Dropped wxpython because of stability issues.

input.py

@@ -10,11 +10,18 @@ Provides functionality for:
 
 import pygame
 import time
-import wx
 from .speech import speak
 
 def get_input(prompt="Enter text:", text=""):
-    """Display a dialog box for text input.
+    """Display an accessible text input dialog using pygame.
+
+    Features:
+    - Speaks each character as typed
+    - Left/Right arrows navigate and speak characters
+    - Up/Down arrows read full text content
+    - Backspace announces deletions
+    - Enter submits, Escape cancels
+    - Fully accessible without screen reader dependency
 
     Args:
         prompt (str): Prompt text to display (default: "Enter text:")
@@ -23,15 +30,178 @@ def get_input(prompt="Enter text:", text=""):
     Returns:
         str: User input text, or None if cancelled
     """
-    app = wx.App(False)
-    dialog = wx.TextEntryDialog(None, prompt, "Input", text)
-    dialog.SetValue(text)
-    if dialog.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
-        userInput = dialog.GetValue()
+    
+    # Initialize text buffer and cursor
+    text_buffer = list(text)  # Use list for easier character manipulation
+    cursor_pos = len(text_buffer)  # Start at end of initial text
+    
+    # Announce the prompt and initial text
+    speak(prompt)
+    if text:
+        speak(f"Default text: {text}")
     else:
-        userInput = None
-    dialog.Destroy()
-    return userInput
+        speak("Empty text field")
+    
+    # Speak initial cursor position
+    if cursor_pos == 0:
+        speak("Beginning of text")
+    elif cursor_pos == len(text_buffer):
+        speak("End of text")
+    else:
+        speak(f"At character: {text_buffer[cursor_pos]}")
+    
+    # Main input loop
+    while True:
+        event = pygame.event.wait()
+        
+        if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
+            if event.key == pygame.K_RETURN:
+                # Submit the input
+                result = ''.join(text_buffer)
+                speak(f"Submitted: {result if result else 'empty'}")
+                return result
+                
+            elif event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
+                # Cancel input
+                speak("Cancelled")
+                return None
+                
+            elif event.key == pygame.K_BACKSPACE:
+                # Delete character before cursor
+                if cursor_pos > 0:
+                    deleted_char = text_buffer.pop(cursor_pos - 1)
+                    cursor_pos -= 1
+                    speak(f"{deleted_char} deleted")
+                else:
+                    speak("Nothing to delete")
+                    
+            elif event.key == pygame.K_DELETE:
+                # Delete character at cursor
+                if cursor_pos < len(text_buffer):
+                    deleted_char = text_buffer.pop(cursor_pos)
+                    speak(f"{deleted_char} deleted")
+                else:
+                    speak("Nothing to delete")
+                    
+            elif event.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
+                # Move cursor left and speak character
+                if cursor_pos > 0:
+                    cursor_pos -= 1
+                    if cursor_pos == 0:
+                        speak("Beginning of text")
+                    else:
+                        speak(text_buffer[cursor_pos])
+                else:
+                    speak("Beginning of text")
+                    
+            elif event.key == pygame.K_RIGHT:
+                # Move cursor right and speak character
+                if cursor_pos < len(text_buffer):
+                    speak(text_buffer[cursor_pos])
+                    cursor_pos += 1
+                    if cursor_pos == len(text_buffer):
+                        speak("End of text")
+                else:
+                    speak("End of text")
+                    
+            elif event.key == pygame.K_UP or event.key == pygame.K_DOWN:
+                # Read entire text content
+                if text_buffer:
+                    speak(''.join(text_buffer))
+                else:
+                    speak("Empty text field")
+                    
+            elif event.key == pygame.K_HOME:
+                # Move to beginning
+                cursor_pos = 0
+                speak("Beginning of text")
+                
+            elif event.key == pygame.K_END:
+                # Move to end
+                cursor_pos = len(text_buffer)
+                speak("End of text")
+                
+            else:
+                # Handle regular character input
+                if event.unicode and event.unicode.isprintable():
+                    char = event.unicode
+                    # Insert character at cursor position
+                    text_buffer.insert(cursor_pos, char)
+                    cursor_pos += 1
+                    
+                    # Speak the character name
+                    if char == ' ':
+                        speak("space")
+                    elif char == '\\':
+                        speak("backslash")
+                    elif char == '/':
+                        speak("slash")
+                    elif char == '!':
+                        speak("exclamation mark")
+                    elif char == '"':
+                        speak("quotation mark")
+                    elif char == '#':
+                        speak("hash")
+                    elif char == '$':
+                        speak("dollar sign")
+                    elif char == '%':
+                        speak("percent")
+                    elif char == '&':
+                        speak("ampersand")
+                    elif char == "'":
+                        speak("apostrophe")
+                    elif char == '(':
+                        speak("left parenthesis")
+                    elif char == ')':
+                        speak("right parenthesis")
+                    elif char == '*':
+                        speak("asterisk")
+                    elif char == '+':
+                        speak("plus")
+                    elif char == ',':
+                        speak("comma")
+                    elif char == '-':
+                        speak("minus")
+                    elif char == '.':
+                        speak("period")
+                    elif char == ':':
+                        speak("colon")
+                    elif char == ';':
+                        speak("semicolon")
+                    elif char == '<':
+                        speak("less than")
+                    elif char == '=':
+                        speak("equals")
+                    elif char == '>':
+                        speak("greater than")
+                    elif char == '?':
+                        speak("question mark")
+                    elif char == '@':
+                        speak("at sign")
+                    elif char == '[':
+                        speak("left bracket")
+                    elif char == ']':
+                        speak("right bracket")
+                    elif char == '^':
+                        speak("caret")
+                    elif char == '_':
+                        speak("underscore")
+                    elif char == '`':
+                        speak("grave accent")
+                    elif char == '{':
+                        speak("left brace")
+                    elif char == '|':
+                        speak("pipe")
+                    elif char == '}':
+                        speak("right brace")
+                    elif char == '~':
+                        speak("tilde")
+                    else:
+                        # For regular letters, numbers, and other characters
+                        speak(char)
+        
+        # Allow other events to be processed
+        pygame.event.pump()
 
 def pause_game():
     """Pauses the game until user presses backspace."""

menu.py

@@ -485,6 +485,12 @@ def exit_game(fade=0):
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"Warning: Could not handle music during exit: {e}")
 
+    # Clean up pygame mixer first
+    try:
+        pygame.mixer.quit()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Warning: Error during pygame.mixer.quit(): {e}")
+
     # Clean up pygame
     try:
         pygame.quit()

requirements.txt

@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ pyxdg>=0.27
 setproctitle>=1.2.0
 numpy>=1.19.0
 accessible-output2>=0.14
-wxpython