Post #4362706
2026-08-03 14:11 UTC
Well y'all, Linux stuff is happening fast. Cthulhu is a fork of Orca with like lots of stuff. Wine runs Windows programs on Linux.
If Cthulhu is running, the Wine Accessibility plugin is enabled, and the helper package is installed, you should only need to launch the Wine or Proton program normally.
Cthulhu will automatically:
- Detect the active Wine/Proton prefix.
- Start the helper inside that prefix.
- Read supported standard Windows controls.
- Accept speech requests from programs using NVDA Controller or Tolk.
It won’t automatically make custom-drawn or DirectX game interfaces accessible. Those need built-in self-voicing through NVDA Controller/Tolk or future game-specific support. There might also be a short delay of up to roughly two
seconds while Cthulhu discovers a newly started Wine process.
Cthulhu’s Git repository: https://git.stormux.org/storm/cthulhu
#accessibility #foss #linux #blind #wine #tech
Replies (3)
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@serrebi@serrebiradio.com 2026-08-03 19:26
@pixelate@tweesecake.social Does he use this in Stormux or what? interesting stuff.
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@emassey0135@caneandable.social 2026-08-03 17:24
@pixelate@tweesecake.social @alexchapman@vee.seedy.cc This sounds very interesting, how good is the Wine accessibility support? A few years ago I got an old version of NVDA working inside Wine, but it only read a few things like button labels without the word button, and the contents of text fields, and some other things. But it was very limited.
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@reflex@retrogaming.social 2026-08-04 12:46
@pixelate@tweesecake.social Unfortunately you decided to slop code this. It's too bad, screen read users deserve first class support.