Accessibility of Social Media Application for Blinds

With the increase in technology, social networking became an essential component of human life. People communicate and share information through social networking applications, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. However, it is observed that accessing such applications for visually impaired or blind users is challenging and such applications are reported as highly inaccessible. This study aims to analyze the usefulness of Facebook Messenger application for blind users using smartphone devices. Initially, an experiment is conducted with five blind people and their interaction with existing Facebook Messenger application is observed. Finally, the future work is suggested based on the obtained findings in the design of new social networking application. Further it will be compared with available applications to enhance the usability for blind users.