutter as time is limited. I will be deciding on available date for my meeting with them by tomorrow morning. Therefore any feedback from you must come my way by end of today 1 May 2024. 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