Hello; Actually; I think sony might be ok in a law suit. I say this because of their recent filings for patents for the development of video games that send the video and audio straight to the brain. It sounded like the beginning of computer use like something out of the net force novels by tom clansey. In the news article I read at that time one of their reported goals was to assist people with disabilities namely the blind. So, while their research would be protected; they are on record as attempting to consider the needs of our community. And since when one company is doing it most of the others will too, II wouldn't be a bit suprrised if nintendo and microsoft could go to the we are trying card. Good debate either way. At least its more senseable in my mind than the law suit about making the u s paper money accessible. Take care, Max On Nov 8, 2009, at 6:05 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> > This is going to be a hard one. They may have a claim under ADA > Restoration Act signed by President Bush in August 2008 which does > address electronic communication but this may be a place where no > accommodation is possible. I wouldn't sue the Guggenheim Museum for > not having "blind accessible" versions of Edward Hopper (along with > Andy, my favorite 20th century American painter) works beyond a text > description. In the Hopper case, there would be no way to provide the > transcendental effects of the stark loneliness depicted in his > incredibly powerful work; at the same time, while I have played and > enjoyed David Greenwood's 3D audio games on Windows, they are > specifically designed not to need a visual interface of any kind. > > I'm fairly sure that Sony didn't even try to create a non-visual > interface but the building blocks to do so aren't really too available > and a lot of trial and error needs to go in to make them work > effectively. > > Nintendo did sponsor some guys to make games with non-visual > interfaces for one of its devices. I don't know what happened to them > as I stopped keeping up with the gaming world a couple of years back > do to too many other obligations and a desire to spend more time > fishing and reading things entirely unrelated to technology used by > people with vision impairment. Sorry for dropping the ball on this > one. > > Sometimes, lawsuits by private citizens scare ne. If NFB, ACB, AFB, > Lighthouse, etc. choose to sue, they will do so with very well > researched legal advice on their side. If a lawsuit comes out wrong > (Southwest Airlines for instance) it could cause a precedent that > could ruin things for more well considered legal actions in the > future. Doing a lawsuit right requires the cash to pay lots of big > ticket legal bills which can only really be afforded by the big > advocacy organizations and rarely by individuals not named Gates, > Jobs, etc. > > Happy Hacking, > cdh > > PS: Only 1 cup so far... > > On Nov 8, 2009, at 12:20 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > >> >> http://www.gamespot.com/news/6239339.html >> >> Hmmm...kinda of a double edged sword, but in the end, it is right to >> do so if there were no other options. >> >> This needs following >> >> best >> >> Yuma >> Yuma Decaux >> >> Light has no value without darkness >> Skype: shainobi1 >> twitter: www.twitter.com/triple7 >> Tel: +85513623378 >> Yuma Antoine Decaux >> jamy...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
