Telegram Desktop should be accessible for visually impaired.

See the issue: telegramdesktop#476 (comment)

Telegram is widely adopted by visually impaired users for its chat capabilities; however, the desktop version lacks accessibility features. Unfortunately, the developers seem less inclined to address this issue, as the number of affected users is relatively low compared to other reported bugs.

To-Do: A pull request for the Telegram desktop addressing the following issues:

1. Ensure that the screen reader announces all focused elements accurately.
2. Ensure consistent behavior for keys such as Tab, Shift-Tab, and Arrow keys.
3. Implement keyboard shortcuts for navigating between messages, pinning messages, playing and pausing voice messages, and other essential functions.

Why we need Donation ?

Currently, we don't have a skilled C++ developer to handle this task, but we do have a dedicated team for product management, documentation, testing, and other essential functions. We're seeking a donation to help bring a qualified developer on board.

Telegram Desktop – Official Messenger

This is the complete source code and the build instructions for the official Telegram messenger desktop client, based on the Telegram API and the MTProto secure protocol.

The source code is published under GPLv3 with OpenSSL exception, the license is available here.

Supported systems

The latest version is available for

• Windows 7 and above (64 bit) (portable)
• Windows 7 and above (32 bit) (portable)
• macOS 10.13 and above
• Linux static build for 64 bit
• Snap
• Flatpak

Old system versions

Version 4.9.9 was the last that supports older systems

• macOS 10.12
• Linux with glibc < 2.28 static build

Version 2.4.4 was the last that supports older systems

• OS X 10.10 and 10.11
• Linux static build for 32 bit

Version 1.8.15 was the last that supports older systems

• Windows XP and Vista (portable)
• OS X 10.8 and 10.9
• OS X 10.6 and 10.7

Third-party

• Qt 6 (LGPL) and Qt 5.15 (LGPL) slightly patched
• OpenSSL 3.2.1 (Apache License 2.0)
• WebRTC (New BSD License)
• zlib 1.2.11 (zlib License)
• LZMA SDK 9.20 (public domain)
• liblzma (public domain)
• Google Breakpad (License)
• Google Crashpad (Apache License 2.0)
• GYP (BSD License)
• Ninja (Apache License 2.0)
• OpenAL Soft (LGPL)
• Opus codec (BSD License)
• FFmpeg (LGPL)
• Guideline Support Library (MIT License)
• Range-v3 (Boost License)
• Open Sans font (Apache License 2.0)
• Vazir font (SIL Open Font License 1.1)
• Emoji alpha codes (MIT License)
• xxHash (BSD License)
• QR Code generator (MIT License)
• CMake (New BSD License)
• Hunspell (LGPL)
• Ada (Apache License 2.0)

Build instructions

• Windows (32-bit) (64-bit)
• macOS
• GNU/Linux using Docker