[Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
Hi All, I thought I should post to let you guys know the situation with Silver Sword as I understand it currently. I've been in touch with the developer and have to say that the app isn't really accessible after all. The biggest part we're missing is the map. Since we can't read that, traveling becomes an exercise in guesswork, which quickly becomes tedious. Similarly, combat is also troublesome, since the results aren't all that easy to read. Without easy access to both these features the game is unplayable, despite mostly labeled buttons. Sorry to have to say this, but I'm not sure what we can do in this instance, and neither is the developer. Yours, Zack. --- 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://mail.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.
Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
Hey, I do know of away to make the game accessible for the blind. If the developer would add text to the battle screen and text to the map for voice over users then I think the game would be accessible. What do you think? -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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://mail.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.
Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
It would just be a matter of convincing him to do so. They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa! - Original Message - From: michael barnes c...@samobile.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible Hey, I do know of away to make the game accessible for the blind. If the developer would add text to the battle screen and text to the map for voice over users then I think the game would be accessible. What do you think? -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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.
Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
Hi Michael, The problem with this is that broad statements like add text to the map screen, don't really explain what you want done. What text do you want added exactly? How should it read, what should it convey? These aren't easy questions to answer for a game of this sort, and the practical implementation is probably not as easy as labeling buttons. The text would have to change dynamically based on a whole bunch of factors, and even with that ability we'd still not quite be getting the full experience. Best, Zack. On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:36 AM, michael barnes wrote: Hey, I do know of away to make the game accessible for the blind. If the developer would add text to the battle screen and text to the map for voice over users then I think the game would be accessible. What do you think? -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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.
Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
well, cool. so, 5 bucks wasted. That's life for ya, though I guess I could ahve spent them on something more accessible and useful On 12/14/2011 8:01 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi All, I thought I should post to let you guys know the situation with Silver Sword as I understand it currently. I've been in touch with the developer and have to say that the app isn't really accessible after all. The biggest part we're missing is the map. Since we can't read that, traveling becomes an exercise in guesswork, which quickly becomes tedious. Similarly, combat is also troublesome, since the results aren't all that easy to read. Without easy access to both these features the game is unplayable, despite mostly labeled buttons. Sorry to have to say this, but I'm not sure what we can do in this instance, and neither is the developer. Yours, Zack. --- 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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.
Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
Hey, Brian. That's right. If all of us could explain to him that it is not that hard to do then I think he will do it. On the forum of Silversword I had mention that he could add a text mode for the blind gamers and have a visual mode for all the sighted gamers. The text mode would give a blind gamer information about the location and the battle screen and information that is important for the player to know. -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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://mail.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.
Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
Hey, Spider. Come and join the forum over on the Silversword forum. The best way to have your thoughts herd is on the forum. Plus it will show the developer Mario that there is more then me that is blind playing the game. It will show him the importance of adding accessibility to the game. Yes the game is accessible with the text but there are other things that can be improve. So please everyone that wants to check this game out and wants it to be more accessible for the blind then please go to. www.silversword-rpg.com And join the add feature forms. -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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://mail.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.
Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
Maybe not quite. I get the impression from my own experimentation that the groundwork is there and that Mario does seem genuinely open to ideas for improving accessibility. They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa! - Original Message - From: pitermach piterm...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible well, cool. so, 5 bucks wasted. That's life for ya, though I guess I could ahve spent them on something more accessible and useful On 12/14/2011 8:01 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi All, I thought I should post to let you guys know the situation with Silver Sword as I understand it currently. I've been in touch with the developer and have to say that the app isn't really accessible after all. The biggest part we're missing is the map. Since we can't read that, traveling becomes an exercise in guesswork, which quickly becomes tedious. Similarly, combat is also troublesome, since the results aren't all that easy to read. Without easy access to both these features the game is unplayable, despite mostly labeled buttons. Sorry to have to say this, but I'm not sure what we can do in this instance, and neither is the developer. Yours, Zack. --- 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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.
Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
Yeah I saw that. And he seems at least willing to try if we can figure out the best ways for him to implement it. They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa! - Original Message - From: michael barnes c...@samobile.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible Hey, Brian. That's right. If all of us could explain to him that it is not that hard to do then I think he will do it. On the forum of Silversword I had mention that he could add a text mode for the blind gamers and have a visual mode for all the sighted gamers. The text mode would give a blind gamer information about the location and the battle screen and information that is important for the player to know. -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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.
Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible
I'm already on the forum as BryanP. They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa! - Original Message - From: michael barnes c...@samobile.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Silver Sword not quite accessible Hey, Spider. Come and join the forum over on the Silversword forum. The best way to have your thoughts herd is on the forum. Plus it will show the developer Mario that there is more then me that is blind playing the game. It will show him the importance of adding accessibility to the game. Yes the game is accessible with the text but there are other things that can be improve. So please everyone that wants to check this game out and wants it to be more accessible for the blind then please go to. www.silversword-rpg.com And join the add feature forms. -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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.
