{"id":548,"date":"2025-06-19T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/steam-is-adding-screen-reader-support-and-other-accessibility-tools\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:00:15","slug":"steam-is-adding-screen-reader-support-and-other-accessibility-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/steam-is-adding-screen-reader-support-and-other-accessibility-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam is adding screen reader support and other accessibility tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/DSCF9137.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Valve is introducing accessibility features for players with disabilities in its latest beta for Steam Big Picture Mode and SteamOS. The features \u2014\u00a0listed in full and <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/593110\/announcements?snr=1_2108_9__2107\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/593110\/announcements?snr=1_2108_9__2107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained here<\/a> \u2014\u00a0include options to modify the Steam UI, like a high contrast mode, as well as a built-in screen reader for SteamOS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In its post, Valve describes the features as \u201cjust the first accessibility features we\u2019re making available.\u201d For now players on both Big Picture Mode and SteamOS will get:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A scaling slider for text size<\/li>\n<li>High-contrast mode to make buttons and text more visible<\/li>\n<li>A \u201creduce motion\u201d toggle that disables some animation and screen transition effects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">SteamOS devices (at this point, the Steam Deck and Lenovo Legion Go S) can also find:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A screen reader with adjustable pitch, volume, and reading rate, enabled and disabled either through settings or with a two-button shortcut<\/li>\n<li>A color filter that affects both the Steam UI and any games you\u2019re playing \u2014 you can choose between grayscale, inverted display brightness, or inverted display colors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The features are available on a new Accessibility tab in the settings, seen below for SteamOS.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/a042795ddde3e336612076287008ff9520af6575.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,12.65626669516,100,74.687466609681\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;This is the SteamOS version \u2014 Big Picture won\u2019t get the color filter or screen reader.&lt;\/em&gt;\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Earlier this month Valve also <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/593110\/announcements\/detail\/500575275933763410\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/593110\/announcements\/detail\/500575275933763410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started letting Steam users<\/a> filter games by accessibility support \u2014 including some options similar to the ones above, as well as adjustable difficulty and speech-to-text or text-to-speech chat. It\u2019s encouraging players with disabilities to suggest more features in <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/groups\/SteamClientBeta\/discussions\/3\/591774445091232350\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/groups\/SteamClientBeta\/discussions\/3\/591774445091232350\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a discussion thread<\/a> (a mono audio toggle is looking popular.) And for anyone who doesn\u2019t need these features, while I haven\u2019t been able to try the beta yet, it sounds like might all be getting a bare-bones universal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/07\/16\/i-love-ghost-of-tsushimas-kurosawa-mode-but-its-not-for-everybody\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/07\/16\/i-love-ghost-of-tsushimas-kurosawa-mode-but-its-not-for-everybody\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurosawa mode<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve is introducing accessibility features for players with disabilities in its latest beta for Steam Big Picture Mode and SteamOS. 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