diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8e86fd0481..e2abeae2bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "ui/dasher",
     "ui/editor",
     "ui/game",
+    "ui/nvui",
     "ui/insight",
     "ui/learn",
     "ui/lobby",
diff --git a/ui/nvui/package.json b/ui/nvui/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1503002a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/nvui/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "name": "nvui",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "lichess.org non-visual user interface",
+  "main": "dist/main.js",
+  "types": "dist/main",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/ornicar/lila"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "chess",
+    "lichess",
+    "non-visual",
+    "blind",
+    "accessibility"
+  ],
+  "author": "Thibault Duplessis",
+  "license": "AGPL-3.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/ornicar/lila/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/ornicar/lila",
+  "scripts": {
+    "compile": "tsc"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/lichess": "1.0.0",
+    "game": "1.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^3"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {}
+}
diff --git a/ui/nvui/src/chess.ts b/ui/nvui/src/chess.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb3240a8db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/nvui/src/chess.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { h } from 'snabbdom'
+import { VNode } from 'snabbdom/vnode'
+// import { GameData } from 'game';
+import { Pieces } from 'chessground/types';
+
+export function piecesHtml(pieces: Pieces, style: string): VNode {
+  return h('div', ['white', 'black'].map(color => {
+    const lists: any = [];
+    ['king', 'queen', 'rook', 'bishop', 'knight', 'pawn'].forEach(role => {
+      const keys = [];
+      for (let key in pieces) {
+        if (pieces[key]!.color === color && pieces[key]!.role === role) keys.push(key);
+      }
+      if (keys.length) lists.push([`${role}${keys.length > 1 ? 's' : ''}`, ...keys]);
+    });
+    return h('div', [
+      h('h3', `${color} pieces`),
+      ...lists.map((l: any) =>
+        `${l[0]}: ${l.slice(1).map((k: string) => renderKey(k, style)).join(', ')}`
+      ).join(', ')
+    ]);
+  }));
+}
+
+const anna: { [letter: string]: string } = { a: 'anna', b: 'bella', c: 'cesar', d: 'david', e: 'eva', f: 'felix', g: 'gustav', h: 'hector' };
+export function renderKey(key: string, style: string): string {
+  return (style === 'anna' || style === 'full') ? `${anna[key[0]]} ${key[1]}` : key;
+}
diff --git a/ui/nvui/src/main.ts b/ui/nvui/src/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31d94319bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/nvui/src/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import * as chess from './chess';
+
+export { chess };
diff --git a/ui/nvui/tsconfig.json b/ui/nvui/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d069412405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/nvui/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "include": ["src/*.ts"],
+  "exclude": [],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "noEmitOnError": true,
+    "alwaysStrict": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "target": "es5",
+    "lib": ["DOM", "ES5"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/round/package.json b/ui/round/package.json
index 2326d421ce..5ae1cd2365 100644
--- a/ui/round/package.json
+++ b/ui/round/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "chessground": "^7.3",
     "common": "1.0.0",
     "game": "1.0.0",
+    "nvui": "1.0.0",
     "snabbdom": "ornicar/snabbdom#0.7.1-lichess"
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/round/src/plugins/nvui.ts b/ui/round/src/plugins/nvui.ts
index 74ad0aca1a..d18c31bbd4 100644
--- a/ui/round/src/plugins/nvui.ts
+++ b/ui/round/src/plugins/nvui.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { Step, DecodedDests, Position, Redraw } from '../interfaces';
 import { Player } from 'game';
 import { files } from 'chessground/types';
 import { invRanks } from 'chessground/util';
+import { renderKey } from 'nvui/chess';
 
 type Sans = {
   [key: string]: Uci;
@@ -284,11 +285,6 @@ function readSan(s: Step, style: string) {
   return move;
 }
 
-const anna: { [letter: string]: string } = { a: 'anna', b: 'bella', c: 'cesar', d: 'david', e: 'eva', f: 'felix', g: 'gustav', h: 'hector' };
-function annaKey(key: string, style: string): string {
-  return (style === 'anna' || style === 'full') ? `${anna[key[0]]} ${key[1]}` : key;
-}
-
 function renderPlayer(ctrl: RoundController, player: Player) {
   return player.ai ? ctrl.trans('aiNameLevelAiLevel', 'Stockfish', player.ai) : userHtml(ctrl, player);
 }