Hi Dark, Well, I think we get some of that here, but just not as bad. While it is legal to redistribute copies of the RPG source books and campaign guides in an accessible format I think the reason the major agencies like APH, Learning Alley, and NLS don't is simply this belief that blind people wouldn't be interested in them. That, of course, isn't true and Dungeons and Dragons and similar spin off games are extremely popular with both blind and sighted players. For one reason it doesn't require any vision to play, and all we really need is some braille dice and a sheet of braille paper. The high tech player might use a laptop with the GMA Dice program and Windows notepad. Either way we certainly can play roll playing games, but there is an out dated idea that blind people wouldn't be interested in that type of thing. Probably because the people who make those kind of decisions are older and aren't interested in it themselves so assume people their age wouldn't like it.
Cheers! On 6/14/12, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > It's a pain, especially sinse in this country there is no government impetus > > or funding for access, so it's left to the Rnib who control with an iron > fist and wouldn't ever! make accessible versions of rp books because (as > they told me), "most blind people wouldn't like that" > > Though officially sinse 2005 an agency could make an accessible copy in this > > country without publishers' permission, none has actually done so, so > accessible copies are left up to the good will of publishing agencies who > don't generally have much. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- 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].
