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Hi.

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I'm hifihedgehog, the developer of PadForge.

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You're hearing a generated voice.

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PadForge is a free Windows app that makes any input look like any controller.

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Many PC games only work properly with the controller they expect.

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PadForge creates virtual controllers that games treat as real hardware,

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and you choose what drives them.

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That can be a different controller, a keyboard and mouse,

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a flight stick, your phone's web browser, or your own voice.

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PadForge recognizes phrases you set up, offline, with no account.

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Every button, stick and trigger can be remapped or turned into a macro,

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and PadForge switches to a game's own profile when that game comes to the front.

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PadForge works with a screen reader and from the keyboard.

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Here is NVDA reading PadForge, one Tab key at a time.

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[NVDA] Slot 1, data item, 4 of 5

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[NVDA] Delete virtual controller, button

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[NVDA] Enabled, toggle button, pressed, Awaiting devices

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[NVDA] Xbox, radio button, not checked

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[NVDA] PlayStation, radio button, not checked

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[NVDA] Nintendo, radio button, checked

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[NVDA] Settings saved to PadForge.xml.

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Every control the Tab key reaches has a spoken name.

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Buttons speak their state,

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status changes are announced as they happen, and Escape closes a dialog.

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The interface comes in 109 languages, and the spoken names follow the one you pick.

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PadForge is free, with no subscription, no paywall and no nag screens.

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It runs on Windows 10 and 11, with a preliminary build for Windows 11 on ARM.

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Windows asks for administrator permission each time it starts.

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Get it at padforge.org.

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That's P-A-D, forge, dot org.

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Thanks for listening.