Submitted by Simone Dal Maso on and last modified on 4 October, 2017
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Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple, secure and free.
Telegram is a secure messenger that you can switch to without having to say goodbye to any of your favorite features.
With Telegram, you can create group chats with up to 200 people so you can stay connected with everyone at once. Plus, you can share videos and documents of any type, send multiple photos from the web, and forward any media you receive in an instant. All your messages are in the cloud, so you can easily access them from any of your devices.
For those interested in maximum privacy, we've added Secret Chats, featuring end-to-end encryption to ensure that a message can only be read by its intended recipient. When it comes to Secret Chats, nothing is logged on our servers and you can automatically program the messages to self-destruct from both devices so there is never any record of it.
We built Telegram to make messaging safe again so you can take back your right to privacy.
Why Switch to Telegram?
FAST: Telegram is the fastest messaging app on the market because it uses a distributed infrastructure with data centers positioned around the globe to connect users to the closest possible server.
SECURE: Security flaws in popular apps like WhatsApp have gotten a lot of bad press recently, so we made it our mission to provide the best security on the market.
CLOUD STORAGE: Never lose your data again! Telegram offers free unlimited cloud storage for all your Telegram messages and media that you can securely access from multiple devices.
GROUP CHAT & SHARING: With Telegram, you can form large group chats (up to 200 members), quickly share large videos, documents (.doc, .ppt, .zip, etc.), and send all the photos you want to friends.
RELIABLE: Built to deliver your messages in the minimum bytes possible, Telegram is the most reliable messaging system ever made. It works even on the weakest mobile connections.
100% FREE & NO ADS: Telegram is free and will always be free. We do not plan to sell ads or introduce subscription fees.
PRIVACY: We take your privacy very seriously and will never give third parties access to your data!
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Accessibility Comments:
Unfortunately, I'm very near to define this app a disaster, because it is impossible reaching the text field for opening the chat and write.
A work around is disable voiceover, then tap on the low part of the screen until we listen to the classic sound of written characters, then re-enable voiceover, delete what you wrote and write the message.
Really frustrating, also because Voiceover doesn't read message in the chat window!
On the other hand, you can send vocal messages, with an unlabelled button, and it works quite well.
I'm really sorry that developers didn't answer to my requests. if you can, try write to info@telegram.org, or go to settings, make a question, and you will be prompted to chat with someone of the staff, that never answer to me.
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It seems that developers are not responsive. Anyway, it is a great app also because there is a Mac Version that is accessible, so you can chat both with your idevice or with your mac.
19 Comments
#1 Agree
Submitted by Raul on
I wrote to the developers some months ago and there was no response either. I use the Mac version, called messenger for telegram, you can find it on the mac appstore.
#2 Not good
Submitted by Aidan JK on
Give this a miss unless you really need to use it for file-sharing. I've just downloaded it and spent a few minutes on it, and you are still not able to enter the text edit box with Voiceover running, or read the messages from left to right in a chat as with iMessage, Messenger or Whatsapp. To write a message, you have to go from the main screen to compose message each time, find the person you were talking to and send the text that way. I think the rating remains accurate: it is usable in the sense that most of its features can be half-used, but to be honest it's such a slow process that you probably needn't bother. I shal persevere but continue to use my charms to persuade people of the merits of Whatsapp for group messaging instead.
#3 what can we do?
Submitted by Simone Dal Maso on
Telegram is becoming really popular.
The app is terrible speaking about accessibility, and developers seem not interested. Perhaps if Applevis team can consider to write them...
#4 sign petition for Telegram
Submitted by Simone Dal Maso on
#5 Study Group
Submitted by Thu Huong Dao on
Telegram has not improved its accessibility for years! There are many helpful study groups on Telegram, but I fail to access them. There are not so many study groups on WhatsApp though. Very frustrated...
#6 Current version of Telegram for iOS seems to support voiceover.
Submitted by db on
Confirmed by Telegram owner/founder: https://twitter.com/alisonc42/status/1100439055320444928 support for Voiceover due in March - Download the latest version - basic messaging works in VoiceOver for iOS!
#7 Telegram VoiceOver support
Submitted by alex wallis on
Telegram VoiceOver support has dramatically improved in terms of navigation but there are still glaring issues with the app, in particular one button with no label on the main window of the app, and it seems impossible to manage existing chats after tapping the edit button. does anyone know the procedure for engaging with telegram on accessibility? I assume if I email normal tech support they probably won't have a clue what I am going on about or my report will just be lost in the system.
#8 Twitter
Submitted by sockhopsinger on
Try their Twitter name. Be polite ... at first ...
#9 with the latest update
Submitted by alex wallis on
with the latest update telegram has improved there accessibility again, there is still an unlabeled button or two, e.g if you get sent a website link, but now deleting messages marking as read and all the other usual things you would want to do with a messaging app is now accessible, as VoiceOver offers an actions rotor for managing chats and messages within chats. the main accessibility rating and information for this app is totally outdated.
#10 that's good to know! hope
Submitted by ming on
that's good to know! hope the next version can be more better
#11 Hi everyone.
Submitted by Sauro on
Hi everyone.
I do not think we can now define Telegram now as accessible. yet
You cannot scroll through messages within a group, you cannot read the unread messages counter, you cannot read the comments of a message within a group,
you cannot change many settings, etc etc .
Greetings
Sauro
#12 I've sent all of that and
Submitted by KE7ZUM on
I've sent all of that and more including the files and now the scheduling messages to telegram.org/support and no go. They don't respond, they don't even say they got the issue. They don't respond on twitter. I'm thinking of leaving this app, but for the fact I run 2 troups on there and I have a podcast channel on there. The app sucks balls on iOs and it appears they don't really care. Oh and they still have not fixed the crashing when deleting a voice clip issue. I sent them a sis diag file and no response.
#13 new update, still no joy
Submitted by KE7ZUM on
Well, there was an update today, but, scheduling messages are still inaccessible, the files area is atrocious and don't even get me started on links. They are not taking us seriously. and also removing audio messages what the actions rotor still causes telegram to crash. I sent in my reports in ios 12 when this happened in June, but no go, and it looks like they don't care.
#14 I just got telegram and it's...
Submitted by jcdjmac on
Hi,
I just got telegram today and it's accessible with VoiceOver. they've made some more enhancements with the UI and you can now delete messages using the actions rotor. I don't use the scheduling feature, I just leave it alone. all in all, very simple and easy to use.
#15 Yeah, I have to see if I
Submitted by KE7ZUM on
Yeah, I have to see if I can remove audio messages with out it crashing. Also the files area is still inaccessible last I looked a few weeks ago.
#16 Still inacessible appp
Submitted by Vireak on
Dear Everyone!
Personally, I still rate telegram as an inaccessible app in comparison to other major social network out there, at least for now. Unlabeled buttons are still lingering around, while the interface is hard to navigate. I think the telegram should be ashamed for ignoring improving accessibility despite telegram's popularity.
#17 can we change the original post?
Submitted by goldenear on
Hi all:
Am using the app from more than 3 months, and all i can say that they are working in improving accessibility, so, it's not fair to say that it's not accessible, do not know if we can change the rate etc according to it's current status?
#18 any other app designed for blinds?
Submitted by goldenear on
I need to find a secret chatting app that deals only with blind persons, or at least not known to sighted ones, need to talk to my GF which is totally blind.
#19 Secret chats are not
Submitted by KE7ZUM on
Secret chats are not accessible. Use telegram and unigram on the pc. By the way I've reported all the issues we are having to telegram's support and they don't even take the time to answer our emails. We even are part of a telegram group with those folks and they ignore us there as well.