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   <eleanor> (root@elle.systems)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 07:17:30 JST <eleanor>

   lol the seemingly unaware mass ableism of people saying to "just use voice" in vrchat is wild.

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 07:18:12 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @root someone I know is sticking with Second Life for the very simple reason that she's deaf.
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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 14:21:15 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @root VRChat used to be better for disabled people when it (unofficially) supported user created plug-ins such as converting sign language to visible text, but then VRChat added anti-cheat and knowingly ended user made accessibility features.
     
     Second Life has recently brought up their interest of using 'AI' to transcribe voice chat for deaf people and mutes have been plugging text to speech to the virtual mic port for awhile now so it'd be nice if VRChat steps up ad implement these sort of features to support accessibility.
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     <eleanor> (root@elle.systems)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 14:21:16 JST <eleanor>

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     • Polychrome :blabcat:

     @Polychrome that makes sense, the only reason im checking out vrchat is because my deaf friend is getting into VR and really enjoys the ability to feel more like she's hanging out with people and interact with them how she wants in a way that feels like she's actually poking them in the nose or hugging them. but i do really miss the chat-centered reality of SL for sure.