PseudoWrite Accessibility for Screen Readers
Hi PseudoWrite Team,
My name is Chloe Walton, and I’m a totally blind author currently exploring your platform. I’m deeply excited by what PseudoWrite offers—especially the Story Engine and other generative tools—but I’ve encountered several accessibility barriers that make it difficult to use your features independently and efficiently with a screen reader (I use JAWS/NVDA).
Unfortunately, like many blind writers, I’ve become all too familiar with promising writing software that wasn’t built with accessibility in mind. PseudoWrite has enormous potential, but the current interface poses serious challenges:
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Navigation is clunky—key elements don’t announce clearly or are difficult to locate.
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Form fields and menus are sometimes unlabeled or ungrouped, making it hard to track where I am.
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Dynamic content (like scene cards, outlines, or expandable sections) can’t be reliably accessed or interacted with via keyboard or screen reader.
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Some buttons or prompts are only visually indicated, with no ARIA labeling or keyboard-friendly alternatives.
As a result, I’ve found myself discouraged from fully exploring or subscribing—not because I don’t believe in the tool, but because I can’t access it equally.
I hope you’ll consider improving screen reader support across your platform. Writing tools like PseudoWrite could be transformational for blind and visually impaired creatives if designed with accessibility in mind. I'm more than happy to offer insight, feedback, or testing assistance if you're open to it.
Thank you so much for your time—and for considering how to make your incredible tool more inclusive for all storytellers.
Warmly,
Chloe Walton
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Andrew McKay
Jun 18, 2025
I wish accessibility wasn’t considered to be a feature and was just included. Everyone should be able to write and share their point of view for the world to hear. Proper labels, aria tagging, and keyboard navigation is just good design and the right user experience for all. You may be blind one day too.
Chloe Walton
Jun 18, 2025
Thank you for your comment, Andrew! It’s refreshing to see others take this view.
Ultimately, I’ll make sure my book series gets finished, but it’s unfair that I’ve explored soooo many writing tools, only to be disappointed that they aren’t fully accessible or useable with screen readers (Dabble, Scrivener, NovelDrafter, to name but a few). I really do hope others chime in, and that the SudoWrite team takes feedback and a desire for accessibility seriously, beyond just an accessibility statement on a website. I have soooo much data for my series already, and a tool like SudoWrite would be such a godsend for managing it all in one place (right now, I’m just storing all of my notes in ChatGPT, since it lets me process things then organize them according to how I want).