Hi Darren, Yes, exactly. I cringe every time I see a site calling itself Blind Software, Blind Bargains, Blind Games, or anything else that advertises a blind specific clientele. I think too much emphasis is made on the fact that the website caters to the blind, and we end up shutting out sighted and other people with disabilities who could benefit from the same software just by advertising our products and services that way.
I know a lot of the stuff Justin wrote and sold on Blindsoftware.com wasn't necessarily blind specific. Most of those apps had fully featured graphical user interfaces, and could have been sold to a much wider range of customers than just the blind. Why Justin emphasized they were blind software is anyone's guess, but I always thought he would have been better off naming his website BSC Software or something like that which would sound both professional and avoid the stigma of selling software made specifically for the blind. Cheers! On 10/30/13, Darren Harris <darren_g_har...@btinternet.com> wrote: > I think that's a big part of the problem. Too much enphesis I think is put > on the word blind. Which isn't all together a bad thing as with any game > there needs to be elements of accessibility built in so blind people can > play them. But I think the enphesis is way to big. I mean for example and > this is just a generic statement, you got blindsoftware blindcooltech > blindbargins blindmicemart the list goes on. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
