Release Notes

November 4 2022: 24.6.0.154818-46

• Updated to Hearthstone 24.6.0.154818

October 14 2022: 24.4.3.152904-45

• Updated to Hearthstone 24.4.3.152904

October 5 2022: 24.4.0.150659-44

• Fixed an issue causing players who bought the Tavern Pass and reached level 75 to get locked out of the game
• Fixed an issue introduced in 24.4.0 where speech enumerating elements such as a list of cards didn't properly separate the last two elements

September 30 2022: 24.4.0.150659-43

• Updated to Hearthstone 24.4.0.150659

September 20 2022: 24.2.2.149417-42

• Fixed an issue where players who used OCR to claim some rewards which have yet to be made accessible such as the new Battlegrounds skins would get locked out of the game

September 16 2022: 24.2.2.149417-41

• Updated to Hearthstone 24.2.2.149417
• Known issue: when playing Battlegrounds, your connection often drops on turn 4 before choosing your quest, reconnecting after about 20 seconds have passed. This needs further investigation which will have to wait until I find some time to look at it in depth

August 17 2022: 24.0.3.147348-40

• Updated to Hearthstone 24.0.3.147348

July 27 2022: 24.0.0.145077-39

• Updated to Hearthstone 24.0.0.145077

July 18 2022: 23.6.2.144772-38

• Updated to Hearthstone 23.6.2.144772

July 11 2022: 23.6.2.143410-37

• Updated to Hearthstone 23.6.2.143410

June 28 2022: 23.6.0.142295-36

• Updated to Hearthstone 23.6.0.142295
• Disabled the new social panel features such as players you've recently played against to keep interacting with actual friends accessible as much as possible

June 17 2022: 23.4.3.141643-35

• Updated to Hearthstone 23.4.3.141643

June 3 2022: 23.4.0.139963-34

• Fix bug causing messages from and to friends to not be read over TTS

June 3 2022: 23.4.0.139963-33

• Updated to Hearthstone 23.4.0.139963-33
• The frame rate dropdown option in the game menu is now accessible

May 20 2022: 23.2.2.139719-32

• Updated to Hearthstone 23.2.2.139719

May 19 2022: 23.2.2.139522-31

• Updated to Hearthstone 23.2.2.139522

April 27 2022: 23.0.3.137436-30

• Updated to Hearthstone 23.0.3.137436

April 5 2022: 23.0.0.135540-29

• Updated to Hearthstone 23.0.0.135540
• Related cards such as the final reward from questlines and colossal appendages in the future can now be read in the collection manager
• When hovering cards with related cards during gameplay, the related card can now be read right after the original card using the arrow keys
• PageUp and PageDown can now be used when hovering cards with related cards to quickly read both the original and the related card
• Fixed bug in the social panel preventing players with more than 10 online friends at a time from interacting with some of their friends
• Prepared Hearthstone Access for Voyage to the Sunken City

March 22 2022: 22.6.0.134558-28

• Updated to Hearthstone 22.6.0.134558

March 18 2022: 22.6.0.133923-27

• Updated to Hearthstone 22.6.0.133923
• Italian is now fully available thanks to the awesome contributions of Tommaso Nonis, Simone Dal Maso and Ambrogio Riili

March 4 2022: 22.4.3.133122-26

• Updated to Hearthstone 22.4.3.133122
• Various translation updates and fixes

February 23 2022: 22.4.0.131660-25

• Hotfix: tutorial preview videos were disabled as some players with newer accounts were having issues starting the Battlegrounds tutorial due to the preview videos flow not being accessible

February 23 2022: 22.4.0.131660-24

• Battlegrounds is now fully accessible. Players are encouraged to read through the Battlegrounds-specific commands section in the main page after finishing the tutorial as the tutorial only covers the basics

February 16 2022: 22.4.0.131660-23

• Updated to Hearthstone 22.4.0.131660

February 8 2022: 22.2.2.131337-22

• The heroes tab in the Collection Manager which had to be disabled after an interface redesign in Hearthstone 21.6 is now fully accessible again
• You can now buy any Hero skins which can only be bought via the heroes tab in the Collection Manager using in-game gold
• You can now challenge your friends to Wild and Classic matches via the social menu
• Russian is now fully available thanks to the awesome contributions of Vsevolod Popov, Alexander Epaneshnikov and dean-win
• Updated to Hearthstone 22.2.2.131337

January 25 2022: 22.2.0.130051-21

• Updated to Hearthstone 22.2.0.130051
• Book of Heroes Thrall is now available
• Cards which are powered up after a certain condition is met such as combo, outcast and "if you did x last turn" cards now output "Ready!" when reading them in the line following their name to highlight the fact that their condition has been met
• Overloaded and locked mana crystals are now read when you press A or Shift+A to read your or your opponent's mana
• Pressing the Tab key when only one valid play exists now continuously cycles through that card instead of reading "no more valid options" the second time the key is pressed as players often mistakenly ended their turn prematurely when under pressure
• German is now fully available thanks to the awesome contribution of Christopher Pross
• Korean is now fully available thanks to the awesome contribution of ajackpot

December 20 2021: 22.0.2.128654-20

• Updated to Hearthstone 22.0.2.128654

December 6 2021: 22.0.0.127581-19

• Updated to Hearthstone 22.0.0.127581

December 2 2021: 22.0.0.126807-18

• Player factions and ranks can now be read for both Heroes when playing online using the usual F and V keys
• Honor gains when winning or losing a game are now narrated

November 30 2021: 22.0.0.126807-17

• Updated to Hearthstone 22.0.0.126807

November 26 2021: 21.8.0.126451-17

• Book of Heroes Valeera is now available
• Cursed effects on cards are now narrated as they happen and are described when reading a card
• You can now read your mana when discovering and choosing cards
• Fixed a bug introduced in a recent patch where tradeable cards weren't being narrated properly when traded
• Fixed a bug where shuffled cards such as Ignite and tradeable cards would be narrated when redrawn by your opponent even though you're not supposed to know which card was being drawn
• Fixed a bug with cards such as Stealer of Souls where cards would be incorrectly read as costing mana instead of health
• Fixed a bug where cards such as Guess the Weight would be incorrectly narrated when played by your opponent
• Fixed a bug where opening the My Collection screen in Battlegrounds or Mercenaries would crash the game so players using OCR or getting sighted help can access them
• Fixed a bug where cards summoned straight from your deck into the battlefield would be narrated as if they were still hidden
• Fixed a rare bug where your minions would immediately attack once a turn started if you had used Shift+F to send all minions to your opponent's face in the previous turn but ran out of time before everyone could attack
• Fixed a rare bug where the entire set up phase of a Book of Heroes mission such as shuffling your deck with 30 cards and drawing new ones for the mulligan phase would sometimes be narrated after conceding and immediately restarting a game
• Languages which don't require sentence ending periods such as Thai can now explicitly stop periods from being added to sentences and read over TTS
• Added additional defensive code and error messages to help track down a rare bug with return to hand cards such as Shadowstep

November 17 2021: 21.8.0.126451-16

• Updated to Hearthstone 21.8.0.126451

November 16 2021: 21.8.0.126299-16

• Updated to Hearthstone 21.8.0
• Made the choose your faction popup accessible
• French is now fully available thanks to the awesome contribution of Arkandias

November 2 2021: 21.6.0.124497-15

• Updated to Hearthstone 21.6.0
• Disabled the Heroes tab in the My Collection screen as the new version revamped the user interface. Note that selecting your favorite heroes will no longer be accessible until the mod is updated to accomodate the new interface

October 29 2021: 21.4.4.121569-14

• Extended the shop to include all items which can be bought with in-game gold, including Hero Skins, bundles and others. Note that buying items with real money must still be done using the Battle.net client and I have no plans on making it accessible as it would require handling personal information and payment details
• The My Collection screen is now fully accessible. It now includes crafting, disenchanting, flavor texts, hero skins, cardbacks, coins and others
• You can now filter cards by mana cost in the My Collection screen or when building decks using the number keys
• You can now use Ctrl+F when browsing through your cards in the My Collection screen or when building decks to access the search box
• Accessing different card sets and formats such as wild and classic can now be done in the My Collection screen to make the user experience closer to the one used by Hearthstone
• Reworked the create wild and classic decks flow to make the user experience closer to the one used by Hearthstone
• Thai is now available thanks to the awesome contribution of wightfall
• French is now available thanks to the awesome contribution of Alexandre

October 21 2021: 21.4.4.121569-13

• Updated to Hearthstone 21.4.4

October 15 2021: 21.4.0.95431-12

• Book of Heroes Anduin is now available
• You can now access the journal to read your quests, get new ones and claim any track rewards you got from leveling up
• You can now use the in-game shop to buy packs and mini-sets using gold. Note that Chinese players will not be able to access the shop unfortunately as the currency is different than gold and I do not have access to a test account
• Reworked all wild and classic journeys to hopefully make things less confusing for players who have just reached bronze 10
• Added C, J, M and S keyboard shortcuts for quickly accessing your collection, journal, modes and shop from the main menu
• The Home and End keys can now be used to quickly navigate items in all menus and lists

October 12 2021: 21.4.0.95431-11

• Updated to Hearthstone 21.4
• Minor bug fixes

October 1 2021: 21.3.0.93849-10

• You can now play ranked, casual and friendly matches against other players once you've unlocked all classes. Online matches always run in full speed and have a per-turn time limit so make sure you are comfortable with game speed 10 against AI first
• The social menu is now accessible through the F4 key. You can use it to invite, message, spectate and challenge your Battle.net friends
• Player names and classes can now be read for both Heroes when playing online
• The in-game emotes menu can now be accessed by pressing Space when selecting your Hero. Squelching is also available when selecting your Opponent's Hero
• Added 15 and 5 seconds remaining warnings when playing online games
• Decks can now be exported in the edit deck menu
• Rewards Track XP changes and level ups are now read
• Wild and Classic modes are now available to players who have reached Bronze 10
• Chinese is now fully available thanks to the awesome contributions of oldman

September 21 2021: 21.3.0.93849-9

• Updated to Hearthstone 21.3

September 17 2021: 21.2.0.91456-8

• Book of Heroes Uther is now available
• Opening card packs is now accessible
• The tradeable game mechanic is now accessible. Tradeable cards can be traded using T
• The original stats of minions as well as any enchantments they may have can now be read by pressing K when hovering a minion. You can use this key whenever you need to find out which minions need healing or when you don't know who's buffing a particular minion
• Chinese is now available. Note that a few translations that were introduced in the latest patches are still missing and will default to English
• Various bug fixes and accessibility enhancements

September 2 2021: 21.2.0.91456-7

• Hotfix the new flow which was preventing new players from accessing the tutorial after the latest patch
• Remove unnecessary visual tutorials after players finish apprenticeship which were causing problems to players using OCR
• Make the claim your free deck reward from completing apprenticeship accessible

August 31 2021: 21.2.0.91456-6

• Updated everything to Hearthstone 21.2 which revamped the main menu interface
• Book of Heroes Garrosh is now available
• Quests, sidequests and questlines are now accessible
• Enemy secrets and quests can now be read using Shift+S and the arrow keys
• Significant user experience improvements to players using Microsoft Speech API as their screenreader
• Pushing the end turn button when minions can still attack or the Hero Power can still be used now specifically warns the player
• Minor translation fixes

August 27 2021: 21.0.3.91040-5

• Fixed issue causing Hero cards such as Lord Jaraxxus to be incorrectly read
• Added Home, End, Page Up and Page Down keys to the My Collection screen
• Minor fixes in all localized versions of the game

August 26 2021: 21.0.3.91040-4

• The first version of the My Collection screen including standard deck building is now available
• The main game options menu is now fully accessible so players can adjust music volume, graphics resolution, graphics quality and others
• Polish, European Spanish, Mexican Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese are now available thanks to the awesome contributions of Nuno, Alisson, pildain, AAyoubelbakhti and sanslash332
• Added additional defensive code and error messages to help track down a rare bug with Choose One cards
• Minor bug fixes

August 17 2021: 21.0.3.91040-3

• Released Localization support so users can contribute translations for different languages
• Book of Heroes Rexxar is now available
• Mulligan keys changed. Space now marks cards for replacement and Enter confirms them
• Some menus such as the choose deck menu are now horizontal so the up and down arrow keys can be used to read additional information such as Hero levels
• The Home and End keys can now be used to quickly navigate to the first and last card in the zone that's currently being read
• Damaging armored Heroes now differentiates between armor lost and damage taken
• Added card rarity to all non-free cards at the end
• Removed Hero triggered messages when mission events or animations happen
• Fixed bug in Choose One cards such as Ethereal Conjurer which broke input

August 10 2021: 21.0.0.88998-2

• Book of Heroes Jaina is now available
• Numbers in the cards such as attack and health are now read as digits to improve the experience of languages other than english

August 6 2021: 21.0.0.88998-1

• Hearthstone Access was launched