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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Ah, so the region system is finally the same as the playstation one? That's interesting. Thanks for the tip! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=234620#p234620 ___ Audio

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled HI. Its possible to import games from other regions. But you have to get a gift card for the region you are importing from and an account for the region you want to import from. But its possible. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled My video on the Ps4 accessibility.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kxMR_tZkkM URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=234476#p234476 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,[[wow]], I hope this hits the UK. Is there any news on the home plus menu shortcut rumour? Wondering if anyone got it working or if we'll need sighted help. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=234351#p2

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hi.Narrator on the XBox sounds really great. I look forward to hear more on what it can do. There should be more than accessibility to make me switch to the XBox, and to say the trooth, I don't know much about the XBox one. So I can'

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Well, the friends tab is just one thing, but frankly, that can also be accessed through the playstation app. Right now, I'd say the tts on the ps4 and narrator are even, because there's things that one reads that the other doesn't

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled @Assault_FreakI agree that this is just showing how good this could possibly be - I know there's a few unlabeled elements at least in the short segment I watched.  However, that can definitely be improved upon.  It already takes the PS4'

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Looks good! Though it's a pretty short video... and we don't really know how much it covers based off that. But it definitely sounds like a good start... possibly better than what's on the ps4 right now. URL: http://forum

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Well gamers!!!Turn up the volume, and pay close attention to the video linked below. Oh, and see my comment!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc7ycVQq6LUPS. Said vid by the viewer, I just found it was uploaded to you tube, 4 hours ago today. URL

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Well gamers!!!Turn up the volume, and pay close attention to the video linked below. Oh, and see my comment!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc7ycVQq6LU URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=234321#p234321

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,With the xbox console narrator would have to work differently, as most people would probably want to navigate with a gamepad, it would have to speak items automatically, logically, when an option is highlighted, like moving around on a

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Considering that no one has done a "proper" podcast on Windos Narrator for Windows 10 in the first place,  that would probably explain things.In addition, how can a sighted person use Narrator correctly?PS.  Not too many podcasters/tu

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Aaron, thanks for the tidbit about physical discs being region-free... have you done research in to this? That would make me curious as well... but the ps4 I know for a fact has absolutely 0 region-locking. And no digital downloads is a huge

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,@assault: tha's an interesting take. Indeed, I've heard about the xbox one's region locking but it apparently still lets you play physical discs from the regions, but not do digital downloads which is kind of odd.@trenton:

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled This is true, and I'm very much hoping for the same thing. But it would take more than accessibility to make me switch consoles though. hahaha. Much as I like the xbox 1. Some would switch based on the accessibility factor, but since I gr

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled USA first is perfectly understandable, as that's the country that has an impending legal deadline. However accessibility is well and truly on the agenda now, compared to say this time last year when no console had made even a token ge

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled If you guys would like to see the person who made that video do a more detailed walkthrough with using narrator, please add a comment down there in his video, and share your feedback!Also like it, so that he gets more notice.I already have done

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello all,I've found something about Narrator. If you go around 4 minutes into this video you will be able to hear it talk, but I'm actually wondering how much will be read in the initial update. The good news is this could also be exp

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello all,I've found something about Narrator. If you go around 4 minutes into this video you will be able to hear it react for the first time, and it might underwhelm some of you. Remember though, we've got until November so things cou

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Ps4 update hit today, it does have expanded TTS in it, hit up orinks or liamerven on twitter for more info URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=233422#p233422 ___ Audiogames-reflector

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hmm. Well, it will be interesting to see if that's the case. Looking forward to it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=23#p23 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Robert Kingett is on the PS4 beta programme and has talked on twitter about an expansion of it coming in the next update, covering more areas of the system UI URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=22#p22

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Well, the issue here is that there is no word about whether tts will be improved or not. I would call it a screen reader myself, since anything that read s any screen is technically considered a screen reader. The problem is, Sony hasn&#

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled DO we actually know what Sony TTS on PlayStation 4 will include and is capable of?It reads the screen as it is, and will be expanded to a much wider aspect of the game console I am sure. To me, that's a screen reader, as it reads as you nav

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Microsoft have their own xbox-specific version of change.org, so long as you have a microsoft/hotmail/outlook/xbox account you can post ideas here, and share the link for others to sign:https://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/253802-home-settings URL

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,@death_rattlehead: yes, definitely go for the video idea!As to the petition, I'm not entirely sure either, and who would we send it to/how would it know who to send the result to? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=2

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled ianhamilton_ wrote:death_rattlehead video sounds great And yes absolutely, best to keep low expectations. At the very least though each one of these things is a bigger step in the right direction than there has ever been on consoles.Thanks! Yeah

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hi.Someone could make a petition on www.change.org and post it hear so that everyone could sign it. I'm not sure how to do it myself; if I was I'd make it right away. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=2332

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled death_rattlehead video sounds great And yes absolutely, best to keep low expectations. At the very least though each one of these things is a bigger step in the right direction than there has ever been on consoles. URL: http

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled I am very interested myself as I own both consoles. I am hoping that I can make a video asking Soni and Microsoft to definitely improve on the accessibility features. I am thinking of doing it this weekend. Usually there's people in my hous

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Well, Narrator may have a better chance. With it being a screen reader, it can read, possibly, text that appears within ames, and any other things devs put in. Now, assuming that the xBox has its own UI kit, and narrator ties into that, Narrator

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Yea aron.I'm also excited.now Nintendo just need.greetings. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232908#p232908 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabah

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Please keep us posted, on both the Microsoft and Sony front, I am really excited about what could happen here. The day could come eventually when new members can choose whichever console they want and get accessibility in the interface. I don&#

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello.technically the PlayStation4 have  a tts, not a screen reader.Greetings and thanks. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232873#p232873 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Sony has a screen reader too. The advantage Sony has over narrator is that they're custom building it for the PS4. Which means things'll actually read, as apposed to Narrator or any other screen reader on PC where it can be hit or

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled I am oficially getting close to microsoft fanboy status in the console wars. I was already wanting an xbox1 as soon as rare replay was announced for it, which is a collection of over 30 classic games from my favorite second party microsoft

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello.I hit them a comment that he said a Spanish blind programmer who works for Apple and Microsoft.Good, indicate that although the video console take a screen reader does not imply that the games are compatible with the screen reader. With

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello.I hit them a comment that I said a Spanish blind programmer who works for Apple and Microsoft.Good, indicate that although the video console take a screen reader does not imply that the games are compatible with the screen reader. With

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled We don't necessarily know that it will support multiple languages, though that would make the most sense. Companies have done weird things before... cautious optomism is best here. lol URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=2

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello.One major difference I see between Sony and Microsoft is that Sony added a TTS voice for them console, while Narrator is a screen reader that supports several languages.Greetings and thanks. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled I 100% agree, personally I'm not too worried about whether or not the initial releases of the console screenreaders are perfect or even hugely useful, as that's something that can be improved through successive releases (as Sony are alr

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled I 100% agree, personally I'm not too worried about whether or not the initial releases are perfect or even hugely useful, as that's something that can be improved through successive releases (as Sony are already doing). The real impor

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled I 100% agree, personally I'm not too bother whether or not the initial releases are perfect or even hugely useful, as that's something that can be improved through successive releases (as Sony are already doing). The important thi

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled @XorenI get where you're coming from.  I'm not building up as much hope as you might think, I'm just glad that Microsoft have decided to go for this.  Other posters are right in the regard that, theoretically at least, the wind

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled HelloNarrador  is quite accessible on phones with Windows 10.Also on the Windows 10 computer it is more accessible.So this news is encouraging.Greetings and thanks. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232385#p232385

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Yes, it is narrator, the name of it is visible in the preview video. The three items in the current ease of access area are:- Narrator- Closed captions- High contrastWill be interesting to see what else (if anything) makes it in there before

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Yes, it is narrator, the name of it is visible in the preview video URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232371#p232371 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled It is narrator, the name of it is visible in the preview video URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232371#p232371 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,I don't think it will be NVDA. NVDA has nothing to do with Microsoft. It'll more likely be a version of narator or who knows, maybe something new.Let's hope that the UK get it, as from what brad has said the ps4 in the UK

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Fantastic! I velieve that NVDA will be ported to X Box one... URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232351#p232351 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled well, one big update they need for the TTS on the ps4 is to release it outside of the US. Once that is done, I really won't care as at the moment, those in europe, australia etc are unable to use the friend list or the party feature because

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,I'll definitely be watching this space, and headed right to that new ease of access area when the update hits in November. Let's hope it'll be easy to find. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled There's more improvements coming to the ps4 tts? I haven't heard about this... lol. This looks to be interesting if the rumours of it on the xb1 are true as well, but as a ps4 owner... I won't lie, I'm more curious about what&

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled From what people are saying in the Sony beta, it's a huge improvement over last update. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232314#p232314 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled I hate sounding like the perpetual pessimist, but if Windows 10 is anything to go by, Microsoft's quote unquote accessibility endeavours will be at best rudimentary. The programmers working on such a feature won't have a clue, because i

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,This is strange because when I contacted them a couple of days ago they said they weren't currently considering it at that current time but to keep checking back, so either something got confused or they didn't want to reveal any

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hi.Sounds awesome. thanks for sharing this. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232296#p232296 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled @ianhamilton_Thanks for spreading the word, it's good to know that Microsoft are finally making what I would consider to be moves they could've started on a long time ago.Although you're probably right that this will only cover

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled @ianhamilton_Thanks for spreading the word, it's good to know that Microsoft are finally making what I would consider to be moves they could've started on a long time ago.Although you're probably right that this will only cover

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello.This is great, I hope that more and more improve the special accessibility in video game consoles.Greetings and thanks. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232267#p232267

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Indeed. Based on PS4's approach and what the CVAA legal requirements are it may only cover a few basic bits of communication functionality, but I'd hope that they would take the opportunity and extend it out to cover more of the operat

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,It's not so much a game, so much as a games console. xb1 stands for xbox one, and in NOvember there is going to be a huge update, and one of the new features will be some sort of screen reader. URL: http://forum.audiogame

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,Initial reaction: oh my gosh it's coming, screen is coming. Delayed reaction and thought: start to wonder what the first version of this screen reader will do. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232243#p2

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled what is this game abouth? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=232245#p232245 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin

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Re: Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Hello,Oh my gosh it's coming. Screen reader is coming.Yet I got a response from Microsfot the other day saying it wasn't. [[wow]], this is actually happening! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=2322

Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled

Two XB1 accessibility features unveiled Larry Hryb's latest XB1 new interface preview video shows a quick glimpse of the settings screens, which contain a new 'ease of access' area. This contains both a screenreader and a hi-vis mode.07:30 here, although it isn't spo