Scratch Accessibility for Low-vision and Blind Users

shadowfire24

In fact, I think that there should be an account setting for vision issued people, for example, maybe a button that says “Activate Low-vision/blindness adjustment.” that could enable the whole text-to-speech feature. When that is enabled, when the mouse hovers over something, it will tell you what the mouse is hovering over. Example:

say [hey!] for (2) secs

The voice will say “Say Hey! For 2 Seconds” that would apply to all blocks in project editor.. It would also read sentences from discussions and comments or descriptions and messages.

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niemahlenai

I really this idea to help low vision and blind people use scratch just text me or email me at (removed by moderator - please don't share contact information) thank you!

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Mathlover2006

Blind people should use Scratch too!

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Wow, that sounds awesome

Can't wait!

charlottelucy15

This is a great idea! You are basically creating more diversity between scratchers. You maybe should have an option for people who are blind so it can be either braille or normal. Options for both you know.

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Ramcu

This sounds AWESOME!

Such a cool idea! I hope it works out well! ^.^
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girlsruless

Add a high contrast mode?

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penguinbolt

That's super cool and nice!

smiley_cat_rulez

Make an option for having text a bit bigger, as I know that everything starts to blur for me after ~10 ft away and sometimes I need to see things from a length away, and other people my forget glasses and not be able to see close-up.

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MeIoetta

does astigmatism count?

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kenny2scratch

MeIoetta wrote:
does astigmatism count?

Absolutely! All vision impairments (except near/far-sightedness - that's not an impairment that can't be easily fixed) should be addressed.

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asqwde

I am really excited for this.

Dilek10

Woo! This is great!

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kenny2scratch wrote:
MeIoetta wrote:
does astigmatism count?
Absolutely! All vision impairments (except near/far-sightedness - that's not an impairment that can't be easily fixed) should be addressed.

Stigmatisms aren't really that impairing. I have one, and the site is perfectly accessible for me already.

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braxbroscratcher wrote:
kenny2scratch wrote:
MeIoetta wrote:
does astigmatism count?
Absolutely! All vision impairments (except near/far-sightedness - that's not an impairment that can't be easily fixed) should be addressed.
Stigmatisms aren't really that impairing. I have one, and the site is perfectly accessible for me already.

They might not be that impairing for you, but more serious astigmatism can be impairing for others

Also, color blindness isn't that impairing either (people who say I can't drive, go away - I know red is on top), but it's still great to have support for it

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Pixelated_Pickax

It dosen't seem like anybody here is listening to my ideas exepet shadowfire24 so I will stop trying to voice my opinion here…

Pixelated_Pickax wrote:
I think using a mic would be a cool way to insert blocks using voice commands. I have a friend who has vision issues in my class who uses sound for literally everything, so I think this would benefit those with vision issues a lot.

MeIoetta

braxbroscratcher wrote:
kenny2scratch wrote:
MeIoetta wrote:
does astigmatism count?
Absolutely! All vision impairments (except near/far-sightedness - that's not an impairment that can't be easily fixed) should be addressed.
Stigmatisms aren't really that impairing. I have one, and the site is perfectly accessible for me already.

they can be severe too
I think it's a scale from 0 to -20

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jokebookservice1

In the forums, let us provide alternative text to allow screen-readers to read about the image.
Additionally, display this text so that the entire community can help moderate the text and ensure it's relevant and descriptive.

shadowfire24

Everyone in this chat wants to make Scratch available to everyone. All vision impairments.

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