# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Screen reader accessibility for web chat composer

## Open now

- 2 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #26689: Accessibility improvements for blind VoiceOver users
- #51159: \[Feature Request\] Critical Accessibility Issue: Web Dashboard Chat is completely inaccessible to Screen Readers

These members address a critical accessibility gap where the web dashboard chat composer is inaccessible to screen readers and VoiceOver users. They include a feature request, a reported blocker, and a related fix targeting screen-reader mode in the chat composer.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #133960. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133960 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-133960`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.27`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #26689: Accessibility improvements for blind VoiceOver users
- #51159: \[Feature Request\] Critical Accessibility Issue: Web Dashboard Chat is completely inaccessible to Screen Readers

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #36784: VoiceOver blocker: Chat composer still inaccessible in Hermes Web UI v0.15.1

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133960: fix(web): make the chat composer usable by screen readers (xterm screenReaderMode)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `web/src/lib/terminal-appearance.ts`, `web/src/pages/ChatPage.a11y.test.tsx`, `web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx`
- **#59091: fix(web): enable screen-reader mode for chat composer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133960 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-06`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`