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   Rook (rooktallon@dragonscave.space)'s status on Friday, 27-Jun-2025 21:20:45 JST Rook

   Anyone know of a good IRC client for the #blind? I wanna use IRC.

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     GaySteve🏳️‍🌈 (steve@ferral.cat)'s status on Friday, 27-Jun-2025 21:22:28 JST GaySteve🏳️‍🌈

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     @rooktallon
     What platform? Irssi works well with most screen readers and has customization for keyboard shortcuts.
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     josemanuel (josemanuel@social.sdfeu.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Jun-2025 21:24:12 JST josemanuel

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     @rooktallon I haven't tested it, but Blirc (https://github.com/lower-elements/blirc) is “designed to be used by blind or visually impaired people.” Or so it says in its README file.

     I assume Irssi, being a (very good) command-line client, should also be fairly accessible, but you would probably need a speech synthesizer to use it. The following link has tips on how to configure it for your use case:

     https://wiki.sdf.org/doku.php?id=sdf_for_blind_users

     Hope that helps.