I am visually impaired, I have a huge blindspot in my right eye, it would help to narrow the board so its longer rather than square. I miss so much coming in from the right!
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Hah, Nearly 10 years passed since the first message in this topic. And nothing happened. How amazing it is. And, yes, I am visually impaired too.
Apr 20, 2022
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vshmakov wrote:
Hah, Nearly 10 years passed since the first message in this topic. And nothing happened. How amazing it is. And, yes, I am visually impaired too.
That’s nothing. I’m mentally impaired and they havent done anything to make chess easier for me. 
Jul 28, 2022
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#25
Hi!
I have put up a new Club for blind and visually impaired Chess players. Please join, and invite persons you know might be interested as well. Sorry if this is off topic.
https://www.chess.com/club/blind-and-visually-impaired-chess-players
Lichess.org has, in my opinion, a fantastic feature to use the site blindfolded. Everything is readable, at least with Jaws 18.0. And you can type your moves in as well. I have played there a lot not using the screen at all. Chess.com should try to do a bit to get to same level...
However, I must admit, the sounds are better here... 
Dec 29, 2022
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devbanana wrote:
Would also love a way to move pieces by keyboard input. I'm a blind user as well and would like to be able to play on chess.com. For now the analysis features work pretty well if I load a game from elsewhere, but can't actually make any moves with the interface here.
Lichess has it. Its really good!
May 2, 2023
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The fact this thread started in 2012 and still hasn't been addressed is a little shameful.
Jun 11, 2023
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#28
Accessibility has been added to the Chess.com IOS app this last month. There is a video posted by CEO Erik along with blind tenor Andrea Bocelli.
https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-update-june-2023
i can see blind people being calculating masters because of how well they can see things in their head
Hi everyone,
I’ve developed a software bot to help blind and low-vision people play chess on Chess.com. Right now the site can be hard for them since it uses drag and drop pieces.
My software bot lets you play using just the keyboard. You can navigate the board and make moves with arrow keys. It will also read out loud things like game status, whose turn it is, etc.
I want to make sure this helps as much as possible. What features would be most useful? Are there any problems it should fix?
You can find the software ChessBot on GitHub at https://github.com/GNOLNG/ChessBot. Please give me and my co-worker any feedback by email at longlong210202@gmail.com and tllkwok2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk. Your comments and feedback are highly appreciated.
I hope this can help more people enjoy chess! Once it's better, I will send it to Chess.com. Thank you for your help in making the game accessible.
long210202 wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’ve developed a software bot to help blind and low-vision people play chess on Chess.com. Right now the site can be hard for them since it uses drag and drop pieces.
My software bot lets you play using just the keyboard. You can navigate the board and make moves with arrow keys. It will also read out loud things like game status, whose turn it is, etc.
I want to make sure this helps as much as possible. What features would be most useful? Are there any problems it should fix?
You can find the software ChessBot on GitHub at https://github.com/GNOLNG/ChessBot. Please give me and my co-worker any feedback by email at longlong210202@gmail.com and tllkwok2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk. Your comments and feedback are highly appreciated.
I hope this can help more people enjoy chess! Once it's better, I will send it to Chess.com. Thank you for your help in making the game accessible.
I am currently taking over this project and I have performed some adjustments and added new features to the software. Until now, I have enable the Game Review function after game and more time control selection for online game.
The updated version of this software was published on
https://github.com/lamekid123/NeoChessBot
If you have any requirements or suggestions for improving the accessibility. Please feel free to contact me at tllkwok2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk or tlkwok1214@gmail.com . It will help me improve this software to assist visually impaired individuals. Thank you all!
Let's make Chess.com the most accessible site to play chess!
https://www.chess.com/blog/chess_dot_tom/lets-make-chess-com-the-most-accessible-site-to-play-chess