Hi Joshua, I believe Stories is one of the categories in Accolades, so you’d probably be better off going through there to locate the story you want and start it.
Regarding using the map, the filter menu is being read for me when I use D pad down to navigate through it. So you shouldn’t need to use OCR at all for this. when you’re on the map, use the right bumper to get to the filter screen, and then click the A button once to completely clear the map. If you have any doubts about the current state of the map, you can reset it with X and then clear it. Anyway, once you’ve done that, then simply use D pad down and the screen reader should simply read the available categories. Once you get to Stories, just click that with the A button. This will then show only the Story locations that are currently available to you on the map. So now when you scan the map using the D pad or the left stick, you should hear a click when your cursor is over a story location. As soon as you hear the click, stop moving your cursor and press A to drop a pin on the map. Once you’ve done that, when you exit the map, Anna should start navigating you to the location you’ve specified. This works exactly the same way if you were to filter to show only the new items available to you. In that case though, you would not know what the type of location that your clicking on actually is. So with the other filters you know exactly what type of location you’re seeing. Unfortunately, I don’t know if there is a way to tell which story you’re clicking on before you click it. Sometimes there will be a little spoken announcement from the game,which relates to the story location you’ve just chosen which is super helpful but this doesn’t seem to always happen. You can always just click the A button again to clear that route and keep looking for the story you actually want. This part is really hit and miss though so this could be frustrating if you are looking for a specific story. So again, I’d probably just use the Accolades menu for this. Does this help? Cheers! Cara > On Jun 1, 2022, at 3:22 PM, Joshua Tubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to choose the first story event on the map, the one where your > manager says they want a driver to take pictures of a storm or the other one, > I forgot. > While there is an audible click when you drop a pin on a location, who knows > whether it's an event or what. I wish the filter menu was narrated since when > scrolling through the items with OCR I can't really tell which option my > cursor is on. > The story option filter is way down the list of filter options. So I clear > the map, hit down once and check new stuff, which since I'm early should only > show stuff needed to progress. > Any tips on this? Perhaps one of the items I need to progress doesn't > actually click when I move to it, just when I hit A to drop a pin on it. > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 4:50 PM Cara Quinn <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I’d forgotten to mention that you can also easily clear a route from the map > by simply opening the map and then pressing the A button once. This should > clear whatever route you have set. So in this way, you will have no guidance > at all from Anna and you're free to explore. > > Hope this helps! > > Cheers! > > Cara > > > > > On Jun 1, 2022, at 2:26 PM, Cara Quinn <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I just found out from a close friend a few days ago that Forza Horizon 5 is > > essentially accessible; and since I love love LOVE driving games, I am > > super excited! :) > > > > Apologies in advance if any of this is old news to folks here. I have seen > > a lot of people online wondering about these same things so I thought I > > would share these tips that I’ve found here. > > > > In the early parts of the game, I noticed that the map seemed to be a > > barrier to moving forward for many people, myself included. > > > > I’ve figured out since then though, that the map is actually somewhat > > usable so I wanted to share it here, as I’ve seen others wondering how to > > move forward in the earlier part of the game without sight as well. > > > > So the first thing I’ve discovered (as some may already know) is that when > > you pass your cursor over a designated game location on the map, there is a > > small audible click. So if you stop your cursor there, and press the A > > button, you will place a pin on the map and map a route to that location. > > > > From there, if you simply exit the map, Anna should then begin navigating > > you to that map point. > > > > I use the D pad to move my cursor on the map. Personally, depending on how > > much is currently visible on the map, I use a back and forth movement (row > > by row) across the map to see what is there. > > > > The next thing that I’ve discovered, is that you can actually place a pin > > on any location on the map (whether it makes a click or not) and Anna will > > navigate you there. So this can be helpful to find new places and also to > > find game events possibly along the way, which you can enter if you choose. > > > > There is also the map filter, which again, some may already know about. > > This is also accessible. When you bring up the filter, you are positioned > > on the All category. If you press A once to toggle this off, you will clear > > the map. > > > > Next, if you use the D pad and move down the list of filter categories, you > > can locate the category you’d like to show and then press A to only show > > those locales on the map. > > > > So now if you go back to the map and use your cursor again, you can hear > > the same small clicks when you locate important game locations. -And, as > > before, you can press A to set a route and then exit the map to begin > > navigation there. > > > > If you need to reset the map to show everything again, you can use the X > > button while in the filter screen. > > > > At this point, the exception to this is Barn Finds. These do not seem to > > make a sound when you pass over them. I’m still really early in the game so > > it may be that these are not actually available to me yet. I don’t know. I > > was able to get to one of them (the one with the Jag) but I have not > > figured out how. I’ll post again if I learn more about this. > > > > So now on to Accolades. > > > > I’ve also figured out that the Accolades menu is actually usable even > > though it says that it is not narrated. > > > > If you enter the Accolades menu and it says that the menu is not narrated, > > using the D pad, you can still hear a small click when you reach each group > > of accolades. Even though these are not announced verbally, when you click > > on them with the A button, they will be announced as you enter them. So for > > example, the group you land on by default is called "Welcome to Mexico," > > which contains the initial group of accolades. If you back out of that > > group and then move one click to the right and click that group, you will > > hear “Expeditions.” This is the group of accolades related to expeditions. > > > > So in this way, you can actually move through the game accolades without > > sight. > > > > I hope this is helpful to someone and I’ll post more tips when I find them. > > > > Happy Driving All! :) > > > > Cheers! > > > > Cara > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#125005): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/125005 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/91485895/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
