As for cheaper than a small car, work purchased a 40-cell Braille display for me for $2700. That's cheaper than most small cars I've seen, unless you want a clunker.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 11:03 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is back and I'm looking for some testerswith Braille displays. Hi Ryan, Can you send one of those displays over here? :D. I'm afraid I disagree on the rehab front, sinse in the Uk it depends basically on the generosity of the individual counsel during time in education, and then access to work will only buy you things that access your work directly 9assuming your in work). so I'm afraid I disagree that there are "more out there" to be supported. Until they become A, cheaper than buying a small car, and B, able to show more information, I'm not convinced on their value for gaming, ---- indeed I'm becoming rather disolussioned with braille as a writing medium full stop, and that from someone who has read braille sinse he was five. Beware the grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Strunk" <[email protected]> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is back and I'm looking for some testerswith Braille displays. > Hi Nick, > Thankfully you're not developing a side scroller, arcade game, or FPS > title, so you don't have to worry about that. Just because very little > use has been made of Braille displays in the past 8 years doesn't mean > you shouldn't give it a go. I would venture a guess that there are > actually quite a few Braille displays out there. Rehab agencies > purchase them for a lot of people here in the states, and some > countries overseas--especially in Europe--will actually give free > Braille displays to blind people. My wife and I own two between the > two of us, and I have access to four more of them at work. > Audio Tetris has been tried; it didn't work very well. Music audio > Tetris has been tried; it didn't work very well either. The spatial > implications of a tactile Tetris would be phenomenal to work with. I > think you have a winner of an idea here. > Good luck to you in your efforts. > All the best, > Ryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Thomas Ward > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 10:38 PM > To: Nick Adamson; Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is back and I'm looking for some > testers with Braille displays. > > Hi Nick, > > Most of the accessible games out there use speech and/or audio for > feedback. The reason is that braille displays are extremely > expensive,and most blind computer users don't own one. The other > reason is that there has been a huge migration from text based gaming > to real time audio gaming and in a lot of cases the action moves too > fast to review the information via braille. Speech feedback is much > much quicker in an arcade, FPS, or side-scroller so most accessible > game developers don't bother with braille display support. > > Cheers! > > > --- > 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]. --- 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].
