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Deck/Cards Accessibility for Vision Impaired Users - Keyboard-managed hands and chat commands

Hey Guys! One of my players is blind. Except for the map/minis aspect of the game, he can use Roll20 with a screen reader without much trouble. We've been playing Deadlands Reloaded, and there are a lot of uses for Cards in this game. Problem is, there is no way to access the cards though keyboard, nor there is a way for him to know which cards he has in hand without interrupting the game. In certain conditions, such as Duels, all tension is lost. I suggest the following additions: Keyboard/chat commands to draw, throw, discard, steal, and shuffle the deck. A way to show the name of cards in hand in the chat, as a whisper or publicly, and to view cards from other open hands. Basically, something like: /draw player_name deck_name number_of_cards   # this draws a number of cards from a certain deck /hand player_name [deck_name]  # shows in chat the cards in hand from a certain player, optionally only from a certain deck /whand player_name [deck_name]  # whispers in chat the cards in hand from a certain player, optionally only from a certain deck /steal player_name deck_name card_name # steal a card from a player, and include a message on the chat /play deck_name card_name  # throw a card on the table, and include a message on the chat This is basically all I think is needed. Alternatively, Hands could be made accessible to screen readers. What do you think? Is it feasible?
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The Aaron
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API Scripter
One of my friends and players is in the same boat.  I try to work on Accessibility improvements via API scripts as much as I can.  The /hand and /whand commands could be implemented with an API script in the current state.  I'm hoping the other options will show up with the upcoming Power User update Riley et al have talked about.  I'll keep this in mind for some upcoming scripts. 
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The Aaron
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API Scripter
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