screen reader support possibility?

[dannyboy1996]

I'd really think it would be cool if this tracker was screen reader friendly, so that myself and other blind users could use this tracker. I really love the support of soundchips, however, i'd seriously would like screen reader support

[MarisaKirisame7]

Tracker for blind dude?? ZAMN, that's pretty epic

[dannyboy1996]

Yeah, i'm all in for inclusivity

[TheRetroKid]

It's funny, I once received a comment on a YouTube video of mine asking if the program I was using (which was, in fact, Furnace) had screen reader support. I think this honestly is a great idea and something that could be super useful to not only spread chiptune and tracker music to a wider audience, but also to make it more accessible for people wanting to create chiptune who may have vision problems, etc.

There was recently a discussion on Battle of the Bits which sprung up on a thread I had made (it was about a different tracker software, but the idea still applies) on which some valid points were made about the need/desire for screen reading support for modern trackers, which I'll link here.

One thing about Furnace that I've always liked is its desire to try something new. This program is becoming the first tracker to do many big things, and why not be the first truly accessible tracker for all?

[juanreina921]

I am going to start writing an issue to Furnace directly, as I think if they have help in articles as well as blind programmers maybe we might have some chance in making this happen, but we need to start small. I am coming up with a little plan that may help us with this, so be on the look out for that issue soon!

[juanreina921]

Hey all. I've made the choice to take this issue to ImGUI'S developers directly as with it, we won't only get some accessibility for furnace making less work for them, but because a lot of applications are moving over to ImGUI like chiptune players as well as mml tools and even more going forward, we need this resolved not only as a thing that could be done for Furnace but much more applications in the process.