Hey guys! Links near the bottom:

So Sound Booth Theater, who do allot of popular books and audio dramas mainly in the Lit RPG Genre like DCC, Kaiju Battlefield surgeon, Dead Tired, Industrial Strength Magic, Epithet Erased, Eternal Dominion, Relict Legacy ETC, have had an app for a while, but it's horrible. Just, so bad not only for us but also for sighted people. However, the company they use to negotiate pricing with Audible (ACX) is going to start charging allot more soon, so they need to start selling everything from their own platform if they want to stay afloat.

As part of that, they are rewriting their shitty app from the ground up, and it's now finally in public beta. And they've said they are committed to screen reader accessibility, but it's still pretty bad. Which makes sense as they probably can't afford a proper consultant...

I've been giving them lists of bugs, but I only have an iPhone, and I'm not even on the latest version of IOS. Besides, I'm just one guy, and I might miss things or not be able to explain them as well as someone else. So if you like SbT's narration, and you want a more accessible app, this is the time to get in on it, when they are still throwing all of their resources into making it as good as possible. We may not get this kind of chance again for months or years to come!

Here are the beta links, and some extra info below that.

Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.iglu.soundboothapp

IOS:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/Dz41rI4w

Currently you can't buy stuff on the app, but their are lots of freebies you can add to your library for testing or just your own enjoyment. You can give feedback from within the app by hitting the "report a bug" button in the profile tab.

So far, I've noticed mostly lots of unlabeled buttons, situations where it's unclear what option is selected, fields and buttons that don't announce them selves as such, and a lack of headings in certain important areas.

https://forum.audiogames.net/post/791060/#p791060

For those who haven't played A Hero's Call, it's an adventure RPG audio game with full voice acting, high quality binaural audio, several hours of gameplay, and dozens of quests. If you haven't gotten to play it before this, now you can!

For those who already have a copy, this new version includes: No waiting for the game to load or needing to log in. Changes to the audio system may make it possible for those who previously got errors when running the game to finally play! Bonus kickstarter backer only items now available for everyone! And all language translations now included in the download.

To transfer your old saves and settings: Go to your old AHC folder, then find the “data for rpg” subfolder. In that you will find the Saved Games and Settings folders. Copy them, then paste into the same spots in your new game’s directory, choosing to replace existing files at the prompt.

I keep hearing on Mastodon and elsewhere how the Lemmy devs like to close github issues prematurely, are condescending to people when responding to the issues, host CCP, North Korean, and Russian propaganda on their instances and delete any criticism of those regimes ETC. Even if you don't care about the propaganda stuff, the rest does not bode well for accessibility fixes or continued cooperation and communication between RBlind mods and lemmy staff in the future. It's concerning, to say the least.