Jessica Tegner 👩🏻‍🦰

I'm excited to announce the release of Sparking Zero Access — a screen reader accessibility mod for Dragon Ball
Sparking! ZERO on PC.

This mod makes the game playable with NVDA, JAWS, and other screen readers. It covers menus, character select,
battles, online play, and more.

What it does:
- Full menu and character select navigation spoken aloud
- In-battle announcements: HP, KI, Sparking gauge, timer, skill points
- Opponent tracking: enemy HP, KI, Sparking changes
- Online play: lobby, room management, works as both P1 and P2
- Post-battle results: player level, rank up, rewards
- Episode Battle story mode: map navigation, cutscene text
- Shop accessibility for buying new characters and other items.

How to install:
0. You need to have the game installed before you can install this mod.
1. Download AccessForge from https://github.com/AccessForge/AccessForge/releases
2. Run it, find Sparking Zero Access, click Install
3. That's it — launch the game and play

The mod is open source: https://github.com/AccessForge/SparkingZeroAccess

Built with AccessForge, a 1-click accessibility mod platform for blind gamers.

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#NVDA #JAWS #DragonBall #DragonBallSparkingZero #SparkingZero #DragonBallSuper #DBZ
#Gaming #PCGaming #Modding #FightingGames

Apr 6 at 1:08pmWeb
Show threadDevin Prater :blind:21h ago
@JessicaTegner Holy crap this is amazing!
Show threadJessica Tegner 👩🏻‍🦰21h ago
@pixelate thank you so much. Been working hard on both things, so happy to finally put it out there
Show threadDevin Prater :blind:21h ago
@JessicaTegner I'll definitely try it when I get home. :)
Show threadNick Giannak III21h ago
@JessicaTegner Hey @Leowyatt88? This might interest you.
Show threadLeowyatt8819h ago
@nick @JessicaTegner That is very cool. I'll look at it. Thanks
Show threadRooktallon21h ago
@JessicaTegner That is super exciting. Thanks for building this. I fully intend on getting Sparking Zero the next time I get paid. Hopefully you are able to rest a little now your coding is done, red hair does not stay red with the stresses of labor with which to attend, after all. The funny thing is that I had no idea in the slightest you were even a Dragon Ball fan since you never mentioned it in conversation either on here or outside of this platform either. I've been a fan of the anime and video games for quite a while now really, since I was a small kid and no, not a baby goat either. I'm actually curious to know what your inspiration was for this kind of thing and why you chose Sparking Zero.
Show threadJessica Tegner 👩🏻‍🦰21h ago

@Rooktallon haha no rest for the wicked with red hair I guess.
Yes I love Dragon Ball. I grew up with the PS2 games, and Dragon Ball BT3 was my fav of all time, and since Sparking Zero is the spiritual BT4, I really wanted to play it. I actually have had the game for a while, just haven't gotten around to see if modding it would be possible.

Well, here we are. Hope to see your posts about your enjoyment of the game, when you get around to getting it.

Show threadRooktallon21h ago
@JessicaTegner BT3 is also my personal favorite of the older titles, with the original budokai Tenkaichi as a close second. As you might imagine, BT2 is fun to play but there's very little we can do as far as the story is concerned but it's till a decent game. Also, these games have some really awesome soundtracks and I sometimes listen to the music just for the fun of it.
Show threadLeonianUniverse😁21h ago
@JessicaTegner Definitely gonna try this out in ranked for sure, super awesome. I hope this brings more people in to Sparking 0 and in to dragonball who maybe would not have played before. Also, definitely buying the dlc. Lol!
Show threadJessica Tegner 👩🏻‍🦰21h ago
@LeonianUniverse my hope as well. I know many blind people love fighting games, so I hope this can be a whole new set of those
Show threadDevin Prater :blind:21h ago
@JessicaTegner @LeonianUniverse I'll definitely enjoy it more with the mod. I just wish the sounds were more punchy, like in the Tenkaichi and Budokai games. And the reverb I don't like. But it's still a good game.
Show threadJessica Tegner 👩🏻‍🦰21h ago
@pixelate @LeonianUniverse Turns out you can actually change the sound theme to the classic one. You can find it in the settings.
Show threadLeonianUniverse😁21h ago
@JessicaTegner @pixelate Yep, they brought back some of the older BT3 sounds to make it punchier and just better sound-wise overall.
Show threadDevin Prater :blind:20h ago
@JessicaTegner @LeonianUniverse Oooo really? Do the settings menus talk with the mod?
Show threadJessica Tegner 👩🏻‍🦰20h ago
@pixelate @LeonianUniverse Yep they do
Show threadAlex Chapman20h ago
@JessicaTegner Oh wow I might have to give this a go when I get paid and can get Sparking Zero, I love how we're all making access mods for games, this is awesome!
Show threadJessica Tegner 👩🏻‍🦰20h ago
@alexchapman I agree, it’s super cool. That’s why I decided to also make a platform for the players to easily discover, install and keep up-to-date with all the different mods that’s being created
Show threadAlex Chapman20h ago
@JessicaTegner Yup, I love that!
Show threadJessica Tegner 👩🏻‍🦰20h ago
@alexchapman Me too. Hope it gets adopted by many more.