Hi Ryan,
Can you send one of those displays over here? :D.
I'm afraid I disagree on the rehab front, sinse in the Uk it depends
basically on the generosity of the individual counsel during time in
education, and then access to work will only buy you things that access your
work directly 9assuming your in work).
so I'm afraid I disagree that there are "more out there" to be supported.
Until they become A, cheaper than buying a small car, and B, able to show
more information, I'm not convinced on their value for gaming, ---- indeed
I'm becoming rather disolussioned with braille as a writing medium full
stop, and that from someone who has read braille sinse he was five.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Strunk" <ryan.str...@gmail.com>
To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is back and I'm looking for some
testerswith Braille displays.
Hi Nick,
Thankfully you're not developing a side scroller, arcade game, or FPS
title,
so you don't have to worry about that. Just because very little use has
been
made of Braille displays in the past 8 years doesn't mean you shouldn't
give
it a go. I would venture a guess that there are actually quite a few
Braille
displays out there. Rehab agencies purchase them for a lot of people here
in
the states, and some countries overseas--especially in Europe--will
actually
give free Braille displays to blind people. My wife and I own two between
the two of us, and I have access to four more of them at work.
Audio Tetris has been tried; it didn't work very well. Music audio Tetris
has been tried; it didn't work very well either. The spatial implications
of
a tactile Tetris would be phenomenal to work with. I think you have a
winner
of an idea here.
Good luck to you in your efforts.
All the best,
Ryan
-----Original Message-----
From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 10:38 PM
To: Nick Adamson; Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is back and I'm looking for some testers
with Braille displays.
Hi Nick,
Most of the accessible games out there use speech and/or audio for
feedback. The reason is that braille displays are extremely
expensive,and most blind computer users don't own one. The other
reason is that there has been a huge migration from text based gaming
to real time audio gaming and in a lot of cases the action moves too
fast to review the information via braille. Speech feedback is much
much quicker in an arcade, FPS, or side-scroller so most accessible
game developers don't bother with braille display support.
Cheers!
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