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Does anyone know if Fuchsia, or any higher-level environment built on top of it like this new software for the Nest Hub, includes a screen reader for blind users? This will be necessary before Fuchsia can be considered a full replacement for Android, Chromium OS, etc.

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Yes, Nest displays have a screen reader feature: https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9167457

As explained in the article, the release of Fuchsia should not change any supported feature (please report a bug via the "send feedback" option if you notice otherwise!).

Thanks for the response. I know what the article said, but I also tend to assume that accessibility will be overlooked or treated as not very important.

I'm tempted to buy a first-generation Nest Hub, maybe off eBay, to find out for myself.

Having a smart speaker with a display doesn't make sense for a bling person imao.

It might make sense for a blind person with sighted family and friends.

Given that this describes my family and we have a first gen Nest Hub I expect to be able to soon report whether Fushcia is as accessible as the prior Linux stack.

Thanks. If you find that there's a regression in accessibility with this update, I'd appreciate it if you would email me (my email address is in my HN profile), to make sure I get the message even if I forget to check this thread, so I can help sound the alarm.

Yes, the Home Hub includes both a screen reader and touch exploration mode.

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