Alright everyone, today’s the day!!!
I’m excited to announce the Flipper Access project, and the first official release of Sonar, my screenreader for Flipper Zero which, as far as I know, makes this device accessible to blind users for the first time ever.
Sonar is built on a customized fork of the Momentum firmware for maximum flexibility. The included install script provides an easy way of copying all that's needed to get this working onto a Flipper, and it is possible to upgrade from the stock firmware to Sonar without any sighted help.
You’ll need a microSD card for the voice pack, a USB cable, and a computer with Python 3.10 or newer.
The install script has been tested extensively on macOS. It should work on Windows and Linux too, but hasn’t been tried there yet, so I’d love to hear how it goes for you. The project readme contains a detailed, step-by-step guide on how to get going, and hopefully it should be a smooth process for all of you wanting to dive in.
Having said that, however, do note that this is highly experimental work and we're at the very beginning of this project. There's hopefully a long and happy road up ahead for Sonar, but there will inevitably be bugs and issues along the way. When that happens, please always feel free to reach out on here, open a GitHub issue, or submit a pull request of your own - I'd truly love to see this become a community effort.
Last but most importantly, have fun! The Flipper Zero is a super nifty, versatile and fun little gadget with lots of tricks up its sleeve, most of which I haven't even had time to explore due to being so focused on getting the screenreader into a shippable state.
If you do decide to pick up one of these now that it can be used accessibly, I'd love to know how you like the experience, any ideas for improvement, cool things you've done with it, and so on.
Sonar is and will always be free. If you’d like to support it, there are links to Patreon and Ko-fi in the readme.
Enjoy!
https://github.com/robin24/flipper-access
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