Keep in mind you will have to close the window itself if you do so since Hearthstone is not accessible at all by defaultĢ.2. Feel free to launch the game once and close it immediately to ensure it has been installed. Wait for Hearthstone to fully be downloaded and updated. Make sure you install the english version of the game for the best experience Launch on your computer, log in with your new account and use the launcher to download and install Hearthstone. If you run into any problems, Nuno from the audiogames forum has kindly written this guideĭownload and install from Blizzard's download page

Installing HearthstoneĬreate a account on Blizzard's website. In order to play, you must first install Hearthstone and patch it using Hearthstone Access afterwards. Getting startedīlizzard games are installed and updated through their own launcher called. If the game is unable to detect your screenreader for some reason, it will fall back to using Microsoft's Speech API. Note that while most popular screen readers should be compatible, Hearthstone Access was fully developed and tested using NVDA.

Play Battlegrounds - a completely different game and the first fully blind accessible auto battlerįor the time being, you can only play Hearthstone Access if you're using Windows.

Do quests and progress your level each season to unlock in-game rewards such as card packs and gold.

Use in-game gold to buy card packs and sets from the in-game shop.

Play various solo adventures of Book of Heroes to level up your classes and unlock special card packs.

Build decks for any class you've unlocked.

Play ranked, casual and friendly games online against other players after unlocking all classes.

Play practice games against AI opponents in order to unlock all 10 classes and their basic decks.

Play through a fully accessible tutorial composed of 6 games to learn how to play.

Hearthstone Access is a custom Hearthstone mod built by Guide Dev that makes Hearthstone accessible for visually impaired screen-reader users who wouldn't otherwise be able to enjoy the game.

Hearthstone was first released in 2014 and still has millions of players all around the world.

The game is a turn-based card game between two opponents and features characters and elements from the Warcraft series. Hearthstone is a popular free-to-play online digital card game developed by Blizzard Entertainment.

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