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SSH terminal with built-in WIA Braille and screen reader support — WIA SOOM

AppleVis [Unofficial] March 20, 2026
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Hi everyone,

I built an SSH terminal with accessibility as a core feature, not an afterthought.

WIA SOOM includes:

  • WIA Braille — universal Braille for 7,000 languages (IPA-based)
  • Terminal Braille Overlay — shows braille translation below each terminal line, works with refreshable braille displays
  • Screen reader mode with xterm.js accessibility tree (tested with NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack)
  • Built-in setup guides for each screen reader
  • High contrast mode, TTS (reads pages aloud), reduced motion
  • RTL support (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian)
  • 254 languages, fully translated UI
  • Multimodal — paste images into SSH, AI analyzes them
  • Free

I'd love feedback from this community on how to improve the accessibility experience.

wiasoom.com 58s demo: https://youtu.be/Rv_bSDcHVJo Discord: https://discord.gg/QNcDSGRzAT

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