BBO Visual Assist

Assists visually challenged users to play Bridge on the BBO (BridgeBase Online) website by: 1. Supporting voice commands and keyboard shortcuts. 2. User defined translations and shortcut keys. 3. Reading cards, bids, score etc. under the mouse cursor. 4. Reading chat messages and other unsolicited messages 5. Introducing each board, the vulnerability, and the dealer. 6. Giving a brief description of your hand and dummy’s. 7. Describing actions such as bids, cards played, alerts and claims. The extension can be tailored to the required level of assistance by enabling or disabling the appropriate functions using the extension’s pop-up window. Full documentation is available via the [Help] button in the extension's pop-up window. Use the jigsaw symbol in the top right toolbar of Google Chrome to display the pop-up window and to pin the pop-up window to the toolbar. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Versions 8.0 • User defined keyboard commands. • Message when the extension has been updated. • Command to repeat the first card led. • Fixed: <Enter> key can be used to log in. • Fixed: Chat messages were not being read. • Fixed: <Esc> key now only cancels the current sentence been spoken. • Fixed: First attempt at speech after computer sleep is now recognised. Version 7.0 (25th May 2025) • Swapping seats with a robot to play as declarer in casual play is supported.