Below will be links, and, what's new, accessibility wise.

# AI Service – Custom accessibility service 

The AI service feature has included new changes to allow closer integration 
between the service selected and the game being played, allowing the service to 
read and press gamepad buttons along with the current screen image. The example 
video above shows a custom service (still in development) designed to make 
Final Fantasy 1 accessible and playable by blind users.
When started, the AI service will continually parse the screen and describe 
what’s being shown. When in a town or overworld view, it will describe what’s 
around the player to the west, north, east, and south, as well as any new 
things of interest that have appeared on screen (eg: a townsperson, a weapon 
shop, treasure chest, etc.). When the emulator is paused, it will give a more 
detailed description of what’s on the screen, including how far the player can 
walk in all directions and all things of interest along with their coordinates 
relative to the player. If the player holds the select button at this time, 
then the AI service will read out the list of things of interest on the screen 
and allow the player to scroll through them and select one. When selected, the 
AI service will unpause the game and move the player to that thing and interact 
with it.
When on a menu or battle screen, the service will read out the text on the 
screen and the currently selected menu option.
We will have more information on this for you soon after the initial testing 
and feedback is over.

1. [Video demonstration on 
YouTube.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tghn-oU8lOQ)
2. [Release notes 
page.](https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-8-9-released/)

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