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This mode doesn't just change the display — even the timing is redesigned around how fast a screen reader actually reads. That 3-second pause after a confirmation line isn't an arbitrary delay; it's deliberate room left for the screen reader to finish reading it.
Marcus Ide
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September 26, 2026
Claude Code's original terminal interface wasn't friendly to screen reader users — boxes, progress animations, in-place redraws are visual effects a screen reader often can't parse, and can even freeze or stop responding entirely. This problem was raised explicitly in the community: NVDA users reported the terminal frequently freezing during streaming output or progress indicator updates,...