Hello,
Here it is: creating your own franchise!
https://youtu.be/b3nFtva2bEk
Hope you all enjoy!

Hey guys, I'm Robert ill be helping Karen with blind guide for Madden.

I only wish Mixer didn't have such a low audio quality and it's in mono.
I heard that Mixer lowers the quality and streams in mono if you have a connection that's not up to their standards.

Despite this, is there a way to set the simple season in Connected Franchise? It would be mostly blind players, but if it has to be on full control that is going to be seriously difficult. I myself am one of those people who'd like to experience full control, but even with OCR that is going to be one hell of a challenge with dynamic menus. I wouldn't mind inviting anyone willing to play by our rules in a franchise, but that's the thing.
Sighted people would probably want us to play on competitive style, where stick movement, manually running the ball if ball carrior, etc, matter a lot more, even if playing as a coach roll. Also, I've only heard halftime reports I think from custom Play Now games where they're just choosing teams. The real NFL, in the halftime reports, recounts what is going on in the other games in the league as well, whereas the Madden halftime report is a short highlight reel. Curious in Franchise if this changes? Does poor Larry have a few more lines to talk other than the pre-game short intro and halftime report?

Hi,

@slj

a huge thumps up for your explanation my friend, this indeed doesn't only include blind people.

@rblake a warm welcome to the forums and this discussion. Am also very interested in your next post/question/comment etc.

Anyhow, a warm welcome

greetz mike

Hello everyone,
How I remembered that content? I didn't My girlfriend who is absolutely amazing, and  does have some vision, read me every bit of text, and had me copy it in to a text document.  She deserves more credit that I do. No, Poor LR, doesn't get anymore airtime  in this adition, sadly.  Half time presentation and pregame presentation is something i'm bugging the developers about, .  I will assume, that you can  set the same settings on connect franchise as well. That's something I'll verify when I get a chance.  I'll do the match in that franchise when I get the chance as well.  Now that I know that mixer degrades the quality,  Can anyone suggest an alternative?  I do not have the money for expensive hardware,  and I would feel silly setting up a go fund me for something like this. Do I get the feeling that  I need to do a video about league invites? Problem with that, is that TTS needs to be put in the game.  Also, I apologize in my first vvideo, I mis read one of the options as Commentary files.  The actual option is community files, whare players post roster files and other files for other people to download.     Karren and her team of developers are amazing, taking on this chalange.  Robert welcome to the team, and get ready for a crazy ride.  I want to clean up the text document,  and then I would like to share it.  Please, if there are anymore requests or questions, shoot them here, I'll be happy to answer them if I can.

Would using voiceovers for the menus be easier?  It would be naturally more caustly though.

I'm going to post snippets of the guide here as I go. Here's how to turn on accessible rumbles once the patch hits. You can turn this on before the patch hits, as I re-purposed the enlarge setting to handle rumbles - the instructions do not change. I'm trying to figure out how to handle PS4/XB1 differences - I can't show console favoritism on EA's blog, so must have both. How's this?

Note: it's possible there is a sound when backing out of a menu, and it's just totally inaudible to my defective hearing. I'll double-check.

Turning on Vision Assists

Visual Assists provide additional rumbles that will assist with blind game play.

From the Main Menu:
•    Hold down right on the left stick until you feel repeated rumbles.
•    Hit Xbox:A PS4:X to enter the customize Menu.
•    Hit down on the dpad twice to get to settings.
•    Hit Xbox:A PS4:X to go to Settings.
•    Hit Xbox:A PS4:X again to go to setting adjustments.
•    Hit down 4 times to select Visual Feedback.
•    Hit Xbox:A PS4:X to open Visual Feedback.
•    Hold down on the left stick until you feel repeated rumbles.
•    Hit up 3 times to go to Vision Assists.
•    Hit right on the dpad to turn on vision assists, which includes optional accessibility rumbles.
•    Tap the Xbox:B PS4:Circle for a couple of seconds to get back to the main menu. If you feel a rumble when you hit right on the dpad, you are at the main menu.

Sounds good to me thus far.

@Karen:
Thanks for explaining about your hearing impairment. The sounds in the menu are very low, and they get easily drowned by the music. It's really a great idea to use rumble feedback instead.
The steps in the guide confuses me a bit. So, holding the left analog stick up, down, left or right should do the same like the d-pad? Or am I wrong? Then I don't get how you can enter a custom menu by holding the left analog stick in a direction.
What do you think about my previously mentioned idea for adding a text to speech feature in your game engine which works in all games?

Wow... A big thumbs up and thank you for making the latest video. This really gives me a good idea of what the gameplay is like... Very well described.
I could imagine the gameplay being easier than it sounds like in the video. It sounds a bit confusing, and I wouldn't be able to pick up the game and start playing. But I think it makes more sense when you're actually playing the game yourself. The good thing is that you know when you have failed.
If most of the sports games are played like this, then I'm sure they can be played as well after a lot of practise. I wish I had a sighted friend who likes playing sports games, because I really wanna try this for myself.

welcome to the forum Robbert and thank you for your help in developing this project.

Here's instructions on how to log in for the first time, followed up updated instructions of how to turn on visual assists. Feedback welcome, as I want to make this as clear as possible. I will be posting to EA's site once we're all in agreement.

Section First login

The following provides instructions for those who are logging in to Madden NFL 18 for the first time.
-    Create an origin account, if you don’t already have one, through the following website https://connect.origin.com/ie/create
-    To avoid security reminder pop-ups in game, turn on origin login verification https://myaccount.ea.com/cp-ui/security/index
-    Launch Madden NFL 18 with your console method of choice.
-    When the game starts it’s playing a splash video, showing off various areas of the game. Press  Xbox:A PS4:X to continue. The next pop-up displays the user agreement. Press Xbox:A PS4:X to accept and continue. Madden’s user agreement can be found here: http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBTERMS/US/en/PC/
-    If you have not used origin in a game before, you will be prompted to enter your email, press XB1:A PS4:X, then enter text using the standard console text input dialog Press Xbox:A PS4:X to submit email.
-    Next dialog continue to password entry, which will appear even if you did not need to enter your email. Enter text using the standard console text input dialog. Press Xbox:A PS4:X to submit password.
-    Next dialog is a live content update for madden 18. Press Xbox:A PS4:X to accept the update. Time required varies, but it’s usually done within 10 seconds.
-    After entering your origin information, you will be prompted for sharing options. There are 2 checkboxes, the first is share account info with NHL, the second is share social field. By default, sharing social feed with madden friends is turned on. Selecting the first checkbox gives you bonus madden ultimate team cards. Press Xbox:A PS4:X to select, push down twice, press Xbox:A PS4:X  to continue.
-    You will then be prompted to update roster. Press Xbox:A PS4:X to accept update.
-    You will hear an audio prompt to pick your favorite team. If you have played a previous version of Madden NFL, your past favorite team will be your default, otherwise it will be the patriots. The list wraps between the following. It's possible to change favorite teams later, so don't be too concerned what you pick. Bears, Bengals, Bills, Broncos, Browns, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Chargers, Chiefs, Colts, Cowboys, Dolphins, Eagles, Falcons, 49ers, Giants, Jaguars, Jets, Lions, Packers, Panthers, Patriots, Raiders, Rams, Ravens, Redskins, Saints, Seahawks, Steelers, Texans, Titans, Vikings
-    After picking your favorite team by pressing Xbox:A PS4:X, You'll hear an audio description on selecting your playstyle. The 3 are arcade, simulation, and competitive. Arcade is a great place to start, so select by pressing Xbox:A PS4:X.
-    Next up is a list of difficulties, beginner, intermediate, advanced, and expert. For now, stay on beginner and select by pressing Xbox:A PS4:X.
-    You'll next be listening to a what's new video that describes different features and modes in madden. When you hear "enjoy Madden NFL 18" (or only hear background music) Xbox:A PS4:X
-    You are now set up to play Maddden NFL 18, and are on the main menu.
Section Turning on Vision Assists
Visual Assists provide additional rumbles that will assist with blind game play.
From the Main Menu:
•    Hold down right on dpad until you feel repeated rumbles.
•    Press Xbox:A PS4:X to enter the customize Menu.
•    Press down on the dpad twice to get to settings.
•    Press Xbox:A PS4:X to go to Settings.
•    Press Xbox:A PS4:X again to go to setting adjustments.
•    Press down 4 times to select Visual Feedback.
•    Press Xbox:A PS4:X to open Visual Feedback.
•    Press left on the dpad until you feel repeated rumbles.
•    Press up 3 times to go to Vision Assists.
•    Press right on the dpad to turn on vision assists, which includes optional accessibility rumbles.
•    Tap the Xbox:B PS4:Circle for a couple of seconds to get back to the main menu.