The Accessible Homestuck Project

The goal of this project is to provide transcripts, image descriptions, and audio recordings of the acclaimed webcomic Homestuck, by Andrew Hussie, in order to make it more accessible to more people. Links to text files and audio files are in our Links page. Blog description: The header is a banner designed by Matthew Finegan, which says AHP in blue block letters, but the H has been replaced with the Sburb logo, which is a stylized house. [Temporary edit: The banner is currently missing due to a glitch. It should be back shortly]. Each of the links is contained within a blue box the same color as the logo. Each post is within a white box and the background behind it is the clouds of Skaia, which are large, white, pillowy clouds with curling ends on a light blue background. Image Description Progress Whole: 100% Audio on Indefinite Hiatus Act 1: complete

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

Hello! So I'm blind and use a screenreader for pretty much everything, and I've spent the last maybe two days attempting to piece together Homestuck based on snippets of text, the pesterlogs and the sound files! I don't have words for how happy I am to have just discovered that you've made it possible for me to see all the details I've missed (and there a lot of them in the first chapter alone)! ! Thank you <3

Thank you so much! I'm always happy to hear that this project has been helpful!

[juliuscaesarofficial]

i was thinking abt this today so: is there a screenreader friendly version of homestuck? official fan made or otherwise? like at least pesterlog transcripts and shit since a lot of typing quirks would be hell trying to parse? & if there isn’t would there be an audience for that

[juliuscaesarofficial]

my minimal googling skills came through and i’m glad to say there is! here’s a link. shoutout to @accessiblehomestuckproject!!

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

You’re welcome!

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

I just stumbled upon your work on AO3. I can't put into words how amazing it is that you took so much time to help other people enjoy the comic. THIS is what peak fandom looks like. Thank you so much for making that story accessible for everybody.

Thank you so much! It still always makes me so happy when I find out that it’s been useful to someone. 

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

The AHP is complete!

The final sections and notes were posted today, nearly 4 and a half years after the project began. Thank you for reading.

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

Hi! Are you still accepting auditions for voice actors, and if so, should we send files for multiple characters in one email or separate?

Hi! Thanks so much for your interest, but the audio portion is still on indefinite hiatus. 

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

As an edit to the previous post: for the sake of some back-end shenanagins, going forward, the project will only be hosted on archive of our own.

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

I have added the links to the AHP hosted on Archive of our Own to the links page. The remainder of the AHP will continue to be hosted in google drive as well, but updates on Homestuck Squared and other Homestuck-Universe works will only be hosted on AO3. 

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

I just wanted to give another update.

Right now, I am in the midst if my final semester of my degree and working more than full time between an internship with Habitat for Humanity, school, and a job. This project, while incredibly important (both to me and as a general statement) can't be the priority right now. I'm still working on it in fits and starts, but I have very little time for it. It WILL get done, but the estimated completion date is going to have to be pushed back again. I expect by 4/13 this time.

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

Just for scale, I’ve spent about 5 hours writing 10 pages of text to describe the first 4 minutes and 25 seconds of Collide, which is 18 minutes long. A lot happens, so it’s going to take quite a while to get it all down on paper

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

Upd8 on the AHP completion date

So unfortunately the delivery date is going to have to get pushed back yet again. I had set aside time these past two weeks to get it finished, but one of my coworkers got sick and that time was eaten up by taking her shifts. I won’t put a specific date for delivery, but I’m almost 100% certain that at least the canon content and snapdates will be done by 10/25. I’m not sure how much care the epilogues are going to need, so I won’t put a date on those 

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

Part 30 is live

This is... surreal. The next page is Collide. We’re almost done. 46 pages until the end of canon, an additional 132 pages of post-canon content. it’s almost done there. The circle of stupidity is (almost) complete

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

Part 29 is live!

Finally, after far too long, the next section is out. Just in time for there to be more content. Thanks, Hussie

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

AHP Update number whatever:

Yeah, no, there’s no way I’m going to get done by 4/13. I just finished doing the descriptions for section 29, but I have to proofread and finish formatting, then do the entirety of sections 30 and 31- about 300 pages in total. Oh well. I’ll probably be done by 6/12 instead!

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

An Update

Unfortunately, it's starting to look like I will not be able to finish this by 4-13. between work, an internship search, and school, I haven't had much time to work on it. It WILL get done, you can quote me on that, but maybe not by the date that I thought

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

the link to your "screen reader version" folder doesn't work- it's a tumblr temp url instead of a link to a google doc or anything.

Thank you for telling me! I’ve updated the link and double checked the one for the braille folder as well. I think all the tumblr updates broke something, but hopefully it’ll stay fixed now! 

Just for reference, the AHP is also hosted on Archive of our Own, so if the link goes down again and I’m unable to fix it quickly, you can find it there!

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

As of tomorrow, we will have exactly 3 months until the 3 year anniversary. And as of today, there are exactly 413 pages left for me to describe. We’re almost there, guys!

[accessiblehomestuckproject]

AAAAND part 28 is LIVE!

enjoy your winter, and enjoy this homestuck!