Street Fighter V’s most recent update has rendered the game unplayable to blind gamers, due to the removal of stereo audio.
The update changed the in-game audio to mono, meaning blind gamers can no longer use stereo audio to play. Street Fighter V’s full range of stereo sounds enables blind players to participate in the fighting game’s competitive scene.
Mono or monaural sound is designed to emanate from one source, while stereo sound produces multi-directional audible perspective. This switch to one sound source is what is causing problems for blind players.
BlindWarriorSven raised awareness of the issue in a tweet he sent out on Monday, stating: “I just installed the new patch on my PC, went to training mode and discovered that all character sound effects like attacks, hits, jumps, block, voices etc are mono (centered).”
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