#48952: feature request: make freeciv fully accessible to screen reader users
Open Date: 2023-11-07 01:18
Last Update: 2023-11-07 23:22
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Last Changes/Comment on this Ticket:
2023-11-07 23:22 Updated by: cazfi
Comment:
I think those buttons are the widgets (technically gtk buttons, though visually unusual) to detach parts of the main window to separate windows. Opened a new ticket about that part -> #48954
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Ticket Status:
Reporter: lilmike
Owner: (None)
Type: Feature Requests
Status: Open
Priority: 5 - Medium
MileStone: (None)
Component: (None)
Severity: 5 - Medium
Resolution: None
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Ticket details:
Hiya,
I'm a blind user of the linux operating system, and I found your game in my package repositories. I downloaded the gtk version, as I hoped it might be accessible given it uses gtk, and it was actually very accessible so far, except for a few important things:
1. The map is not made accessible through gtk, so I don't know what the map looks like with a screen reader. This could be fixed if using a custom control by implementing the accessibility apis on it, or by changing the map to use natively accessible controls, or having an accessibility option for the map.
2. A few toggle buttons seem to be unlabeled, so I don't know what they do. One I notice my best guess is that it turns on or off full screen.
Other than that, what I was able to do so far was actually very accessible, and I would absolutely love to see this game become 100% screen reader friendly. I would be willing to colaborate on anything needed, testing, ideas, maybe even some code, just let me know how I can help :-)
-Michael.
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