Hi Orin That's a great question.... I've no idea but if it's still around it shouldn't be hard to find. I'll take a look and if I find anything will let you know. Or if you find it first then I'd be interested.
Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Orin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] web accessability issues Hmm, Ron, does that online game, starbase challenge, still exist? Quite interested... Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Schamerhorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chris Frahm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] web accessability issues > Hi > > The best thing is to get other blind/vi players involved and write to the > webmaster of the site. Until they know we're out there and want to play > they might not consider accesibility issues. > I was playing an online game called starbase challenge. The webmaster > and > I swapped some emails and after ironing out a few things he had no trouble > making the necessary changes to the game. I'm happy to say also he was > more > then willing to enable me to play the game on an equal level with sighted > players. > > Ron > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Frahm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "gamers discussion list" <Gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:11 PM > Subject: [Audyssey] web accessability issues > > > Hi. I have played neopets and most of it is inaccessable. It seems there > isn't a ton of games on the net which are accessable to blind and sighted > players alike. I truly wish there were more. I wish there was a website > where one can raise play or battle with pets. When I was sighted I had a > petz 3 game which helped me take care of a cat or dog and I could breed > them > and play with them. I am fairly sure that isn't adaptable but some of > these > online sites surely could be. HAving an accessable site like > neopets might get a large following. Apparently it's popular with people > of > all ages from all over the world. So why is there no room for the > visually > impaired in the community? If I knew the coding I'd make a site to adress > this gap in playability. > Seems a lot of websites are thusly. Myspace, an online community website, > is similarily inaccessible. Even agter e-mailing them with suggestions I > never heard anything back. We as a community should take action, like > with > the monopoly.com site, and demand equal access. This affects all of us > and > we should not stand by and take it. > Sorry, that's the advocate in me *grins* but I had to write about this for > the issue is important to me. > Thanks. > Chrissie > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
