Michael, No. I'm neither blind nor (to be honest) much of a gamer.
Like Thomas, Jim, and the others, I'm a computer programmer who likes to build games. I got interested in software accessibility while working at Kurzweil. We were told that the reading machine at that time contained an audio copy of Zork. That gave me the idea. When the opportunity came along for a bunch of us to start our own game company, I made it a requirement that as many games as possible be as accessible as possible, including blindness, vision impairment, color blindness, deafness, motion impairment, and cognitive impairment. Being Head Geek helps. So I'm active in the Boston Visually Impaired and Blind Users Group, the Boston Voice Users Group, the International Game Developers Association - Game Accessibility special interest group, and some other groups. The VIBUG group meets at the Braille Press offices in Boston. Check out their web site at www.vibug.org. Making software accessible is an interesting challenge and has led me to meet some really neat people. You'll find a lot of them here at Audyssey. Mauricio, The URL is: www.7128.com. The Company name is 7-128 Software. (as in 7 people living within highway 128 here in Boston) Happy gaming, John Bannick Chief Technology Officer 7-128 Software --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
