Dear readers, Voiceover comes to Apple Arcade

By Paul Martin, 15 February, 2022

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iOS and iPadOS Gaming

If you're like me, and had a subscription to Apple Arcade for ages, yet having no games that are playable,it should then come as some good news that a game there is making progress in Voiceover support.
While viewing the recently updated section out of curiosity, the game Dear reader was among the list, and the release notes for the latest update as of this post specificly mentioned improvements for Voiceover. They weren't kidding, as the pieces of the puzzles needing to be put in place are now indicated as "word fragment" among other things.
Though it's a bit bumpy on both Mac and iOS, this is certainly a step in the right direction, and I'm sure any word game fans or book lovers would like to give this one a shot.

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By Orinks on Monday, February 21, 2022 - 19:14

Star Trek Legends with screen recognition and a game controller is playable, but goad to see a game with full accessible support.

By Josh Kennedy on Monday, February 21, 2022 - 19:14

well I am patiently waiting for an accessible nfl game, baseball, and hockey game for IOS and iPad-OS... along with press your luck, a truck-driving sim like jim Kitchen's game, and other similar games but the sports games is what I really want to see.

By Ashleigh Piccinino on Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 19:14

Hello,
I'm pretty sure the Apple Arcade sub's pretty steep in price, so I'm not getting it on the only credit card I do use for Apple things--not the Apple card, by the way. therefore, is there any way we can try the Dear Reader game free without paying that much money for the subscription? if so, how far will that take you, and what are the bumps on the accessability side you need to jump over/how to do that?

By Paul Martin on Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 19:14

Happy to see this topic is still alive!
As for a trial of the game, I'm not aware of any plans to make this happen, or even of the game being brought to other medium than Apple Arcade. Best I can suggest is to take advantage of the trial run of the arcade service itself, the length of which escapes me. After that though, the Apple Arcade is $5 USD.
I must admit I'd likely not have Arcade myself had it not been part of iCloud Plus, and that's not to bash the game at all. That would surely change though if there were more than this single game available that were not just "playable", but fully accessible to Voiceover users. Things are looking up in that front with the Unity updates forthcoming, but that's for another forum topic.

By Daniel Angus M… on Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 19:14

the trial of Apple Arkayed is one month.