Ok, Zachary, fair enough...<smile>
I also, partly meant that it's more important to approach something like
this with an open mind from our side as well, but, hadn't really double
checked details either...<smile again>
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zachary Kline" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Two items from weekly top tech titbits
relatingtogaming
Jacob,
Let me correct a misapprehension on your part. :) The initiator of the
talk is none other than Michael Feir, who was editor of Audyssey magazine
for years. He knows very well that blind people aren’t traditionally
included in the gaming discussion. This talk is aimed at changing that.
Best,
Zack.
On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:12 AM, Jacob Kruger <[email protected]> wrote:
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..."
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