Microsoft added more accessibility features for players on Xbox consoles and Windows PCs. The company previously launched a special Xbox Adaptive Controller. Plans were announced earlier this year to provide controller-to-keyboard input mapping for the Adaptive Controller and Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2.
Today, the Xbox Wire website announced that the Game Bar and Xbox app on PC will get more accessibility features via an app update later this week:
Following the launch of the Xbox app's Accessibility settings menu last spring, the Xbox widget in the Game Bar will include its own Game Accessibility settings menu on October 19 to make it easier for players to find accessible apps on the platform. Obstacles set. In the updated Xbox widget, you'll find accessibility control options related to visuals and audio to tailor your PC gaming experience to your preferences and needs.Microsoft has also added a new “Game Accessibility” channel to the Xbox Store, which includes all games with accessibility labels to make them easier for players to find.
For organizers of live gaming events, Microsoft has also just released a “Guidelines for Accessible Gaming Events.” This guide will provide these organizers with some advice on how to make such events better accommodating for attendees with disabilities, based on Microsoft’s own learnings from events like E3, Gamescom, and more.
It is noted that Microsoft is also adding more accessibility features to its first-party Xbox and PC games, including a new blind assist feature in Forza that provides visual impairments for drivers. Provide audio prompts. Developer Rare also recently added similar audio cues to Sea of Thieves so that blind and low-vision players can hit their projectile targets.
In addition, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition also adds a number of accessibility features, including support for UI narration, high contrast mode, and text-to-speech/speech-to-text communications.
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