No, actually, there is not a way to make current mainstream games accessible, unless, of course, they already have accessibility features built in.
It does not help us (blind folks), but all of Relic Entertainment's games provide subtitles for all spoken dialogue in their games, starting with Company of Heroes and onward. If we want accessible games, we are going to have to find a way to convince a mainstream developer, i.e. any company that develops mainstream games, to take a crack at creating something for us. But, and here is the thing, it has to be presented in such a way that they will be able to make a profit, i.e. we (the blind community) have to be willing to pay for it and not complain how it is not free to play. On 10/25/16, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Steam pisses me off majorly. The xbox one and ps4 are both accessible. > So if they was away for narator to pull the text from games we would > be golden. I still love my consoles even though you can get a lot of > the same games for computers. My comp only has 6 gb of ram and > probably not the best graphics card anyways. All I have ever really > wanted is for main stream games to be accessible and I am sure there > is away to do this. > > On 10/25/16, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: >> Sadly "just having the sounds turned into pictures" is easier said than >> done, likewise I doubt game stop (which I assume is rather like game >> station >> >> is over here in the Uk), would stock independently produced games. >> >> If there was an audiogames console, the plane fact is only blind people >> would buy it and it's doubtful anyone would develop games with graphics >> for >> >> it. Plus, to be brutally honest, why should I pay for additional hardware >> when I already have a computer and an Iphone that can play games no >> problem? >> When a sighted person buys a games consoles, there are lots of games that >> won't! be available on their pc, or mac or whatever, however as a blind >> person that is not the case, and I don't think you could find a dedicated >> list of developers willing to write games for a new platform when they >> could >> >> already develop games for Windows pc, Ios, or even Mac or Android and >> know >> they'd have a dedicated pool of users who already have the hardware and >> inclination to buy their games without laying out additional costs. >> >> Developing audiogames for actual graphical consoles like the playstation >> or >> >> xbox might be a possibility, though even there you have the problem of >> firstly how a blind person accesses the text in the game with no >> software >> or os based synthesisers (I have heard importing of things like sapi onto >> Xbox and ps4 has been tried but I'm not sure how it went), also >> manifestly >> you have the problem that only some blind users will have consoles, and >> of >> the potential sighted users of games consoles it's uncertain how many >> would >> >> buy an audiogame anyway making development of it worth while. >> >> Game consoles come from a time when most people didn't own computers, >> and >> when the dedicated processing power and potentials of the hardware was >> far >> >> more than a similar computer system. That however is fading these days no >> longer the case, most people already own a computer or smart phone and >> can >> play games on it, indeed I've heard steam (irritating as it is for their >> lack of access), called the next step in consoles, ie, a virtual os that >> doesn't come with any hardware at all but runs on the user's own existing >> devices. >> >> >> So bottom line, I don't really think a console for the blind would work >> at >> all, at most it'd mean laying out extra expense for a few users and for >> developers to write for a platform with potentially even less users than >> normal, and it's even less likely that such a console would be picked up >> by >> >> sighted people. >> >> Better focus on platforms everyone! has access too than try to create >> another, heck look at the interest by sighted players in games like >> pappasangre on the Iphone. >> >> all the best, >> >> Dark. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> > > > -- > Lenron Brown > Cell: 985-271-2832 > Skype: ron.brown762 > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > -- Justin M. 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