Hi all.
I have followed the development of Minecraft Dungeon by reading the changelogs, and they have really improved the accessibility a lot in this game.
I decided to buy it on my Playstation, and wow what a big difference from the last time I tried it, right after the release.
The game is not fully accessible yet, but it is very close to be fully accessible. Here is what I've figured out so far:
The narrator reads everything as far as I know. It reads the following:
It reads all the menus, inventory, when you can interact with something, what you pick up, travel points, mission objectives, the stories of the missions and more. This is amazing, and a huge improvement.
The TTS in the game when not having a screenreader could really be improved. But, it reads so much that I'm blown away.
I have created a topic in the feedback forum containing some ideas on how to make the game fully accessible to blind gamers, and here I need your help. If you want the game to be more accessible, maybe fully blind accessible, then I'll recommend you to purchase the game, give it a try and help by submitting your comments in my feedback topic.
Here is the link to the feedback topic. A Microsoft account is required to submit a comment:
https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us … ind-gamers
Here is some information for those who wanna purchase the game, give it a try and help by submitting your feedback to hopefuly make it fully accessible to blind gamers:
The game is available for Windows, Playstation, XBox and Nintendo Switch.
If you have a screenreader running, either in Windows or Narrator on the XBox, then the screenreader should be used. I have only tested that on my XBox long time ago, so I can't speak for Windows, but their support page says it should work.
If you're playing this on pc, the launcher should be accessible as well. Again, I haven't tested that, but you can find some information about that on their support page.
Link to the support page:
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/accessibility/dungeons/
Here is how to get started, if you wish to play on a Playstation or Nintendo Switch, where the game uses its own TTS, which is crappy, but it works:
When you launch the game for the very first time, do, not, press Cross or A to continue. You have to wait with patience until the game has started.
The very first menu is the accessibility menu. The first menu item is narration, which speaks when it's selected. The narration is slow. So if you are too fast, you will mess it up. So, navigate slowly.
1. Navigate to the first menu item, which will announce if the narration is turned on or off.
2. Press the right arrow, and listen carefully to make sure the narration is turned on.
3. Now, you can press cross or A depending on what console you're using to continue.
I hope a few people will purchase the game, help testing it and help by submitting some great feedback, to hopefully make it more accessible. If you have Gamepass, then you already have it for free.
Lets make the game fully accessible, together.
Feel free to contact me privately if you have something in mind. If you do so, then please send me a mail instead of using the private message on the forum, since I don't check those very often.
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