Charles, my guess would be that the initiator of this tech talk might not
necessarily be aware of the variety of games either specifically available,
or even just those that are usable without necessarily having had any
specific adaptations/adjustments implemented.
Something have definitely noticed is that, for example, most sighted guys
just assume, for example that when I talk about using a computer - and they
might even know that I am a software/web developer - that I just work via a
form of intuition/guesswork as to what's happening on the computer - the
last thing they imagine happening is TTS/spoken output, and, the sad fact is
that can also guess that lots of blind/VI computer users don't even consider
gaming, due to just thinking of games as being directly similar to what
mainstream marketing mentions most of the time - graphics, joystick
interaction, blah, blah, blah...<smile>
In other words, while some of the guys might think of certain relatively
simple game types when it occurs to them to even consider any forms of
gaming going beyond simple braille playing cards, or braille scrabble, or
something, maybe they just do a form of mental self-block in terms of
considering what can actually be managed/enjoyed..?
OTOH, maybe this tech talk is meant to dispel misinformation/misconceptions
like that..?
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Two items from weekly top tech titbits relating
togaming
Regarding the first entry, my immediate question would be, "Why would
blind people not be included? We are people, and we do play games, after
all? Why would any people be excluded?
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