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View submission: Accessibility Updates to Mod Tools: Part 1
We recently conducted an accessibility audit with an external vendor and have been working on improving accessibility on the site and in our apps. Today we are committing to what we’ve shared in the post. We will provide more updates on the consumer experience in July.
Comment by Oscar_Geare at 24/06/2023 at 00:48 UTC
131 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Could you please be transparent with the audit, or at least release a “this is what the audit found and this is what we need to do”?
Comment by iJeff at 24/06/2023 at 00:48 UTC
41 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't think the official app supports font scaling from within the Android app?
Comment by GrumpyOldDan at 24/06/2023 at 00:38 UTC
60 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Hi joyventure, thanks for replying and I appreciate you have likely been landed with this role in the recent upheaval.
Which external vendor?
Measuring against what?
Like I said you have commited to "accessibility improvements" but there's not really much I can go on there with regards to an established standard. You have identified specific features but not to what extent you will be providing accessibility to them.
Comment by BelleAriel at 24/06/2023 at 10:54 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What are you doing to support the visually impaired in Reddit platform?
Comment by mizmoose at 24/06/2023 at 02:05 UTC
29 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I appreciate Reddit making a commitment to improving accessibility, but I'm absolutely puzzled and floored how Reddit thinks that "an external vendor" is the best evaluation of what accessibility Redditors require, instead of *asking the actual users who need the accessibility*.
This is classic ableism. It's telling disabled people what they need, not letting disabled people inform about what they need.
Unless Reddit is committing to meeting a certain standard, there's no way of knowing that the recommendations of the "external vendor" will meet the actual needs of the users.
Comment by livejamie at 24/06/2023 at 03:26 UTC
12 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So.... no.
Got it.
Comment by ConfessingToSins at 25/06/2023 at 13:34 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So no, you won't commit to an industry standard accessibility solution.
Why do you people think you're smarter than the actual experts in this field? You realize they're smarter than literally anyone at your company, right?
Comment by audentis at 24/06/2023 at 08:35 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So no, although you are working on accessibility, you are not committing to a standard?
Comment by fighterace00 at 24/06/2023 at 00:43 UTC*
-11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thanks for actually responding to this