Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-17 Thread Frost
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 01:46:27AM +, Scott Chesworth wrote: Dunno if it's fair to say that Linux is the only market trying to make their system fully accessible, Oh, I know Mac and Windows are working toward the same goals, but since I know little about it, I feel I don't really

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-17 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, Michael wrote: Eventually you guys are gonna wake up and smell the roses and realize that Linux is the only market out there that's even trying to make their system fully accessible. My reply: Well, as an avid Linux user myself I do agree with you that in terms of low-cost

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-17 Thread Frost
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 03:56:44PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: Well, as an avid Linux user myself I do agree with you that in terms of low-cost accessibility Linux is the way to go. However, I would not go as far to say it is the only market or operating system that is trying to make their

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-16 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hi Michael, Dunno if it's fair to say that Linux is the only market trying to make their system fully accessible, nor whether it's fair to say it's the perfect platform for us. I'd touche with Mac OS and iOS. VoiceOver and Zoom are fully integrated into both OSs, aren't going anywhere, and both

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-15 Thread Thomas Ward
HI Travis, Well, before I say yes/no I'd like to know all of the technical specifications of such a console. What operating system will it use? What programming languages will be available for development? How are you going to redistribute games like Asteroids when last I checked the copyrights

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-15 Thread shaun everiss
on that note we almost want to build the console round a preexisting engine. Bgt for example or even better the new g3d. Which is still in development which means its still open to adding new stuff into it. Though tom is right. A lot are still on vb 6, a few are in the dotnet and a couple are

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-15 Thread Frost
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:01:24AM +1300, shaun everiss wrote: on that note we almost want to build the console round a preexisting engine. Yeah, but how is the majority of the blind community going to pay for all of this, especially in this economy. If we're not on welfare, then

[Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-14 Thread Travis Siegel
Speaking of console games. Would there be any interest in a console built with the blind gamer in mind? I have access to something that could easily be turned into a console with games built from scratch that could easily be played by blind and visually impaired users. There would be games like

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-14 Thread David Mehler
Hi, I'd say i'm interested. Thanks. Dave. On 2/14/11, Travis Siegel tsie...@lothlorien.nfbcal.org wrote: Speaking of console games. Would there be any interest in a console built with the blind gamer in mind? I have access to something that could easily be turned into a console with games

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-14 Thread Clement Chou
I would as well... but I'm a bit curious to know as how you'd go around building the whole thing from scratch. At 12:31 PM 14/02/2011, you wrote: Hi, I'd say i'm interested. Thanks. Dave. On 2/14/11, Travis Siegel tsie...@lothlorien.nfbcal.org wrote: Speaking of console games. Would there

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-14 Thread shaun everiss
TRAVIS i WOULD BE INTRESTED IN SUCH A PROJECT. i'D EVEN CONCIDERING BUYING A CONSOLE. i DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF CASH RIGHT NOW BUT i'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT SOME HOW, i CAN TEST, NOT PROGRAM BUT i HAVE A FEW PLACES i CAN RUN REVIEWS, ETC. i COULD EVEN BUY EVENTUALLY TO. At 01:15 a.m.

Re: [Audyssey] Consoles (was Re: my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.)

2011-02-14 Thread Trouble
Something like that would be nice to see, and play. At 07:15 AM 2/14/2011, you wrote: Speaking of console games. Would there be any interest in a console built with the blind gamer in mind? I have access to something that could easily be turned into a console with games built from scratch that