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Reddit says new accessibility tools for moderators are coming. Mods are skeptical (www.npr.org)

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[–] damnYouSun@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are they not still in violation of accessibility laws though?

The existence of a competent third-party solution does not negate the fact that they don't have accessibility features in their product.

[–] Danatronic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

They just haven't been sued over it (afaik) yet because blind people have found other solutions. Reddit is so far behind in accessibility compared to other social media- the official app doesn't have:

Any way to add alt text on images
Accessible moderation tools
Aria labels on the upvote and downvote buttons, the most basic feature of the site

It's actually incredible how little thought was put into the redesign and the official app.