5 things Pinterest is doing to become more accessible for blind people

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It may be playing catch-up, but Pinterest is finally making its platform more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision.

On Wednesday, Pinterest announced a handful of updates across the company’s app and website, particularly aimed at being more inclusive.

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Steered by lead designer Long Cheng, Pinterest partnered with San Francisco non-profit Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired to develop the updates.

“After talking to Pinners and finding out how Pinterest was (and wasn’t) working for them, we did an accessibility audit and created a list of areas to improve,” says Pinterest’s press statement.

According to Co.Design, Cheng sat down with a range of people who are blind, or have low or limited vision to play with the app. He found many had trouble using the platform, navigating between pins, and even simply creating accounts.

Accessibility features are already built into iOS (VoiceOver) and Android (TalkBack), which allow users to get spoken feedback from devices without looking at the screen. Users can hear a description of everything that’s happening on the screen using the features, from caller ID to your battery level.

But according to Co.Design, Pinterest hadn’t properly managed its [...]

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