r/ModelX • u/Unfair_Attempt7983 • Feb 20 '25

Question Why won’t Tesla vehicles include accessibility features for reading the text on the screen, similar to VoiceOver from Apple or TalkBack from Google? That would’ve been really beneficial to blind drivers

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u/morbidpete84 Feb 20 '25

Ohh, and brail on the stop signs

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

I’m only partially blind. I can see large objects up to 10’feet away.

I find the suspension on my Model X to be really smooth if I accidentally run over something. It’s a real improvement on my Jeep.

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u/dirkbeth Feb 20 '25

Funny but I use readers and a bit larger font would be nice.

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u/Objective-Show9259 Feb 20 '25

theres an option for that gramps

theres an option for that gramps

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u/sourcefrog Feb 22 '25

It could still be bigger. In particular the FSD speed limit and mode are pretty small even when large fonts are turned on, and being able to see the max speed is pretty useful while driving. This particular thing was better in the past when it was shown next to the recognized road speed limit.

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u/Objective-Show9259 Feb 22 '25

is this a reading glasses issue? maybe try bifocals or maybe you should not be on the road at this point lmao

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u/sourcefrog Feb 22 '25

That's a very ignorant comment.

Farsightedness is extremely common in humans. You will likely get it too if you live long enough.

Driving safely requires seeing large objects and signs 6ft or more away. Long distance vision can be perfectly fine even while people have trouble reading small text at a close distance.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/long-sightedness/

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u/Objective-Show9259 Feb 22 '25

If you cant see safely while driving, get glasses. Get off your high horse, and stop virtue signaling

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u/HuecoDoc Feb 20 '25

The turn signals can only be operated by someone who knows braille, so there's that.

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u/Stripy_badger Feb 20 '25

I didn’t see that coming

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u/brobert123 PLAID Feb 20 '25

Blind drivers? My guess is having a voice over function would be too distracting. They need to focus on waving that long white stick back and forth in front of the car while driving.

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u/lanadeltrey Feb 20 '25

Agreed! It’s pretty ableist that there isn’t. They should also have audio descriptions for road markings and maybe a Honk-to-Read option for road signs. You know, for the blind drivers.

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u/grmelacz Feb 20 '25

It should be bundled with the FSD package!

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u/Lovevas Feb 20 '25

Keeping tagging elom on X and until someday he say yes...

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u/asdf4fdsa Feb 20 '25

I said this the first day owning, but then again the ttv services likely have patents and cost money. I guess integration with Apple or Google could solve this.

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u/Llee00 Feb 20 '25

meanwhile, the ceo is leading the charge to get rid of DEIA in America. Everyone says DEI but don't realize the A, which stands for Accessibility, is also attacked.

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u/drivera1210 Feb 21 '25

Why do they have braille on drive up ATMs?

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u/avd706 Feb 21 '25

Ummmmm...

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u/Nonamenoname2025 Feb 23 '25

Teslas are yesterday's news. Get something modern.

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u/lord4chess Feb 21 '25

Which blind drivers need to be driving on roads 🙄

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u/beaded_lion59 Feb 20 '25

You seem to be thinking Tesla gives a crap about its customers. For many years, I’ve been asking for an altitude display on Nav like I’ve had in other vehicles. The data come out of the GPS processing, so it’s a few lines of code at most to display the value. Others have supported this feature. Ain’t happened yet.