better accessibility with screenreaders, fix evolving, trading, etc.better accessibility with screenreaders.

[pax]

Hi. evolving and trading are kinda broken with a screenreader.
we, blind people also love pokemon.
this game is only one that almost works with screenreader, it worked better before, now it's sadly more broken.
I love the game.
please fix it.
it's possible to evolve using an iPhone by exploring by touch, else it isn't working.

[d1g1t]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Since you say it was working better before, would you have an approximate date when it was working fine and when you may have first noticed it being broken? I don't recall anything being changed there recently. But narrowing down the time frame might help me find the culprit.

As a temporary workaround, if it's possible to open the trade/evolve links in a new tab, it may be more screenreader friendly compared to the one that opens in-place.

Feel free to point out any other issues you're facing. I'll do my best to make the game more accessible. Sadly it's something I often overlook or forget when making changes.

[pax]

thanks, maybe make it so the focus jumps to the evolve screen instead off staying where it was like nothing happened?
or actually make it a separate screen all together?
it was fine in 2020 when I was playing on my old account that got deleted or something.

[d1g1t]

I've now made it so that focus shifts to the overlay window whenever one opens. Hope that improves things.

As for the separate screen, they exist for most options but are overridden to appear as overlays. They are still accessible if one follows the link that 'Evolve' and 'Trade' buttons lead to (on a typical browser, this is accessible via right click -> open link in same tab/new tab/new window).

[pax]

lovely, gonna test.
btw when you finish a battle there's a png image that should be hidden for screenreader users.
looks like it isn't working, it just says window and when I move the cursor, it just moves me out, when I try to use tab it says close.

[d1g1t]

For trade, the first tab should take you to a checkbox to hide subsequent trade overlay dialogs, and the second one to close the said dialog.
For evolve, depending on whether the pokemon is eligible for evolution and how many pokemon it could evolve into, there should be radio checkbox elements, followed by an evolve button and then the close dialog button.

I'm not fully aware of how screenreaders navigate at this time. I'm afraid it may take a while, but I'll learn more about this and find ways to fix what you've mentioned.

[pax]

you could add accessibility mode which would split these screens, maybe?

[d1g1t]

I'm not really sure what that means.

If you mean a setting that would simply disable the dialogs and just take you to the separate screen that exists without making you open the links in a new tab, that was my temporary plan until I could get the dialogs to be accessible.

[pax]

yep, just allow us to make them separate screens and it would work just fine for us. my friend will be happy with it too.

[d1g1t]

I'll try to add that in the next few days