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Google Book accessibility flaws shown running on a Mac

Original: Wanna see how awful the new Google Book accessibility is, right on your Mac if you have one? This runs a real Googlebook

A demo is circulating showing Google Book's new accessibility running in a virtual machine on an Apple Silicon Mac, using GPU acceleration with Chrome working. The poster calls the experience awful and shares the setup so Mac owners can try it themselves. Observers are weighing in on how usable the accessibility features are in practice.

Why now: People are reacting to claims that Google Book's updated accessibility is poor, with a working demo making the criticism easy to verify.

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Evidence

• Wanna see how awful the new Google Book accessibility is, right on your Mac if you have one? This runs a real Googlebook OS image in a VM on an Apple Silicon Mac — GPU-accelerated, with Chrome working. https:// github.com/skylartaylor/gbos-vm # accessibility # Googlebook #… · pixelate@tweesecake.social · 6

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