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Google reverses rejection of Android accessibility bug report
Original: New post: Damage Control Two days after calling my touch exploration bug "outside the scope of our support", Google Disa
A developer reports that Google Disability Support apologised and reversed its position on a touch exploration bug, two days after dismissing it as outside the scope of support. The reversal came after the developer noted the issue also affects TalkBack, Android's screen reader, something they say they pointed out in their first email. Accessibility advocates are sharing the episode as an example of having to fight to be heard.
Why now: People are discussing the episode as evidence that users must push back repeatedly before companies take accessibility bugs seriously.
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Evidence
- New post: Damage Control Two days after calling my touch exploration bug "outside the scope of our support", Google Disability Support is back with an apology and a reversal, "specifically given that this issue also impacts TalkBack". I told them that in the very first email.… · fireborn@dragonscave.space · 28
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