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  Reading controls and alternative inputs provide access to dialogue content and
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    title: Duolingo
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      Reading controls and alternative inputs provide access to dialogue content
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      - Captions and alternative inputs should preserve meaning and control.
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  Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
  2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
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  editorial review.
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# Accessibility and reading controls

id: dialogue--family-accessibility
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/dialogue--family-accessibility
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/dialogue--family-accessibility/

Reading controls and alternative inputs provide access to dialogue content and interaction.

## At a glance

![A captions control in a voice conversation](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/duolingo-video-call.webp)

[Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/product-highlights/) · Screenshots © their respective rights holders. Provided in the official guide or product article; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. CC provides text alongside the spoken dialogue

- Captions and alternative inputs should preserve meaning and control.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/product-highlights/)

## How it works

Reading and alternative input settings provide access to content and conversation control.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-accessibility-variants"></a>

- Text display speed. Rule: The player adjusts the pace of appearance of symbols or shows the entire dialogue line at once. <a id="variant-accessibility-01"></a>
- Manual and automatic continuation. Rule: Switching of dialogue lines occurs on command or automatically after reading and voicing. <a id="variant-accessibility-02"></a>
- Skip reading. Rule: Already known remarks can be accelerated separately from new text and solutions. <a id="variant-accessibility-03"></a>
- Setting timers. Rule: The player increases the selection time, pauses it, or disables the limitation. <a id="variant-accessibility-04"></a>
- Subtitles and speaker identification. Rule: Text, name and significant audio signals remain distinguishable without relying on hearing. <a id="variant-accessibility-05"></a>
- An alternative to voice input. Rule: A semantic answer can be conveyed by a button, text or other accessible method. <a id="variant-accessibility-06"></a>
- Accessible navigation. Rule: Select, read and log support keyboard, controller and assistive technologies. <a id="variant-accessibility-07"></a>
- Reduced memory load. Rule: The game provides retelling, reinforcement of facts, or access to information while answering. <a id="variant-accessibility-08"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's working taxonomy compiled for this request. Titles are descriptive; sources confirm individual principles and examples, and not the entire list.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/product-highlights/) (id: source-3992177cb9c36d87)

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