{"id":600029,"date":"2026-03-20T17:34:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/twitch-slowly-improving-accessibility-of-its-streaming-platform"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:34:50","slug":"twitch-slowly-improving-accessibility-of-its-streaming-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/twitch-slowly-improving-accessibility-of-its-streaming-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitch slowly improving accessibility of its streaming platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/twitch-slowly-improving-accessibility-of-its-streaming-platform.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nTwitch is improving the accessibility of its streaming platform, detailing a number of planned and immediate improvements.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nJust added for <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitch.tv\/en\/2022\/05\/19\/celebrating-one-in-a-billion-talent-for-gaad\/\">Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a> are new badges for viewers to identify as audio or video only, so streamers can see those with a limited channel experience.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEarlier this year the platform began working with accessibility consultants to review the Creator Stream Manager dashboard on web, mobile apps, and the core UI library to improve accessibility across the board.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/twitch-slowly-improving-accessibility-of-its-streaming-platform\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/twitch-slowly-improving-accessibility-of-its-streaming-platform\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitch is improving the accessibility of its streaming platform, detailing a number of planned and immediate improvements. Just added for Global Accessibility Awareness Day are new badges for viewers to identify as audio or video only, so streamers can see those with a limited channel experience. Earlier this year the platform began working with accessibility consultants to review the Creator Stream Manager dashboard on web, mobile apps, and the core UI library to improve accessibility across the board. 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