Dear friends, #screenreader users, #blind users and #accessibility professionals in particular.
Are you using chat over traditional email as provided by #DeltaChat / #DeltaLab / #ArcaneChat?
I like it uses traditional email infrastructure, is federated, supports end to end encryption, rich content including audio / voice messages. I have even recognized @adbenitez has implemented screen reader accessibility specific features into the android app.
However I have quickly tried electron based app on linux with orca screen reader, exchanged a few messages back and fort between two of my personal accounts using the DeltaChat app and thunderbird and I haven't found the user experience verry appealing. I can't understand how to effectivelly navigate in the list of conversations and list of messages.
Therefore I would be interested to hear a few comments from people knowing this platform better. How accessible is it on different platforms?
On the desktop is the electron based app a prefered choice?
Also some other questions. For the best experience, do I need a new email address or can I use my existing self-hosted one I have already configured in thunderbird?
Ffeel free to point me to a FAQ, some up to date introductory documentation if you think my questions don't make much sense please.

ArcaneChat (previously known as #DeltaLab) an alternative Delta Chat client for #Android is now available in official F-Droid store!

If you already have it you can securely continue to upgrade it now from F-Droid (or #IzzyOnDroid) thanks to #ReproducibleBuilds which ensures the apk matches the source code and not me nor F-Droid is manipulating the binary 🎉

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/chat.delta.lite/

#encryption #decentralization #anonymous #email #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #fdroid

ArcaneChat | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

⚡ Fast encrypted chats for the family 🎉

#DeltaLab переименован в ArcaneChat.
@nick @h_ackerman actually I created a fork of Delta Chat called #DeltaLab and added experimental support for communities, read:
https://mastodon.social/@adbenitez/112526036288436059
@jonah there is no admin/roles functionality but is it necessary for small groups? Also, You might be interested in looking into https://chaos.social/@delta/112573959836159028 to have a team (community) account but for now only #deltalab on Android makes this convenient
Delta Chat (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images News from our direct action R&D #deltalab : Addressable communities. End to end encrypted. No state on servers. Attached: first a chat from deltafans with the hispanohablantes community ... where someone from the Spanish side invites deltafans folks to join it. Second is the Spanish community chatlist where lots of chatting is going on ... Also includes the chat with the deltafans community. Both are independently running and can adress/ be adressed with a messenger UX you already know.

chaos.social

News from our direct action R&D #deltalab : Addressable communities. End to end encrypted. No state on servers.

Attached: first a chat from deltafans with the hispanohablantes community ... where someone from the Spanish side invites deltafans folks to join it.

Second is the Spanish community chatlist where lots of chatting is going on ... Also includes the chat with the deltafans community.

Both are independently running and can adress/ be adressed with a messenger UX you already know.

„ArcaneChat“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

⚡ Fast encrypted chats for the family 🎉

IzzyOnDroid App Repo
„ArcaneChat“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

⚡ Fast encrypted chats for the family 🎉

IzzyOnDroid App Repo
@dansup This is a great attitude. Respect. It reminds me a little of #DeltaChat and #DeltaLab. Both use a common basis, but in some things the projects differ so that you can say, that DeltaLab is sometimes a bit more progressive. In any case, the developers are still working together and that is a good thing, especially for us open-source users.

🔜 SPOILER

en la próxima versión de #DeltaLab (y #DeltaChat oficial también) será posible CLONAR grupos!

clonar significa crear un nuevo grupo pero comenzando ya con los miembros del grupo anterior previamente seleccionados, así como la misma imagen y nombre del grupo, por supuesto en esa etapa de creación aún puedes descartar miembros no deseados, cambiar la imagen del grupo y nombre 💅