wtf is accessible-manga-reader?

Manga is one of the few forms of storytelling that has stayed mostly closed off to blind readers, because the words are drawn directly into the artwork and a screen reader cannot reach them, while much of the story is told through panel layout, facial expression, and sound effects rather than dialogue alone. Accessible Manga Reader solves this by sending each page of a manga to an AI vision model, which turns it into a script a screen reader can read aloud: descriptions of each panel, dialogue attributed to whichever character is speaking, sound effects explained in words, and the meaning behind silent panels. The reader respects manga's own layout rules, going through pages right to left and top to bottom, following panels, then speech bubbles inside a panel, then the artwork itself. It also supports Manhwa, Manhua, and Western comics with their own correct reading order. To use it you download a ready made executable for Windows, either the regular version or one built for ARM based machines. You also need a free API key from an AI service such as Google's AI Studio or OpenRouter, which the app uses to actually read and describe the pages, no credit card required for the free options, though Claude and ChatGPT also work if you already pay for their APIs. You import a book from an archive, a PDF, or a folder of images, then process it, optionally giving the AI notes about the cast so it can name characters correctly from the first page. Processing happens in small batches and is cached, so once a book is done, reopening it is instant. You can read the whole book at once, one page at a time, or one panel at a time with a spoken position like page three of twenty, panel two of six, top right, so you build a mental picture of the layout as you go. There is also an HTML view that uses proper headings so a screen reader's browse mode can jump between pages and panels. The app keeps your API keys only on your own computer, and its interface is in English even if the generated script is translated into another language. Rar archives are not supported, only cbz. It is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.