Somebody told me about Second Life, which is a virtual game on the internet. Does anybody know how accessible that is? Laurel and Stockard
On 5/3/12, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Laurel, > > Well, the only way to know for sure is to buy them and try them, but I > can say 99% of the time they won't be accessible. Not only do you have > to worry about the fact that things like the menus etc won't talk most > of the games out there for Mac are emulated. That is that they are run > through a specific Windows game emulator like Cider which doesn't > communicate onscreen information to VoiceOver. This pretty much insures > the fact that even if the display was presenting straight text you > couldn't read it with VoiceOver because Cider like all emulators doesn't > expose the onscreen information to the accessibility APIs. > > Plus keep in mind mainstream gaming is highly graphical in the first > place. Most first person, third person, and strategy games are > inaccessible because they require sighted assistance in aiming weapons, > moving around the game world, and so on. So you are pretty much out of > luck if you are thinking of going down the mainstream gaming route. > > Cheers! > > On 5/2/2012 1:24 PM, Laurel wrote: >> I have alot of friends that play stuff like battle front, and sims 3 >> and all on their macs. Is there a way to find out if commercial games >> like these happen to be accessible? >> Laurel and Stockard > > > --- > 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://mail.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]. > --- 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://mail.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].
