nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-05
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : joshknnd1982 via Audiogames-reflector
nintendo switch accessibility Is the nintendo switch portable game console accessible at all? Does it have a screen reader? Are any games accessible or playable with the nintendo switch? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453428/#p453428 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-05
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : arturminyazev via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility helloonly game what i know what you can play, this is mortal kombat 11, and as far as i know, nintendo switch don't have screen reader program URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453430/#p453430 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Nope, it doesn't, saddly URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453432/#p453432 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Correct. Nintendo Switch only has a zoom feature for low vision folks. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453436/#p453436 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-05
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Hijacker via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility There are partly accessible games though, like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and 1-2 Switch. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453437/#p453437 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Yeah, there are accessible games, like mortal kombat, but the dashboard itself is not accessible. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453440/#p453440 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility I think we need to define accessible though. We throw that term around.Can a blind person with no outside assistance start the game navigate it's menus and play it? If not then how is it accessible. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453448/#p453448 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Liam is right. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453461/#p453461 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-05
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : KenshiraTheTrinity via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Street fighter 30th anniversary collection should be fully playable, same with ultra street fighter 2. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453463/#p453463 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility I know that on the 3DS, all the games and dashboard icons made auditory sounds (this is what The Fridge attempts to represent). Of course, that was when it was just a horizontal scrolling menu and cartridges were the norm. Although I've played on a switch before, I've never explored the dashboard, so my guess is that if it's moved beyond the simplistic view of the 3ds/DS, then it may or may not be usable. Accessible implies there would be speech or earcons that intentionally make the interface usable by people with disabilities. However, inaccessible interfaces can *can* be usable, I mean how do you think audio-rich mainstream games lacking speaking menus are playable anyway? Sure, they may not get database pages, but they're still playable until some further change down the road makes them accessible. Or some serious thought goes into accessibility (which reminds me, check out Sequence Storm y'all).It's a shame that the Switch itself is not accessible though, because the one thing the Switch has going for it are separate joycons. So in a game like Sequence Storm you could vibrate just the left or just the right joycon if you wanted to, in order to make the realtime play mode accessible in Sequence Storm for instance. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453513/#p453513 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-05
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Hijacker via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Well, accessibility in a game for me means that you can somehow play it without a sighted person being around you all of the time. It however can involve a sighted person teaching you to navigate the menu once, or using Seeing AI or something related to get the hang of it. That's why i'd consider the older Pokémon games to be pretty accessible, although texts and menus cannot be perceiped on your own, but you can remember the menu layout, grasp all attacks and Pokémon, navigate through towns and routes (most of the time) and thus can play the game, even though it might take some time in some cases.The Nintendo Switch dashboard itself isn't accessible due to several reasons like moving icons, auto-sorting and stuff, and the same goes for the two earlier mentioned games Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and 1-2-Switch, but if it comes to 1-2-Switch, some of the mini games like Table Tennis and alot more are accessible, because you just need to handle the Joycon right. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe does have an automation mode which enables you to drive on the maps as far as I know. Thats accessible enough that you can certainly play with your friends, although its still not accessible enough that you can do so on your own.Best Regards.Hijacker URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453524/#p453524 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Hi.Remember the wii? it had a pointing only dashboard where you needed to point the wiimote at a certain icon to click it, no buttons to navigate the dashboard were there. And guess what? The thing was still accessible because the icons never changed position, the game was always at the top left and the controler made small vibrations and you heard a click sound when you pointed at an icon. So, it still worked.Greetings Moritz. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453526/#p453526 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility @Simba: There was one big problem with that though. The icons could be manually dragged around by someone else, so if you shared a wii, the icons today might not be where they are tomorrow. However, there was apparently a way to use the left and right arrows in a DS sort of way to navigate around on the Wii dashboard.Being that Switches are jailbreakable, it might be technically possible for someone to rig a screenreader into the unit, but that would not be a good idea for longevity if Nintendo keeps patching up the firmware. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453559/#p453559 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-06
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : leibylucw via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility You can use the plus/minus buttons on the Wii controller to navigate between those widgets. I often didn't navigate to the game the first time I'd go to play, but I was still able to get there using those buttons.Accessibility to me is giving disabled people a way to fully interact with all components of a product, from setup to everyday use, no ifs, ands, or buts. If you require sighted assistance, it's not accessible, even if you only need that assistance once. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453571/#p453571 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility For video games, there's a big difference between accessible, and playable. Playable means that if you can get someone to help you memorize the menus, read the submenus to you, but you can play it, just have to navigate the menus, it's playable. Accessible would be, madun 20, for example. You need no sighted help what so ever to get up and running with that game, so it is accessible. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453582/#p453582 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-06
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : KenshiraTheTrinity via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Hey, apparently switch can run android if hacked. Maybe someone can try running talkback on it. I wish someone could try putting text to speech on a psp. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453609/#p453609 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-06
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Hijacker via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Yeah, it can run Android, but guess what, as soon as Android is flushed onto it, you cannot run Switch games anymore. Thus, Talkback might be able to run, but it won't help you to navigate the actual Nintendo Switch OS, but a simple and plain Android instead . URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453616/#p453616 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-06
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : joshknnd1982 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility I'll just get an iPod touch and an iPad, because there are lots of games for iOS. And I hope that at least one of the dragon ball z games on iOS is accessible. iPhones are very expensive and I just want an iOS device mainly for games, notes, the bard app, and the apple tts voices and other stuff iOS does good at, like its braille display support, and ability to download movies and tv shows for offline playback. Because I buy all my tv shows and movies through apple I also want an iOS device to download and take some of them with when I go on a trip or vacation next year. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453617/#p453617 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-06
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : KenshiraTheTrinity via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Yeah but the point is to get the switch accessible. After years of touchscreen gaming, it just doesn't quite compare to having physical buttons. A lot of sighted gamers also share this mindset. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453629/#p453629 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Yeah, i like physical buttons, not touch screens, especially for typing and gaming. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453632/#p453632 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility
2019-08-06
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Hijacker via Audiogames-reflector
Re: nintendo switch accessibility Well, I don't see a problem with that, since the Nintendo Switch got both, buttons and a touch screen. Although you won't be able to use the touchscreen when not in handheld mode, but its just the same as with any other PlayStation or XBox.Best Regards.Hijacker URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/453634/#p453634 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
2019-07-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Livdera via Audiogames-reflector
New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? This is the first I've read about the Nintendo Switch (V8.0, apparently) having new Accessibility settings.There is also someone posting on Reddit asking how to turn off the Narrator on the Switch, which makes me think this at least contains TTS/screen reader support somehow. (The answer was to go to Settings>Accessibility>Text to Speech, so it's a good bet this is included!)Has anyone tried this on their Switch? Does it make certain games more playable?My husband has a Switch and he is fully sighted. I've been able to play things like "1,2 Switch" with his help, but I'm not patient enough to try to blindly trial and error my way through the menus to be able to start new games on my own. If this accessibility settings makes the whole system workable and there are some games I could actually play independently with this, I may just be stealing his Switch a bit.Here is the article I found on it:https://coolblindtech.com/nintendo-upda … ed-gamers/ URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450834/#p450834 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
2019-07-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Livdera via Audiogames-reflector
New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? This is the first I've read about the Nintendo Switch (V8.0, apparently) having new Accessibility settings.There is also someone posting on Reddit asking how to turn off the Narrator on the Switch, which makes me think this at least contains TTS/screen reader support somehow. (The answer was to go to Settings>Accessibility>Text to Speech, so it's a good bet this is included!)(EDIT: This appears to just be for Mincraft, which is a bummer. Hopefully they plan to add more acessibility updates in the future.)Has anyone tried this on their Switch? Does it make certain games more playable?My husband has a Switch and he is fully sighted. I've been able to play things like "1,2 Switch" with his help, but I'm not patient enough to try to blindly trial and error my way through the menus to be able to start new games on my own. If this accessibility settings makes the whole system workable and there are some games I could actually play independently with this, I may just be stealing his Switch a bit.Here is the article I found on it:https://coolblindtech.com/nintendo-upda … ed-gamers/ URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450834/#p450834 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
2019-07-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : assault_freak via Audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? Very curious about this as well! URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450841/#p450841 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
2019-07-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : livrobo via Audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? If you're referring to [this reddit post,](https://www.reddit.com/bguywa) the narration feature is built into Minecraft. The switch doesn't have a native screen reader. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450847/#p450847 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
2019-07-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : Livdera via Audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? @#3If that's the case ... then boo. That Reddit post plus the separate post indicating new Accessibility settings (which does mention Zoom, at least) got my hopes up. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450848/#p450848 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
2019-07-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : livrobo via Audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? If you're referring to this reddit post, the narration feature is built into Minecraft. The switch doesn't have a native screen reader. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450847/#p450847 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
2019-07-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : livrobo via Audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? If you're referring to this reddit post, the narration feature is built into Minecraft. The Switch doesn't have any sort of native screen reader. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450847/#p450847 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? yeah. they just released Zoom back in April. I'm not very hopeful on Switch getting any sort of meaningful access for blind players any time soon. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450860/#p450860 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
2019-07-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : ianhamilton_ via Audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? Yeah sorry that's down to Microsoft not Nintendo!But if Unity and Unreal can sort their end if the bargain out ... URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450873/#p450873 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
2019-07-24
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AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : TheBlindSaiyan via Audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? A little bit OT, but is Minecraft for switch playable for completely blind people with the assistance of this narration? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450905/#p450905 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings?
Re: New Nintendo Switch Accessibility Settings? No. Simply because the game itself would need to be overhauled. Not sure if when that will happen, but we'll have to see. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/450917/#p450917 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
