Dear List,
Despite the spate of trashing the text adventure games that has
been going on on this list now for a couple of days, I would like
to point out that the games are thoroughly accessible without any
speech at all. Also, you can change your reading grade to
computer braille if you like. And I would imagine the input as
well, though I don't see the need for it. It seems to me that a
little fun and levity is acceptable on
this device. PC's have had games for many years, as has been
pointed out countless times, when this list was clammering for
games to be included on the BN.
Of course I'm in favor of anything which would make life easier
for the deaf-blind. A person would have to be insane as well as
insensitive to oppose any such thing. I'm sure the HW staff is
equally supportive, at least in an emotional sense. They do,
unfortunately, have to take things into account like cost,
demand, and technical plausibility, none of which are things I
know about.
But in the meantime, assuming that any individual can simply
choose what the company should do based on his/her own interests
and needs is just a bit simplistic, in my opinion. We asked for
games, for years, and we got them. There's been a tremendous
outpouring of wishes for a TTY component, and hopefully it will
be answered as well. Just as the callers for games have been
fairly vocal in their complaints about HW's choice of games, so
there's likely to be an uproar whenever they come up with a TTY
solution. It may cost extra money. It may necessitate getting
another piece of hardware. We don't know. But the fact is that,
if it were as simple as some of you are making it out to be, it
would have been there by now.
Rachael, climbing back under her rock.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:35:19 -0800
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Re: Trivia Games
Games can be educational, too, if they are trivia games, word
games, or math
games.
I think the games on the BN should be accessible to the
deaf-blind. I have
only tried the tutorial game, so I could be wrong. The thing
that bothers
me is some of the braille in the games should have been written
in computer
braille. I couldn't route the cursor to the computereze, so I
couldn't add
them. I understand from reading the manual some games use a lot
of
greater-than less-than signs and it would take up less space on
the display
if they had been surrounded by the proper codes.
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign
AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rusty Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:30 AM
Subject: [Braillenote] Re: Trivia Games
: Hi,
: I simply understood the lumping of games with the radio and mp3
player
: as thiggs which were percieved as entertainment or fun, thus
seemingly
: categorizing them as less important than things related to work
or
: productivity.
: If there's something I'm not getting here, please let me know.
: Rusty
:
: On 3/23/06, Sarah Cranston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
: > I'll add my vote for trivia games. I do have a question,
while we're on
the
: > subject. There have been a few posts recently that seem to
say that the
: > games are, like the media center and the FM radio, something
a deaf
person,
: > or one who uses only Braille, can't work with. I would like
anyone's
: > opinion as to why this may be. The games seem absolutely
accessible in
: > Braille as far as I have been able to tell, but I am very
interested in
: > anyone's thoughts on the subject. No, the games are not a
communication
: > tool, and therefore aren't useful or desirable by all, but
are they
: > inaccessible for someone who doesn't use speech?
:
: > Thanks for any thoughts, and I hope no one thinks me
insensitive for
asking
: > this. The only reason I haven't chimed in about the need for
a
: > communication application for the deaf-blind on the BN is
that there is
a
: > vast amount of traffic already devoted to that topic, but
I'll cast my
: > official vote now for a TTY as well. BTW, it's T T Y, which
speech
insists
: > on pronouncing TIE. <Smiles
:
: > Sarah C
:
:
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Richard Ring
: > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:51 AM
: > To: Braillenote List
: > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Trivia Games
:
:
: > Couldn't agree more. Love trivia games!
:
:
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Michele
: > Thredgold
: > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:43 AM
: > To: [email protected]
: > Subject: [Braillenote] Trivia Games
:
:
: > Hi Listers. Now I'm really opening myself for some slack
here,
: > considering what I just said about the games on the BN, but I
was
: > wondering if it would be possible for HumanWare to adapt or
develop some
: > trivia games for the BN. I would much prefer them to the
adventure
: > games and would be happy for them to be an extra in the way
that the GPS
: > or multi-lingual software is. Or, I could imagine there
being a choice
: > at download time about what kind of games one would like on
the new
: > upgrade. Anyway, Trivial pursuit is my most favourite game
in the world
: > and I love watching trivia shows so any trivia games would be
great and
: > I'd much prefer to play them using my BN than sitting at my
desktop.
:
: > Cheers!
:
: > Michele
:
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