Wooohoy...This sounds quite funny :) haha
You didn't mention where to register and so on...? Could you post the
URLs we need to know? Actually I'd like to try this out :) Do one need
to pay something to use SL?
Wich kind of dog is that guide dog? Is it a black beautyful Labrador
retriever?
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Hi all,
Yesterday, while attempting to find updates on this project since the
blind second life blog doesn't seem to be updating anymore with this
new-found info, I'll say it below.
Luise Later, an SL real life visually impaired (Not totally blind) user
created both a cane and a guide dog, scripted, mind you, to alert us of
portals etc when navigating. I don't know what the difference between
the cane or guide dog are, or weather you need both of them, but
regardless the items are free.
She also uses a SL screen reader (Well I think it's being made into one)
called EVA, which speaks objects around you. Don't ask me how that
works. I just created my SL account from Virtual Ability which, BTW,
makes the account sign up for second life as accessible as filling out a
form. An accessible form, that is. Oh, did I mention audio captcha?
And since I'm also sending this out to Mac lists, I'll just say this. I
haven't tried the SL client yet with VoiceOver. Thus, I have yet to find
out if you can even interact with anything for even just logging in. I
guess logging into SL is accessible on the windows side. I'll be trying
this all out tomorrow, asuming I don't have any homework. And before I
forget, the cane/dog development team does have one totally blind
developer, so it's not just VI working on the project. Sure, it's only
one, but at least he's giving feedback to the project for totally blind
users.
The reason why we can't use it on Mac is just one problem, even if you
can login with VO. Eva. Eva is for windows only. Without that, we can't
communicate and hear what's around us.
Okay. Well, here is the blog posting on the promotion of Luise's
presentation on this which we all mist.
http://tentacolor.com/2008/08/30/the-scripted-leading-the-blind
Hope to see all you guys who like testing an incompleted product to come
join me. I'd hate to do this alone with the team. Or, at least, I think
I'd be the only one...
