Hey! Unfortunately this project is, more or less, outdated and discontinued.
Parts of the addon are already broken, or are supposed to break with upcoming WoW updates. Still using them to play WoW Classic most likely will lead to a degraded experience. If you would like to play WoW, I would suggest to take a look at the Blindslash addon for blind or limited sight players. It is for WoW Retail (the modern version of the game), and still in active development. Feel free to join their Discord for more details: https://discord.gg/USvX2YuE5n
Alternatively you should start with WoW Classic Era (that’s the original, unchanged WoW). I will try to keep Sku updated and running for this game flavor, as there are no or very few changes to expect. To download Sku for Era, go to the GitHub repo here (link below).
There may or may not be updates to the Sku Git repositories, though. If you would like to check / download, here are direct links to the repos:
- Sku for Era, Sod, Anniversary (https://github.com/Duugu/SkuEra
- Sku for Cataclysm: https://github.com/Duugu/Sku
Sku is an accessibility addon for blind players.
It is making the full game available to you and will enable you to autonomously play the game as a blind player. There's no sighted help required.
It is only for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and won't work with Retail.
Important: Requirements and set-up
You can't just download this addon here and start playing. There are some dependencies. And you need to specifically set-up the game to being able to independently play as a blind player.
There is a dedicated first steps starter guide in English, German, and Russian that will lead you through the full process of setting up the game, installing all required addons, etc. (Links below.)
It is HIGHLY recommended to carefully follow that starter guide step for step as a new user. This page is just to update the addon on new releases after the initial setup via the starter guide!
So, seriously, if you are a blind first time user, carefully and completely follow the guide below! Do not just install the addon from here. It won't work well without the setup.
Here are links to the guide:
ENGLISH - First Steps Guide:
https://duugu.github.io/Sku/first_steps_en.html
DEUTSCH - Erste Schritte:
https://duugu.github.io/Sku/first_steps_de.html
Русский - Первые шаги:
https://duugu.github.io/Sku/first_steps_ru.html
What to expect from the starter guide
The starter guide will enable a blind person to set up and play World of Warcraft Classic: Wrath of the Lich King autonomously. Setting everything up should require 30 minutes to 1 hour (depending on your internet connection, machine, etc.). There's no sighted help required, but it of course could make things easier. Upon completing all the steps in the guide, you'll be in the game and ready to go.
Additional required Sku addons
This addon won't work without other Sku addons installed:
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/sku-beacon-soundsets - for everyone
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/sku-audiodata-english - if you're playing the game in English
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/sku-audiodata-german-deutsch - if you're playing the game in German/Deutsch
Help, support, more blind and sighted players using the addon
Our community is there to support you on your first steps or anything else. Please contact us via our Discord:
https://discord.gg/AzFwTDmpbk
You will find voice channels as well as text channels for questions and contacts.
Information for sighted players
If you're curious on how to play with blind players, or just would like to know more about blindly playing WoW, please feel free to join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/AzFwTDmpbk
If you are interested to see what the addon is doing, I would suggest to not just install it. It is auto-changing a lot of settings, key binds, etc. and will totally mix-up your existing interface.
Here is an youtube channel showing actual gameplay using the addon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLDI6nDm6oU&list=TLPQMTQwNzIwMjPrwYjtN2EkwA&index=1.
If you still would like to install the addon and test yourself, I would highly recommend to back up your full WTF folder before. However, be aware that the addon still will auto-change settings and key binds!
The Sku Team
