# Support for blind people

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/support-for-blind-people/53670>\
**Category:** General JUCE discussion\
**Created:** [November 8, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/support-for-blind-people/53670 "2022-11-08T10:29:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![daniel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/daniel/32/790_2.png) [@daniel](https://forum.juce.com/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/support-for-blind-people/53670/2 "2022-11-08T10:36:28Z")

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I doubt there is ground for a lawsuit in general. Maybe something could be constructed, like if the application is required to do a certain job, where lack of accessibility could be seen as discrimination. But I doubt it applies here.

JUCE added accessibility in JUCE 6 and uses screenreaders etc. I just had a brief look at it, but e.g. Surge and others did a lot of effort to integrate it in their products (just know it from discussions here and on the discord). Which means it is well tested and working by now.

Here is an overview of classes involved in accessibility:  
[https://docs.juce.com/master/group\_\_juce\_\_gui\_\_basics-accessibility.html](https://docs.juce.com/master/group __juce__ gui__basics-accessibility.html)

Here is the announcement with more details:

> [@JUCE Accessibility on \`develop\`](https://forum.juce.com/t/juce-accessibility-on-develop/45142):
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> EDIT 10/05/2021: These changes are now on the develop branch and the accessibility preview branch has been removed. Please pull the latest develop to check out the accessibility features. Hello all. The JUCE team is delighted to announce that a beta release of accessibility support in JUCE is now available on the new accessibility feature branch: [https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE/tree/accessibility](https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE/tree/accessibility) Please use this forum thread to provide any feedback about the new feature. Please also …

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