Theoretical: All games ought to be accessible. Practical: You would have to employ an entirely new team of people to make a game accessible, e.g. interface design, building a TTS engine that interacts with the game in a practical manner and so on. I imagine that the already overly priced games that come out today would become even more expensive. Conversely, a company like EA would charge extra for accessible features in their games and I imagine that it would not be cheap.
A law forcing this would be a terrible idea, because, as has been pointed out previously, developers/publishers will simply do the minimum amount to make their products accessible. We are going to have to make our own games for ourselves; it is lamentable, but there are more reasons for one of the mainstream gaming developers not to attempt this than in favor of doing so. On 6/5/18, corey overton <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think its it should be a law but I would like to see more blind > user friendly games especually for a lot of the football games that have > visual menues. That wou.ld be neat that way i could build up my players > on my own insted of getting help or edit historic teams for the same reason > > > On 6/5/2018 12:16 AM, Shaun Everiss wrote: >> Yes. >> >> >> However I am really against accessibility having to be a law. >> >> Fine, make it a law, but just like any compliance cost you just do >> enough to fit it in with the law. >> >> If that means putting in the description that the game is accessible >> and paying someone to make sure that you won >> >> 't get trouble then thats what will happen. >> >> Or a token but basically useless accessibility isn't accessibility at >> all. >> >> The big guys, microsoft, soni maybe even nentendo probably won't have >> much trouble some are moving towards this but especially with racing >> communities and the online world. >> >> No one will want dumbed down blindy friendly games with beeps and such >> or games simplified for the blind. >> >> >> >> >> On 6/5/2018 12:33 PM, michael barnes wrote: >>> >>> >>> With the CVAA law coming into effect in Jan. of this coming year. >>> I thought this would be a good time and a good topic to talk about. >>> Do you think or feel that developers of video games should add >>> accessibility for gamers who are blind? >>> Personally I think that it is a great idea for developers of video >>> games to add accessibility features. >>> Features such as text to speech to be able to navigate the different >>> in game menus. >>> Rumble function to indicate different in game actions. >>> Audio panning so that someone who is blind will know what is going on >>> in the game. >>> Audio cues to indicate different types of in game items. >>> I would like to hear your thoughts on this topic. >>> By the way let's be respectful with one another as we talk about this >>> topic. >>> >>> >>> >>> . >>> >> >> >> >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > > > -- Justin M. Jones, M.A. [email protected] (254) 624-9155 701 Ewing St. #509-C, Ft. Wayne IN, 46802 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#119254): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/119254 View All Messages In Topic (12): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/topic/21283540 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/21283540/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
