Scratch Accessibility for Low-vision and Blind Users

Zogit8

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when green flag clicked
play sound [ooohhhh ya! v]
set pen color to [#a67ce3]
stamp

StrixCattus

Wastia5 wrote:
I have an idea: Audio Guide: When you join, you get a survey saying “ Are you visually impaired?”. If you say yes, whenever you hover over a block, it voices its name. It even works for the buttons including the Language button, The profile button, and The Messages Button.

I don't think that would be a very good solution, because sometimes people can become blind later in life or be blind temporarily, and they wouldn't want to make a whole new account. Maybe something that you could change in Settings at any time would be better.

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Wastia5

Existing Scratchers will get the survey.

openPoll

Wastia5 wrote:
I have an idea: Audio Guide: When you join, you get a survey saying “ Are you visually impaired?”. If you say yes, whenever you hover over a block, it voices its name. It even works for the buttons including the Language button, The profile button, and The Messages Button.

How would the blind person tell if the survey does not speak itself?

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ahmetlii

I have a suggest:

if <Scratch is opened> then
if <touching [a block or anything else v] ?> then
say [this is the ... block or ...]
end

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Jedibrine

I don't know if this has already been said, but you can add an inverted and a dark mode to the editor and/or the website. White, yellow, and blue light are harmful for people, especially users that are on Scratch a lot of the day or are grinding on a Scratch project for hours (I'm both of those people, my eyes hurt after working long on a project). Just an option in the navbar to turn the background to black would be fine

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webeagle

Awesome!
I hope this will make Scratch more open to everyone.

My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Chrome 72.0.3626.121, No Flash version detected

move () steps

cs1058737

ok but i will be a good friend

BirchlandSTEAM

I have been teaching Scratch to Middle Schoolers for many years now. I wear glasses that help with distance, reading and computing (basically a trifocal lens.)

I really love Scratch 3.0, but it is much harder for me to see. When I help kids with a project, I have to take off my glasses and go to within about 8 inches of the screen to see their work. I can do it, but I feel really handicapped, more son than I have felt in the past. I have a student with severe vision problems who is also having difficulty. I think it's helped he and I relate to each other, so there's a plus : )

I think it would be helpful to have higher contrast on the text on the blocks - it is particularly difficult yo read the events and control blocks.

I'm glad that you folks are dealing with this issue. I love how you keep making Scratch better!

Milkysplash

For colour blind people , how about you have something in your account settings that sets the blocks to different colours so colour blind people can see blocks clearly?(sorry for spelling color colour. I live in the uk.)

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leungy13

I hope this will make Scratch more open to everyone.

My
browser
/
operating
system:
Windows
NT
10.0,
Chrome
72.0.3626.121,
No
Flash
version
detected
move
steps
(HUH?)

crocodilian2810

can you not tell me that i am a robot

crazyarcadedude12345

when scratch 3.0 clicked
fix [a lot of bugs and add things to make scratch easier for people with disabilities]

Last edited by crazyarcadedude12345 (March 26, 2019 22:06:50)

charmanderandknucks

yes hello i am blind let me say my story

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Last edited by Paddle2See (April 8, 2019 15:27:53)

AlexB84

French :
Bonjour,
Grâce à Scratch 3.0, une nouvelle fonctionnalité est disponible. Elle permet de pouvoir faire parler avec une parole artificielle un personnage dans Scratch.
Ensuite, pour que la personne malvoyante ou aveugle puisse insérer une réponse sur l'ordinateur, je proposerai de programmer le projet Scratch pour que la personne puisse écrire en code morse.

Bonne chance pour votre projet
Au revoir !

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lummix

What about games with very little colour such as a character being plain red and the backdrop being plain blue for low-vision users?
How about no colours at all? Another idea…

when green flag clicked
turn video [ v]
set video transparency to () %
if <> then
<touching [ v] ?>
move () steps
end

( i think these blocks will show up correctly)

lummix

lummix wrote:
What about games with very little colour such as a character being plain red and the backdrop being plain blue for low-vision users?
How about no colours at all? Another idea…
when green flag clicked
turn video [ v]
set video transparency to () %
if <> then
<touching [ v] ?>
move () steps
end
( i think these blocks will show up correctly)

Reply to myself: no they did not

lummix

charmanderandknucks wrote:
yes hello i am blind let me say my story

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*sarcasm begin* haha very funny

Seriously that's rude

redstonelasher2010

You know, I think this would be very helpful. +1!

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cs1058737

no

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