Re: Using a capture card to OCR Switch games
I feel it hard to say if Mario maker 2 would be in some way playable for a totally blind person. I use my very limited sight when playing and making courses. I am limited to certain game styles and course themes that have a suitable contrast and colours for me. Overall though I have played and been interested in games my whole life I just quite recently became aware how many totally blind people play mainstream games and it amazes me what folks can do when you have enough patience.
In Super Mario maker when it comes to playing levels I suppose the 3d world game style would be the best to play. It has the most sounds. For example for Mario’s walking and the sound stops when you hit a wall. You can also hear when Mario lands after a jump. And you can hear when you hit a wall when jumping. Some enemies make also a sound well at least the two I tested. I have not used this game style much since for my vision it is not the best . The new super Mario bros U style also has similar Mario movement sounds but at least the same two enemies I tested did not make any sound.
As for making courses I think it would at least be very difficult but who knows. Although the course making happens in a kind of grid where you place stuff. You use a freely moving cursor. It probably would be easier if you could move the cursor one step at a time but you cannot. Well at least you cannot place anything over something else you placed before and the game gives you a sound when you attempt to do so. When you place something the game also says its name though the voice is quite distorted so at least for me as a non-native english speaker it is sometimes hard to understand what the game said. Perhaps the possibility to use the touchscreen when making courses might also be useful since you can place stuff just by touching or move your finger on the screen to make for example a longer platform. I have not used the touch screen except just now when I tested it a bit.
Not sure if this helped but if you have more questions I can try to answer.
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