Hello Applevis Community,
I am seeking data on issues users with disabilities may have found in various bitcoin wallets. I have already done a bit of research but am looking for any recent issues, blog posts, surveys, etc. that might have been asked here or elsewhere since ~2020.
There have been a few accessibility initiatives in the Bitcoin space over the years, but I’m not convinced it’s improved much since the first screen-reader challenges were raised around 2014 (in MultiBit, Bitcoin-Qt, Armory, Electrum and the now-defunct IcyWallet project). I am also aware of the work the Bitcoin Design Community has been doing and the issues listed in the Accessibility fix hit list from just a few years ago.
In my testing so far in 2025 I have found major blockers in just about every bitcoin wallet I have used. I am thinking we may still be leaving out a significant minority of the population who could benefit from FOSS freedom tech like bitcoin and NOSTR, but am looking for evidence that supports or refutes this.
I’m looking for:
Recent reports, blog posts or surveys on issues like screen reader support, keyboard navigation, contrast, navigation, etc.
GitHub issues or docs that log accessibility gaps or fixes since 2020
First-hand experiences: what challenges did you or someone you know face, and any workarounds
Questions
What blockers remain in 2025 (e.g. unreadable QR codes, missing ARIA labels, lack of keyboard-only navigation)?
Have any wallet teams published accessibility roadmaps or fixes?
Are there recent user tests, surveys or community threads (StackExchange, Reddit, GitHub) on this topic?
If you or someone you know would be willing to share your experience to inform this study please use the link to the full survey below.
Any pointers to articles, threads, audits or anecdotes are also greatly appreciated.
Link to the full survey
Comments
Still Accepting Responses
Hi All,
I want to thank those of you who have already filled out the survey and let anyone else who may be interested know that this is still open for feedback.
My intent is to gather these responses to create a business case and start work on enhancing these open source projects for screen reader and AT users.
Best Regards,
jsonbits
Blog on this topic
Wanna Buy some Crypto?--written with what I hope was a bit of creative flair.
The comments are probably the most relevant. I'll note that Trust Wallet worked well for me up until a new "improvement" rendered it practically unusable.
Re - Wanna buy some Crypto
Thanks, Paul! I will check that thread out.
I also came across a study talking about Crypto exchange a11y but I am more interested in getting accessible solutions for holding your own private keys in a self-sovereign and secure manner (hence the emphasis on open source bitcoin wallets).
Not your keys not your coins!
Please
Share your findings. Its someting that i want to start doing soon. Buying and saving my own btc.
The survey creator is an accessibility professional
Hi all, I've taken the survey myself, and I've also worked in-person with the gentleman who created it. I can tell you that he has worked in the accessibility space and knows how to enhance code to make web sites and apps more useable for us. Please know that if you take this survey, your feedback will not fall on deaf ears. He is committed to doing whatever he can to improve the user experience of apps for everyone.
RE: Please
Thanks for your interest! I need a lot more AT Users to respond to the survey before I can publish my findings. Please pass this link along to as many people you know so we can get some solid justification to improve wallet accessibility.
Ultimately, my goal is to get a grant for this work and quit my day job so I can focus on accessibility engineering for open source / bitcoin projects full time. To get the grant from an open source foundation we need to justify numbers, issues, and deliver measurable impacts. The survey is the first step in that process.
Thoughts From A Crypto Android User
I have found, that most applications these days are sadly either taking a step backward on supporting screen readers,or they just made their app for the most part unusable thnks to unlabeled buttons all throughout.
Good thing I saw this thread, going to take said survey now.
Some of the apps on Android BTW that use to be accessible included:
MetaMask
CoinBase
Coin isn't accessible with Talkback, though I did take the time to label as many buttons I could, thanks to the commentary screen reader. I haven't labeld buttons for Coinbase or Metamask yet.
FYI: All labels for the coin app for Commentary/Jieshuo users, are in thy Jieshuo cloud, thus they should all be their automatically.