Here's the first release of godot-screenreader! It's a script that imitates the behavior of a screenreader in godot games so you can load interfaces. It's early in development but it has enough functionality to work with the TTS. #godot #accessibility github.com/badgernested... - ThreadSky

punishedfelix.com • 71 days ago

Here's the first release of godot-screenreader!

It's a script that imitates the behavior of a screenreader in godot games so you can load interfaces. It's early in development but it has enough functionality to work with the TTS.

#godot #accessibility

https://github.com/badgernested/godot-screenreader

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punishedfelix.com•70 days ago

I've added a web demo. It has a few bugs so I wouldn't say its ready for full HTML5 signoff release but its a good demonstration of the feature set.

https://punishedfelix.itch.io/godot-screenreader

punishedfelix.com•71 days ago

Direct screenreader, Braille display support, other features are goals in the future, but this way we can at least have the groundwork for a free and open source game engine project that makes game navigation easier.

Feel free to contribute, its in an early state & could use your help frankly 😅

hammyhavoc.com•70 days ago

Braille display support would be absolutely phenomenal.

punishedfelix.com•70 days ago

I think it can be done. I really hope if I can pass strings to NVDA that it comes bundled with Braille display support, but I have no hardware on my person. I do have a tester who I believe has access though.

hammyhavoc.com•70 days ago

I have heard of devs being loaned braille displays by manufacturers for testing purposes, and open source stuff doesn't pay anything to borrow it according to a friend. Might be worth looking into and seeing if you can get some hardware to test with. Would be a huge accessibility win. Massive.

ianhamilton.bsky.social•70 days ago

Shouldn't need to pass directly to NVDA, better to expose directly to the OS accessibility layer then any AT can access it, just have to do it once and you've supported all kinds of OS and 3rd party screenreaders 😁

punishedfelix.com•70 days ago

Godot sends directly to the native OS TTS, not the accessibility interface currently. It looks like some work very recently is being done to integrate AccessKit which looks like a next step here. My main interest is Braille display support, since there should just be an easy way to feed strings.

punishedfelix.com•70 days ago

I still think having a direct means to override control is valuable to the developer, since developers value the flexibility offered by overriding controls. Not to mention Godot UI control is not developed in a really sane or conventional way, so this works for now.

ianhamilton.bsky.social•69 days ago

Yeah native OS TTS API is not how to do it at all.

hammyhavoc.com•70 days ago

Wow, very interesting. CC @bryandesrosiers.com @tarjapk.bsky.social

tarjapk.bsky.social•70 days ago

Thanks. Will check this out!

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