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Hi,
is there an alternative soccer manager for blind gamer?On iPhone I found: https://apps.apple.com/it/app/miglior-allenatore-di-calcio/id1527978841
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good morning everyone.
I would like to write privately to Lucas SI Staff. But unfortunately I think this forum has accessibility problems and I can't find a accessible way to send a private message.
Are there any news regarding the accessibility of FM?
I use the NVDA screen reader on Win 10 and Win 11.
Thanks.
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Hello everybody.
I think nothing has changed for the better in all these years.
I am blind, I still do not have the opportunity to play FM.
There is no other game that is so complete and fantastic.
I would ask the staff to tell us about it.
Many videogames are becoming accessible, there is a lot of attention to the issue of inclusion.
Why doesn't FM consider inclusion important?0 -
Hi, for the visually impaired, another important issue is the possibility to copy the text in the system clipboard. For Example the long text in the news. In this case there are a lot of software that read the text in the clipboard with the TTS installed in the PC
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Hi,
for the visually impaired, another important issue is to add a features to change the mouse cursor size. Now the mouse cursor is very small and the cursor color is difficult to see!!
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FM I really miss you!
Last night I was at the park with my brother in law.
We brought the kids for a walk.
The kids are sleep, while the mothers pushing the stroller, me and my brother we started to remember the great FM stories.
He is still playing FM, now have FM 2013.
We remembered when I brought a team of italian C series until the Italian Serie A, then in the uefa cup.
We reminded of when I won the Europeans Championship with Denmark and the World Cup with Nigeria.
When I discovered Verratti, then became famous.
We have reminded me of when I found Pascariello from the D series and became a phenomenon by 15 million euro.
FM I miss you so much!
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This is an awesome and truly enlightening thread for all I hope!
I've been fortunate not to have experienced any major sight issues (beyond glasses
), but I can only imagine how annoying and frustrating it would be to me if tomorrow I could no longer play FM.There should be support made available, why shouldn't blind and partially sighted people - or anyone with a 'disability' - be able to play games? (I feel a Social Model of Disability rant coming on..!
lol) Some are harder to incorporate than others of course and I'm no expert in screen readers, but I'd love to see something come of this and from what I read here it looks like it's entirely possible. I've got FMH '13 on Android and I think I still have FMH '12 on my iPod Touch too, so if you need any help testing any programs or owt, lemmie know.
Hi,
if you have FMH on Apple Device, please go in the device settings system and tap on accessibility and enable Voice Over, the screen reader for iPhone and iPad. Now run FMH and tap once the object in the game, for example button and other.
Can Screen Reader read the object?
Thanks!!!
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today I tried FM also on Android operating system.
Android have a free Google Screen Reader called Talkback.
Unfortunately, FM is not compatible with the Screen Reader even on Andoid!
I just have to try fm on iphone with voice over.
if someone has an iphone with FM can enable the screen reader voice over in the system accessibility settings and test if it work, double tap is required to enter into buttons and other object!
Thanks!
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Yep that's how it works, the software already exists, and the game just had to allow itself to be read by the software. So it's not even incorporating it, it's just making sure that you're compatible with it.
There are quite a few different bits of software available on PCs, and built right into the operating system on iOS and Android.
They're called screenreaders, and they read out what is on the screen. People with little or no vision can use them to do just about anything on a computer, including web browsing, which i'm sure you can imagine has been completely life-changing for millions of people.
The software handles all of the speech synthesis, navigation etc, so all that developers have to worry about is ensuring that everything is labelled correctly ( including hidden text descriptions for images), any updates to what's on screen are flagged up, and that everything can be accessed using a keyboard, as not many people who are blind use a mouse.
Although the above things are relatively straightforward they actually don't work for most games. But if you've got something like FM where you navigate an interface rather than an environment and have fairly straightforward textual information that can be navigated at leisure rather than a barrage of simultaneous visual information it can be done in a relatively straightforward way.
It may be straightforward but it's not free, it still has a cost attached, but that cost is much smaller if you're developing for mobiles, as blind and sighted navigate in exactly the same way - touch. So it's pretty much just labelling and flagging updates.
So by starting with mobile you can test the waters with a smaller investment, gain new extremely loyal customers fans and advocates, find out if it makes a profit, be at the cutting edge, and of course just be able to do the right thing, ensuring people aren't unnecessarily excluded from something they love.
exactly!
fantastic post!
there are a lot of screen reader software, for me the best is NVDA Screen Reader and it is FREE and most popular!
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I'm happy, this topic is attracting a lot of interest, great!
I hope that the developers of FM's give more attenction at this problem!
Accessibility is important, accessibility is integration for all people
Thanks a lot!!
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It is necessary for developers to make FM customizable graphical interface!
It must be made possible to completely change the colours schema.
It must be made possible to change the font size.
When an improved version of FM must released a set of skins with different color schema, as is the case for the various operating systems.
I understand all the problems related to the colors, in the past I was able to change pitch colours, ball size and player size for a 2d view! I have never had the pleasure of being able to see a 3d view
These are all things that require a lot of work from developers.
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Another possibility is to develop the FM interface in HTML 5!
This option would ensure a complete integration with various internet browsers, various mobile devices and various operating systems
but this is only an idea!FM I MISS YOU!
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Thanks
But at the moment my problem is use all game features anc read all content!
The voice comment is very interesting!!
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When I saw something and I was a visually impaired person, I had many difficulties to read a little text in FM, then I found on the internet of the skin with high contrast colours and the font a little older, there were problems because the text was cut! I then decided to use the magnifying glass windows, but the text was not clear. Today that are blind, the only solution is the speech that reads the text with a menus schema more navogable with a keyboard!
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I am aware that it's difficult to adapt FM to the Screen Reader!
Perhaps it will remain only a dream!
The developers should add a feature that makes the user move intoFM with the arrow keys and with another key open an option in the objext selected and use enter key as a key action! In internet there are a open source TTS called eSpeack http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ with all languages!
I realize that is a big job!
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Thanks a lot for the quick replay!
FM could be the first game played by the blind and visually impaired, with a TTS voice that read the game interface element to a player.
if you want, I am available to be able to give advice and in the future in order to test a possible version for the blind.
In the world there are many blind people who love Football and FM is "the football" !!!
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Hi,
I'm Alessandro from Turin in Italy, I love FM from years 1992!
Unfortunately I am suffering from a degenerative disease of the eye (RP - Retinite Pigmentosa), over the years I was able to find solutions for playing FM (Zoom Magnifier), but now that I am almost blind I can say that I have stopped playing this fantastic game.
I'm sorry, because FM is a game with a lot of written text, the user interface is simple and as such could fit very well the tools they use to get the blind to read things on the screen of a PC. These programs are called screen readers, such as a screen reader NVDA is free. This software reads all!
I am very sorry, I know that this post will remain a drop in the ocean, but it would be nice and innovative developers FM thought about these things!
W FM !!!
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), but I can only imagine how annoying and frustrating it would be to me if tomorrow I could no longer play FM.
Football Manager Accessibility for Visually Impaired and Blind
in Football Manager General Discussion
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Hi,
i hope there is an accessible version of fm soon.
I would be available to test it with screen readers.
Regards