Hi Eric,
we think we have a clue about why it confuses Screen readers.
there is a screen cleanup routine, which is a bit like cls.
It calls interrupts in a loop because we did not know how to solve that
otherwise.
As screenreaders io interpret DOS interrupts they might get confused
because we didnt implement it the way they are programmed to follow.
This isnt visible when using wordle normally so nobody saw it until
someone tried it.
We plan to change the clear routine which should help. but as theres
another one which draws the underscores cant be changed esasily i dont
know if its enough. As tsiegel pointed out, we are not expert Dos
Programmers and did wordle for the fun of making our first dos tool.
thanks to all for your interest we are on the task of fixing!
Thorsten
Am 10.05.2025 um 23:54 schrieb Eric Auer via Freedos-user:
Hi Travis,
Were interruptsand bouncing around the screen necessary? Of course
not, but like the source says, they were having fun, and this was the
result. It wasn't meant to be serious.
A simple recoding of the program would make it considerably more
screen reader friendly, but that's another story entirely.
As the game implementation is fresh and actively supported,
I would say it would be nice if the author could make things
configurable: One setting which bounces around and has funny
visual effects and one setting which updates the screen in a
more structured and documented way which can more easily be
digested by a screen reader. I assume some screen readers can
also be told to activate app-specific configurations depending
on the name of the currently running exe or com?
Regards, Eric
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