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by kochb 29 days ago
Yes, the audio speed can be adjusted.

Whether that control you see visually is actually accessible to a blind user is a different matter entirely. Further, it maxes out at 2x, but a blind person would typically screen read at the equivalent of 3-6x.
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ShinyLeftPad 29 days ago
Huh, 2x is low even sometimes for sighted people.

Related, it seems like YouTube recently paywalled speed increase beyond 2x. Another way in which it's not cheap to lose sight, I guess.

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the_other 29 days ago
> Another way in which it's not cheap to lose sight, I guess.

True.

We can frame it even more strongly: "default societal practices actively discriminate against people with disabilities; they intentionally, consciously choose to make life harder for people who're disadvantaged".

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entrope 29 days ago
> Another way in which it's not cheap to lose sight, I guess.

Seems like it would be a win-win to have a user setting to opt out of video in exchange for ungating that feature.

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