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FCC mandates all mobile phones in the US to be compatible with hearing aids (www.androidauthority.com)
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The rule also mandates universal Bluetooth standards and volume control compliance for all smartphones.

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[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

I, for one, am extremely inconvenienced by not toggling "blind" or "vision impaired" mode in my OS or browser. The existance of a high contrast mode also offends me. The thought that websites might be navigable using speech readers keeps me up at night.