SSH terminal with built-in WIA Braille and screen reader support — WIA SOOM

By Sam-Heum Yeon (WIA SOOM), 20 March, 2026

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Assistive Technology

Hi everyone,

I built an SSH terminal with accessibility as a core feature, not an afterthought.

WIA SOOM includes:
- WIA Braille — universal Braille for 7,000 languages (IPA-based)
- Terminal Braille Overlay — shows braille translation below each terminal line, works with
refreshable braille displays
- Screen reader mode with xterm.js accessibility tree (tested with NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack)
- Built-in setup guides for each screen reader
- High contrast mode, TTS (reads pages aloud), reduced motion
- RTL support (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian)
- 254 languages, fully translated UI
- Multimodal — paste images into SSH, AI analyzes them
- Free

I'd love feedback from this community on how to improve the accessibility experience.

wiasoom.com
58s demo: https://youtu.be/Rv_bSDcHVJo
Discord: https://discord.gg/QNcDSGRzAT

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