Dragon Warrior Access by G-Rad

Dragon Warrior Access adds accessibility features to the NES game Dragon Warrior so it can be played with a screen reader.

Features:

• Spoken menus
• Spoken dialog
• Pathfinding and navigation
• Additional accessibility and quality-of-life features

Installation:

1. Place nvdaControllerClient64.dll and Tolk.dll in the root of your BizHawk folder.
2. Copy the DragonWarriorAccess folder into BizHawk's Lua folder.
3. Run speech_bridge.bat.
4. Start BizHawk and load Dragon Warrior.
5. Open the Lua Console and load DragonWarriorAccess V1.0.lua.
6. Play.

Notes:

• nvdaControllerClient64.dll and Tolk.dll must be in the root BizHawk directory.
• Do not remove files from the DragonWarriorAccess folder or the script will not work.

In-Game Controls:

• Arrow keys or D-Pad: Navigate menus or move on the field
• S, X, or assigned A button: Confirm / open menus
• Z, A, or assigned B button: Cancel
• Enter or assigned Start button: Pause game

Accessibility Shortcuts:

• Delete: Open Accessibility Menu
• G: Announce current gold
• H: Announce current HP, MP, and experience

Pathfinding:

• Page Up / Page Down: Cycle through entities
• Home: Repeat selected entity
• End: Announce directions to selected entity
• Insert: Announce current map
• Shift + End: Toggle Pathfinding Filter
• Shift + Page Up / Shift + Page Down: Cycle through entity categories
• Shift + Home: Reset category to All

Known Issues:

World Map:

• Enabling Pathfinding Filter may cause slight emulator lag when switching between skipped entities.
• Requesting directions too quickly after stopping may briefly pause the emulator while recalculating a route.

Towns and Castles:

• Moving NPCs can break paths. Since they are not passable in-game, they are treated as obstacles.
• Dialog may occasionally sound delayed or pronounce words incorrectly.