[SportsandRec] How To Use a Screen Reader on the Peloton Bike

[Patrick Johnson]

Sherry,

Spirit Fitness has the Spirit Fit app available through the Apple app
store.  It works with a number of their treadmills and exercise bikes.
It is clunky to setup but for the most part is Voiceover friendly.  I
use it to start workouts on my XBR55.

HTH,

Patrick

On 7/3/20, Sherri via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I saw this on another list.  Has anyone heard about this?  What other
> accessible fitness devices can you tell me about?  Thanks.
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> How To Use a Screen Reader on the Peloton Bike
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> A new feature makes the Bike more accessible.
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> By Team Peloton
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> https://blog.onepeloton.com/screen-reader-peloton/
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> At Peloton, we're committed to providing the best, most immersive, and
> accessible experience for our Members. Part of that mission means
> committing
> thoughtfully to introducing features and updates that make the Peloton
> experience more seamless and intuitive for Members of all fitness abilities
> and ambitions.
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> For that reason, today we're excited to be adding the TalkBack screen
> reader
> to our Bike to provide Members who are blind or have low vision with audio
> feedback when they interact with the Bike touchscreen.
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> Why did we make these changes?
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> Put simply, we want all of our Members to have access to all of our
> fantastic content and be able to reach their fitness goals. We've spent the
> past several months gathering input from our Member community and the
> American Council of the Blind to inform this and future features to
> accommodate Members who are blind or have low vision.
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> In our last major accessibility update, we added support for captions and
> subtitles for the majority of our library of on-demand classes. This was an
> important step in making our platform more accessible and we know it made a
> big difference to our Members who are deaf or hard of hearing. While we're
> excited about the update today, we recognize there's a long way to go
> towards making Peloton accessible to all.
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> What's next?
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> Today's update is part of our ongoing commitment to expanding accessibility
> features to as many Members as possible over time. Going forward, we'll
> continue to work closely with some of you, our Members, to ensure new
> features are as usable and comprehensive as possible and help us to improve
> these and other accessibility features over time.
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> If you'd like to provide feedback on the feature or participate in future
> useability testing with our research team, please reach out to
> accessibility at onepeloton.com <mailto:accessibility at onepeloton.com>  for
> more
> information.
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> For more information:
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> For basics on operating the Google Talkback feature on your device, read
> our
> article on Peloton Accessibility:
> https://support.onepeloton.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045166672/
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> To reach out with questions or feedback, email us at
> accessibility at onepeloton.com <mailto:accessibility at onepeloton.com> .
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> For more on our commitment to Accessibility:
> https://www.onepeloton.com/accessibility
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