Hi Charles, Well, we can certainly hope. As you say Popular Mechanics is redistributed via NLS and perhaps more blind and visually impaired people will here about us. However, there is a bigger hope that mainstream game developers will take notice of a growing community of blind people who are looking fore more and more accessible games. If nothing else I think people who know someone who is blind will go online and give them some games to play.
It amazes me how many blind people who are out there who have computers and are still in the dark when it comes to computer games. I suppose part can be blamed on the rehab centers which buy them, show them Jaws, and don't mention there are games and things to do, or even worse tell them specifically that the system is to be used for work and not play. Case in point. A few years ago I was contacted by a blind woman in my area who does medical transcription at the hospital. Well, she has a computer, and she was just looking for a few simple games like Uno, Solitare, Hearts, etc and didn't have any idea that the Spoonbill and Jim Kitchen games existed. I installed them on her home machine, for which she was greatful, but I didn't do anything the local BSVI rehab tech ould have done when he gave it to her to begin with. All because rehab tends to see computers simply as tools for work rather than the multipurpose device it is. Anyway, my hope is that more people will hear about us and will join in the fun. They need more resources than rehab centers that aren't too interested in making their clients aware of games and other things to do besides running Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, and Jaws. Cheers! On 3/30/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > Right. I totally understand why she was on the list for a short time rather > > than becoming a subscriber. One thought I do have, though, is this: > Popular Mechanics is produced for the Library of Congress Talking Book > program. I'm thinking that some blind readers might not know that such > games exist, and they will check this out. Also, parents, relatives and > friends of potential gamers might check into it for their blind family > members or friends because of this article. We can always hope, right? > > -- > If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling > errors! --- 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.
