From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sun Feb  6 16:23:42 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (michelle hinn)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:23:42 -0600
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- Vegas Conference
	Whitepaper
In-Reply-To: <200501310433.j0V4XjrR006158@relay6.cso.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <20050206212349.90D4A570A6@seven.pairlist.net>

Hi everyone -- This is an email primarily for those who are authors of the
SIG's paper for HCI International in Las Vegas in July. All are welcome to
the meeting tomorrow but the main focus for the next month will be the
completion of this paper. We'll return to regular SIG meetings on March 14
(post Game Developer's Conference).

So this is just a quick reminder about the meeting tomorrow at 12noon
(EST)/9am (PST) -- it's the same time that we normally meet. We'll go over
the paper as it stands right now and talk about the plan to finish it up by
the March 1 deadline. 

One other item of business will be to talk about a possible book to be put
out by the SIG! Yes, I pleased to announce that I've been contacted by
Charles River Media Publishers about the SIG putting out a games
accessibility book.  I'm sitting down with their gaming editor at GDC in
early March -- so be thinking about some ideas that I can bring to her on
behalf of the SIG at GDC. My initial idea is to create an edited book by the
SIG so that those who are interested can each have their own chapter (and,
thus, book chapter publication) and it also opens up the book for those who
may be doing research but are not (YET!) involved with the SIG.

IMPORTANT (how to get to the meeting): If you aren't already on MSN
Messenger, please sign up for an account as soon as possible. Then add me,
vrgrrl at hotmail.com (that's right, vrgrrl), to your contacts list.
I'll make sure that you are added to the conference room when I see you
online right before the meeting. Email me at hinn at uiuc.edu if you have any
problems.

See you tomorrow! Some REALLY exciting stuff in the works!

Michelle
IGDA Game Accessibility Committee Chair







From rkimball at gmail.com  Sun Feb  6 17:22:00 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:22:00 -0600
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- Vegas Conference
	Whitepaper
In-Reply-To: <20050206212349.90D4A570A6@seven.pairlist.net>
References: <200501310433.j0V4XjrR006158@relay6.cso.uiuc.edu>
	<20050206212349.90D4A570A6@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <a6673b8d05020614225a39ef4b@mail.gmail.com>

I am very interested in contributing to the book, speaking about my
efforts to create an example of how to close caption video games with
the Doom3[CC] project. We are currently developing some great
features; sound direction ques, colored text, animated text (shakes
during loud rumbles) and support for multiple languages.

-Reid

On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:23:42 -0600, michelle hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone -- This is an email primarily for those who are authors of the
> SIG's paper for HCI International in Las Vegas in July. All are welcome to
> the meeting tomorrow but the main focus for the next month will be the
> completion of this paper. We'll return to regular SIG meetings on March 14
> (post Game Developer's Conference).
> 
> So this is just a quick reminder about the meeting tomorrow at 12noon
> (EST)/9am (PST) -- it's the same time that we normally meet. We'll go over
> the paper as it stands right now and talk about the plan to finish it up by
> the March 1 deadline.
> 
> One other item of business will be to talk about a possible book to be put
> out by the SIG! Yes, I pleased to announce that I've been contacted by
> Charles River Media Publishers about the SIG putting out a games
> accessibility book.  I'm sitting down with their gaming editor at GDC in
> early March -- so be thinking about some ideas that I can bring to her on
> behalf of the SIG at GDC. My initial idea is to create an edited book by the
> SIG so that those who are interested can each have their own chapter (and,
> thus, book chapter publication) and it also opens up the book for those who
> may be doing research but are not (YET!) involved with the SIG.
> 
> IMPORTANT (how to get to the meeting): If you aren't already on MSN
> Messenger, please sign up for an account as soon as possible. Then add me,
> vrgrrl at hotmail.com (that's right, vrgrrl), to your contacts list.
> I'll make sure that you are added to the conference room when I see you
> online right before the meeting. Email me at hinn at uiuc.edu if you have any
> problems.
> 
> See you tomorrow! Some REALLY exciting stuff in the works!
> 
> Michelle
> IGDA Game Accessibility Committee Chair
> 
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sun Feb  6 17:27:24 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:27:24 -0600
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow
	-- Vegas Conference	Whitepaper
Message-ID: <362290bc.ca9405cc.831ea00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Great idea -- A thought that I had about structuring the 
book was to structure it closely to the HCII Conference 
paper (aka the Vegas Paper). We'll have that on the website 
when it's finalized. But one main section is on Case 
Studies. It would be great to focus on "best practices" -- 
case studies of how the game industry has been addressing 
accessibility and how game players have created their own 
systems to create an accessible gaming experience for them.

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:22:00 -0600
>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- 
Vegas Conference Whitepaper  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>I am very interested in contributing to the book, speaking 
about my
>efforts to create an example of how to close caption video 
games with
>the Doom3[CC] project. We are currently developing some 
great
>features; sound direction ques, colored text, animated text 
(shakes
>during loud rumbles) and support for multiple languages.
>
>-Reid
>
>On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:23:42 -0600, michelle hinn 
<hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>> Hi everyone -- This is an email primarily for those who 
are authors of the
>> SIG's paper for HCI International in Las Vegas in July. 
All are welcome to
>> the meeting tomorrow but the main focus for the next 
month will be the
>> completion of this paper. We'll return to regular SIG 
meetings on March 14
>> (post Game Developer's Conference).
>> 
>> So this is just a quick reminder about the meeting 
tomorrow at 12noon
>> (EST)/9am (PST) -- it's the same time that we normally 
meet. We'll go over
>> the paper as it stands right now and talk about the plan 
to finish it up by
>> the March 1 deadline.
>> 
>> One other item of business will be to talk about a 
possible book to be put
>> out by the SIG! Yes, I pleased to announce that I've been 
contacted by
>> Charles River Media Publishers about the SIG putting out 
a games
>> accessibility book.  I'm sitting down with their gaming 
editor at GDC in
>> early March -- so be thinking about some ideas that I can 
bring to her on
>> behalf of the SIG at GDC. My initial idea is to create an 
edited book by the
>> SIG so that those who are interested can each have their 
own chapter (and,
>> thus, book chapter publication) and it also opens up the 
book for those who
>> may be doing research but are not (YET!) involved with 
the SIG.
>> 
>> IMPORTANT (how to get to the meeting): If you aren't 
already on MSN
>> Messenger, please sign up for an account as soon as 
possible. Then add me,
>> vrgrrl at hotmail.com (that's right, vrgrrl), to your 
contacts list.
>> I'll make sure that you are added to the conference room 
when I see you
>> online right before the meeting. Email me at 
hinn at uiuc.edu if you have any
>> problems.
>> 
>> See you tomorrow! Some REALLY exciting stuff in the works!
>> 
>> Michelle
>> IGDA Game Accessibility Committee Chair
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From richard at audiogames.net  Sun Feb  6 17:33:29 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 23:33:29 +0100
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- Vegas
	ConferenceWhitepaper
References: <20050206212349.90D4A570A6@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <001201c50c9b$e3e24c10$b31ca33e@Delletje>

Hi Michelle and group!

Hope I can attend the meeting tommorow. I'm very interested to hear your plans about a possible GA book. Maybe it's a nice idea to use the list to develop an outline of possible chapters?
For everyone still anxiously awaiting news on a possible Game Accessibility Conference: 

The last few months have been very hectic for me due to my Ph.D. work, personal matters like my mother-in-law recieving a permanent tracheo-stoma (she has PSMA, which is a form of progressive muscle disorder), work on my appartment, heavy flu in januari, etc, etc. So I haven't been able to continu to work on a possible conference. My main contact (who has the most experience and who could help me organize the conference together with several universities) is very busy himself with a very small 1 day conference which has turned out to a much larger task then he anticipated. However, we recently had a positive talk about it at the Accessibility foundation where I work so all's not lost :) However, all is going very very slowly unfortunately. 
 
By the way, if anyone wants to view a brochure on web accessibility we (Accessibility foundation) recently developed in collaboration with HP, have a look at:

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/accessibility/webaccessibility/accessibility_brochure.pdf

(or: http://tinyurl.com/5fdum )

Again, hope to meet you tommorrow (as I lately seem to miss it due to permanent public transport delays)!
Greets,

Richard

http://www.audiogames.net
http://www.soundsupport.net
http://www.gameaudiodesign.com 





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "'michelle hinn'" <hinn at uiuc.edu>; <kjb at it.rit.edu>; <thomas at pininteractive.com>; <salvse at rit.edu>; <barrie at oneswitch.org.uk>; <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>; <kstone at microsoft.com>
Cc: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- Vegas ConferenceWhitepaper


> Hi everyone -- This is an email primarily for those who are authors of the
> SIG's paper for HCI International in Las Vegas in July. All are welcome to
> the meeting tomorrow but the main focus for the next month will be the
> completion of this paper. We'll return to regular SIG meetings on March 14
> (post Game Developer's Conference).
> 
> So this is just a quick reminder about the meeting tomorrow at 12noon
> (EST)/9am (PST) -- it's the same time that we normally meet. We'll go over
> the paper as it stands right now and talk about the plan to finish it up by
> the March 1 deadline. 
> 
> One other item of business will be to talk about a possible book to be put
> out by the SIG! Yes, I pleased to announce that I've been contacted by
> Charles River Media Publishers about the SIG putting out a games
> accessibility book.  I'm sitting down with their gaming editor at GDC in
> early March -- so be thinking about some ideas that I can bring to her on
> behalf of the SIG at GDC. My initial idea is to create an edited book by the
> SIG so that those who are interested can each have their own chapter (and,
> thus, book chapter publication) and it also opens up the book for those who
> may be doing research but are not (YET!) involved with the SIG.
> 
> IMPORTANT (how to get to the meeting): If you aren't already on MSN
> Messenger, please sign up for an account as soon as possible. Then add me,
> vrgrrl at hotmail.com (that's right, vrgrrl), to your contacts list.
> I'll make sure that you are added to the conference room when I see you
> online right before the meeting. Email me at hinn at uiuc.edu if you have any
> problems.
> 
> See you tomorrow! Some REALLY exciting stuff in the works!
> 
> Michelle
> IGDA Game Accessibility Committee Chair
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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From richard at audiogames.net  Sun Feb  6 17:38:00 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 23:38:00 +0100
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow --
	VegasConferenceWhitepaper
References: <20050206212349.90D4A570A6@seven.pairlist.net>
	<001201c50c9b$e3e24c10$b31ca33e@Delletje>
Message-ID: <002301c50c9c$869154b0$b31ca33e@Delletje>

Hi,

I should add that the brochure that's currently online still contains a few errors (graphics that are shifted or disappeared, etc). An updated version has still to be uploaded (this week I think).

Greets,

Richard

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: AudioGames.net 
  To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
  Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:33 PM
  Subject: Re: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- VegasConferenceWhitepaper


  Hi Michelle and group!

  Hope I can attend the meeting tommorow. I'm very interested to hear your plans about a possible GA book. Maybe it's a nice idea to use the list to develop an outline of possible chapters?
  For everyone still anxiously awaiting news on a possible Game Accessibility Conference: 

  The last few months have been very hectic for me due to my Ph.D. work, personal matters like my mother-in-law recieving a permanent tracheo-stoma (she has PSMA, which is a form of progressive muscle disorder), work on my appartment, heavy flu in januari, etc, etc. So I haven't been able to continu to work on a possible conference. My main contact (who has the most experience and who could help me organize the conference together with several universities) is very busy himself with a very small 1 day conference which has turned out to a much larger task then he anticipated. However, we recently had a positive talk about it at the Accessibility foundation where I work so all's not lost :) However, all is going very very slowly unfortunately. 

  By the way, if anyone wants to view a brochure on web accessibility we (Accessibility foundation) recently developed in collaboration with HP, have a look at:

  http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/accessibility/webaccessibility/accessibility_brochure.pdf

  (or: http://tinyurl.com/5fdum )

  Again, hope to meet you tommorrow (as I lately seem to miss it due to permanent public transport delays)!
  Greets,

  Richard

  http://www.audiogames.net
  http://www.soundsupport.net
  http://www.gameaudiodesign.com 





  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
  To: "'michelle hinn'" <hinn at uiuc.edu>; <kjb at it.rit.edu>; <thomas at pininteractive.com>; <salvse at rit.edu>; <barrie at oneswitch.org.uk>; <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>; <kstone at microsoft.com>
  Cc: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
  Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:23 PM
  Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- Vegas ConferenceWhitepaper


  > Hi everyone -- This is an email primarily for those who are authors of the
  > SIG's paper for HCI International in Las Vegas in July. All are welcome to
  > the meeting tomorrow but the main focus for the next month will be the
  > completion of this paper. We'll return to regular SIG meetings on March 14
  > (post Game Developer's Conference).
  > 
  > So this is just a quick reminder about the meeting tomorrow at 12noon
  > (EST)/9am (PST) -- it's the same time that we normally meet. We'll go over
  > the paper as it stands right now and talk about the plan to finish it up by
  > the March 1 deadline. 
  > 
  > One other item of business will be to talk about a possible book to be put
  > out by the SIG! Yes, I pleased to announce that I've been contacted by
  > Charles River Media Publishers about the SIG putting out a games
  > accessibility book.  I'm sitting down with their gaming editor at GDC in
  > early March -- so be thinking about some ideas that I can bring to her on
  > behalf of the SIG at GDC. My initial idea is to create an edited book by the
  > SIG so that those who are interested can each have their own chapter (and,
  > thus, book chapter publication) and it also opens up the book for those who
  > may be doing research but are not (YET!) involved with the SIG.
  > 
  > IMPORTANT (how to get to the meeting): If you aren't already on MSN
  > Messenger, please sign up for an account as soon as possible. Then add me,
  > vrgrrl at hotmail.com (that's right, vrgrrl), to your contacts list.
  > I'll make sure that you are added to the conference room when I see you
  > online right before the meeting. Email me at hinn at uiuc.edu if you have any
  > problems.
  > 
  > See you tomorrow! Some REALLY exciting stuff in the works!
  > 
  > Michelle
  > IGDA Game Accessibility Committee Chair
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > _______________________________________________
  > games_access mailing list
  > games_access at igda.org
  > http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 


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From richard at audiogames.net  Sun Feb  6 17:40:56 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 23:40:56 +0100
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow --VegasConferenceWhitepaper
References: <20050206212349.90D4A570A6@seven.pairlist.net><001201c50c9b$e3e24c10$b31ca33e@Delletje>
	<002301c50c9c$869154b0$b31ca33e@Delletje>
Message-ID: <003801c50c9c$eeee6700$b31ca33e@Delletje>

Oops... just one more message on this off-topic subject:

An "accessible" version (html that is) of the brochure can be found at: http://www.accessibility.nl/internet/ebrochure/brochure/index.html?langid=1

Greets,

Richard 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: AudioGames.net 
  To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
  Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow --VegasConferenceWhitepaper


  Hi,

  I should add that the brochure that's currently online still contains a few errors (graphics that are shifted or disappeared, etc). An updated version has still to be uploaded (this week I think).

  Greets,

  Richard

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: AudioGames.net 
    To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
    Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:33 PM
    Subject: Re: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- VegasConferenceWhitepaper


    Hi Michelle and group!

    Hope I can attend the meeting tommorow. I'm very interested to hear your plans about a possible GA book. Maybe it's a nice idea to use the list to develop an outline of possible chapters?
    For everyone still anxiously awaiting news on a possible Game Accessibility Conference: 

    The last few months have been very hectic for me due to my Ph.D. work, personal matters like my mother-in-law recieving a permanent tracheo-stoma (she has PSMA, which is a form of progressive muscle disorder), work on my appartment, heavy flu in januari, etc, etc. So I haven't been able to continu to work on a possible conference. My main contact (who has the most experience and who could help me organize the conference together with several universities) is very busy himself with a very small 1 day conference which has turned out to a much larger task then he anticipated. However, we recently had a positive talk about it at the Accessibility foundation where I work so all's not lost :) However, all is going very very slowly unfortunately. 

    By the way, if anyone wants to view a brochure on web accessibility we (Accessibility foundation) recently developed in collaboration with HP, have a look at:

    http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/accessibility/webaccessibility/accessibility_brochure.pdf

    (or: http://tinyurl.com/5fdum )

    Again, hope to meet you tommorrow (as I lately seem to miss it due to permanent public transport delays)!
    Greets,

    Richard

    http://www.audiogames.net
    http://www.soundsupport.net
    http://www.gameaudiodesign.com 





    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
    To: "'michelle hinn'" <hinn at uiuc.edu>; <kjb at it.rit.edu>; <thomas at pininteractive.com>; <salvse at rit.edu>; <barrie at oneswitch.org.uk>; <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>; <kstone at microsoft.com>
    Cc: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
    Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:23 PM
    Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- Vegas ConferenceWhitepaper


    > Hi everyone -- This is an email primarily for those who are authors of the
    > SIG's paper for HCI International in Las Vegas in July. All are welcome to
    > the meeting tomorrow but the main focus for the next month will be the
    > completion of this paper. We'll return to regular SIG meetings on March 14
    > (post Game Developer's Conference).
    > 
    > So this is just a quick reminder about the meeting tomorrow at 12noon
    > (EST)/9am (PST) -- it's the same time that we normally meet. We'll go over
    > the paper as it stands right now and talk about the plan to finish it up by
    > the March 1 deadline. 
    > 
    > One other item of business will be to talk about a possible book to be put
    > out by the SIG! Yes, I pleased to announce that I've been contacted by
    > Charles River Media Publishers about the SIG putting out a games
    > accessibility book.  I'm sitting down with their gaming editor at GDC in
    > early March -- so be thinking about some ideas that I can bring to her on
    > behalf of the SIG at GDC. My initial idea is to create an edited book by the
    > SIG so that those who are interested can each have their own chapter (and,
    > thus, book chapter publication) and it also opens up the book for those who
    > may be doing research but are not (YET!) involved with the SIG.
    > 
    > IMPORTANT (how to get to the meeting): If you aren't already on MSN
    > Messenger, please sign up for an account as soon as possible. Then add me,
    > vrgrrl at hotmail.com (that's right, vrgrrl), to your contacts list.
    > I'll make sure that you are added to the conference room when I see you
    > online right before the meeting. Email me at hinn at uiuc.edu if you have any
    > problems.
    > 
    > See you tomorrow! Some REALLY exciting stuff in the works!
    > 
    > Michelle
    > IGDA Game Accessibility Committee Chair
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > _______________________________________________
    > games_access mailing list
    > games_access at igda.org
    > http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 


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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sun Feb  6 18:05:29 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 17:05:29 -0600
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow
	-- Vegas	ConferenceWhitepaper
Message-ID: <be4d856d.ca978230.8202400@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Yes, that's a great idea to generate book chapter and 
section ideas on this list. That will probably be the most 
efficient route to brainstorm since meeting times aren't 
easy for many.

Thanks for the update on the Game Accessibility Conference --
 yeah, conference planning is no easy task for sure. And 
life just gets in the way sometimes. :) One way to tackle 
this is to go as low key as possible -- keep sessions more 
informal, have more panels and break out/roundtable 
sessions. Maybe if for the first conference there wasn't as 
much of an emphasis on a proceedings that would also help. 
Maybe have participants submit a short (1-2 page) position 
paper to be posted on the web (we could host it on the SIG's 
webpage) instead of dealing with the expense of a printed 
proceedings. Just some ideas!

Everyone -- keep spreading the word about this list. We want 
to get together as many groups and companies as possible!

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 23:33:29 +0100
>From: "AudioGames.net" <richard at audiogames.net>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- 
Vegas ConferenceWhitepaper  
>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>   Hi Michelle and group!
>    
>   Hope I can attend the meeting tommorow. I'm very
>   interested to hear your plans about a possible GA
>   book. Maybe it's a nice idea to use the list to
>   develop an outline of possible chapters?
>   For everyone still anxiously awaiting news on a
>   possible Game Accessibility Conference:
>    
>   The last few months have been very hectic for me due
>   to my Ph.D. work, personal matters like my
>   mother-in-law recieving a permanent tracheo-stoma
>   (she has PSMA, which is a form of progressive muscle
>   disorder), work on my appartment, heavy flu in
>   januari, etc, etc. So I haven't been able to continu
>   to work on a possible conference. My main contact
>   (who has the most experience and who could help me
>   organize the conference together with several
>   universities) is very busy himself with a very small
>   1 day conference which has turned out to a much
>   larger task then he anticipated. However, we
>   recently had a positive talk about it at the
>   Accessibility foundation where I work so all's not
>   lost :) However, all is going very very slowly
>   unfortunately.
>    
>   By the way, if anyone wants to view a brochure on
>   web accessibility we (Accessibility
>   foundation) recently developed in collaboration with
>   HP, have a look at:
>    
>   
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/accessibility/webaccessibili
ty/accessibility_brochure.pdf
>    
>   (or: http://tinyurl.com/5fdum )
>    
>   Again, hope to meet you tommorrow (as I lately seem
>   to miss it due to permanent public transport
>   delays)!
>   Greets,
>    
>   Richard
>    
>   http://www.audiogames.net
>   http://www.soundsupport.net
>   http://www.gameaudiodesign.com
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>    
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>    
>    
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
>   To: "'michelle hinn'" <hinn at uiuc.edu>;
>   <kjb at it.rit.edu>; <thomas at pininteractive.com>;
>   <salvse at rit.edu>; <barrie at oneswitch.org.uk>;
>   <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>; <kstone at microsoft.com>
>   Cc: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'"
>   <games_access at igda.org>
>   Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:23 PM
>   Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow --
>   Vegas ConferenceWhitepaper
>   > Hi everyone -- This is an email primarily for
>   those who are authors of the
>   > SIG's paper for HCI International in Las Vegas in
>   July. All are welcome to
>   > the meeting tomorrow but the main focus for the
>   next month will be the
>   > completion of this paper. We'll return to regular
>   SIG meetings on March 14
>   > (post Game Developer's Conference).
>   >
>   > So this is just a quick reminder about the meeting
>   tomorrow at 12noon
>   > (EST)/9am (PST) -- it's the same time that we
>   normally meet. We'll go over
>   > the paper as it stands right now and talk about
>   the plan to finish it up by
>   > the March 1 deadline.
>   >
>   > One other item of business will be to talk about a
>   possible book to be put
>   > out by the SIG! Yes, I pleased to announce that
>   I've been contacted by
>   > Charles River Media Publishers about the SIG
>   putting out a games
>   > accessibility book.  I'm sitting down with their
>   gaming editor at GDC in
>   > early March -- so be thinking about some ideas
>   that I can bring to her on
>   > behalf of the SIG at GDC. My initial idea is to
>   create an edited book by the
>   > SIG so that those who are interested can each have
>   their own chapter (and,
>   > thus, book chapter publication) and it also opens
>   up the book for those who
>   > may be doing research but are not (YET!) involved
>   with the SIG.
>   >
>   > IMPORTANT (how to get to the meeting): If you
>   aren't already on MSN
>   > Messenger, please sign up for an account as soon
>   as possible. Then add me,
>   > vrgrrl at hotmail.com (that's right, vrgrrl), to your
>   contacts list.
>   > I'll make sure that you are added to the
>   conference room when I see you
>   > online right before the meeting. Email me at
>   hinn at uiuc.edu if you have any
>   > problems.
>   >
>   > See you tomorrow! Some REALLY exciting stuff in
>   the works!
>   >
>   > Michelle
>   > IGDA Game Accessibility Committee Chair
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >
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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Mon Feb  7 15:10:06 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (michelle hinn)
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:10:06 -0600
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting -- Apologies
In-Reply-To: <200502062123.j16LNnET006747@relay1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <20050207201015.0F62B570C8@seven.pairlist.net>

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately I was in a car accident this morning (no one was hurt,
thankfully -- the other car ran a red light) so as you probably noticed, I
was not at today's meeting. I apologize for the inconvenience. Bad timing!

I'd like to schedule a make up meeting for tomorrow at the same time (9am
PST/noon EST) for those who can make it just to touch base on the paper,
etc. Please let me know if you'll be able to attend.

What a way to start off the week, eh?

Thanks everyone!
Michelle




From richard at audiogames.net  Mon Feb  7 18:11:02 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:11:02 +0100
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting -- Apologies
References: <20050207201015.0F62B570C8@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <012f01c50d6a$4b83a3e0$b31ca33e@Delletje>

Hi Michelle,

I'm glad you are allright. Could have always been worse. I missed todays 
meeting as well so I hope to catch tomorrow's one. I'm usually still 
traveling in public transport when the meeting starts so I hope I don't have 
any delays tomorrow!

Greets,

Richard


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "'michelle hinn'" <hinn at uiuc.edu>; <kjb at it.rit.edu>; 
<thomas at pininteractive.com>; <salvse at rit.edu>; <barrie at oneswitch.org.uk>; 
<j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>; <kstone at microsoft.com>
Cc: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:10 PM
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting -- Apologies


> Hi everyone,
>
> Unfortunately I was in a car accident this morning (no one was hurt,
> thankfully -- the other car ran a red light) so as you probably noticed, I
> was not at today's meeting. I apologize for the inconvenience. Bad timing!
>
> I'd like to schedule a make up meeting for tomorrow at the same time (9am
> PST/noon EST) for those who can make it just to touch base on the paper,
> etc. Please let me know if you'll be able to attend.
>
> What a way to start off the week, eh?
>
> Thanks everyone!
> Michelle
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Mon Feb 14 02:02:21 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (michelle hinn)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:02:21 -0600
Subject: [games_access] GA SIG Meeting Tomorrow -- Vegas Conference
	Whitepaper
In-Reply-To: <200502062123.j16LNnET006747@relay1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <20050214070028.31D7A570A7@seven.pairlist.net>

Hi everyone -- This is an email primarily for those who are authors of the
SIG's paper for HCI International in Las Vegas in July. All are welcome to
the meeting tomorrow but the main focus for the next month will be the
completion of this paper. We'll return to regular SIG meetings on March 14
(post Game Developer's Conference).

So this is just a quick reminder about the meeting Monday at 12noon
(EST)/9am (PST) -- it's the same time that we normally meet. We'll go over
the paper as it stands right now and talk about the plan to finish it up by
the March 1 deadline. 

The paper's been in Steph and Kevin's hands so hopefully we'll hear an
update from them as to what needs to be done to finish it up!

IMPORTANT (how to get to the meeting): If you aren't already on MSN
Messenger, please sign up for an account as soon as possible. Then add me,
vrgrrl at hotmail.com (that's right, vrgrrl), to your contacts list.
I'll make sure that you are added to the conference room when I see you
online right before the meeting. Email me at hinn at uiuc.edu if you have any
problems.

See you tomorrow! Some REALLY exciting stuff in the works!

Michelle
IGDA Game Accessibility Committee Chair








From richard at audiogames.net  Fri Feb 18 05:51:19 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:51:19 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Will of Steel
References: <20050207201015.0F62B570C8@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <008801c515a7$c7fac7b0$b31ca33e@Delletje>

Hi Folks,

Just read this newsflash: 
http://www.beststuff.com/article.php3?story_id=7774 . The interesting part 
is of course the voice control ("It is also possible to play the game almost 
entirely by voice commands alone"). I doubt that the developers thought of 
accessibility when designing this game. Maybe we could send them an email 
and tell them about it, so maybe they can make the *whole* game accessible 
by voice commands. I think many people with motoric disabilities will be 
very happy.

Follow the link or read the pasted article at the bottom of this email).

Greets,

Richard

ps: A few weeks ago I was filming some clips for an educational package on 
web accessibility. Here I also filmed two clips of a person with MSA-II 
(heavy motoric disability, the person does everything mostly with his head) 
playing Bookworm using two methods: a mouthstick (with which he was very 
quick to play the game) and voice commands using Dragon Natural Speak (which 
slowed the game down a lot compared to the mouthstick). We're going to put 
the (dutch-language) clips in the educational package in any case (the clips 
are meant to show how people with disabilities use the internet). Maybe it's 
an idea to get some footage of other people with disabilities playing games 
(or miserable failing to play games, which is also very informative). We 
could put them on the GA-SIG website perhaps? My experience is that there's 
still a big gap between game developers and people with disabilities (an 
almost similar gap as between flash designers and people with disabilities). 
But when you show them an example of Johhny X, 22 years old, trying to play 
Game Y, which he has trouble with because he's deaf, or has a muscle 
disorder, then perhaps you could raise awareness of this subject.
Over at the AudioGames.net website you can already view several clips of 
blind children playing computer games (Drive, The Curb Game (very short) and 
Demor).

--- (here's the article)

      GMX Announces Will of Steel for PC



      February 2, 2005 - GMX Media today announced that they will be 
publishing the ground breaking military Real Time Strategy game Will of 
Steel for PC - CD ROM. The game is to be launched across the UK in the first 
quarter of 2005.


      "Will of Steel is set to be one of our strongest games to be launched 
2005." commented Commercial Director for GMX Media Mike Bright. "This game 
will astonish both dedicated and casual players of PC games with its ground 
breaking use of existing graphic technologies and its unique use of in-game 
voice control mechanisms."

      THE GAME:
      Will of Steel is a modern warfare tactical 3D Real Time Strategy game 
set in the early 1990s. As a young Marine officer, William Steel is the son 
of the highly decorated USMC General Thomas Steel. Players must assume 
command and responsibility of the battalion at his control and defeat your 
opposing in forces in hostile locations around the globe.

      At the players disposal will be infantry, battle tanks, armoured 
personnel carriers, recon units and many other types of military hardware. 
The player must make wise military choices and decide how to adjust his/her 
actions to counteract the strategy employed by the enemy forces in 
Afghanistan and Iraq. Missions take place in day or night with a number of 
climate conditions that may help or hinder your battle progress.

      Throughout the game, the player also strives to improve his/her 
career. By winning medals and being promoted, various special options are 
revealed that he/she can use in battle. Special options include:

      * Air transport
      * Artillery support
      * Air strike
      * Satellite reconnaissance
      * Long range missile attack
      * Reinforcement
      * Special operations team

      VOICE CONTROL
      In Will of Steel, the player has full control of all assigned units, 
camera, and special options such as: Air Attack, Transport, Special Teams 
etc, through the use of vocal commands. The player can order unit movements, 
choose tactics, groups units, and can even choose the types of weapons and 
stances that the units take. These possibilities will allow the more skilled 
players to play the game and lead their troops exactly the way they desire 
while the less skilled players will also be able to manage units while using 
simpler commands and options.

      It is also possible to play the game almost entirely by voice commands 
alone. The mouse pad can be used to select units and groups of units, to 
point to the places where commands should be executed, and to select options 
from one of the menus. Keyboard allows for a quick and convenient way 
(shortcut) for various commands to be executed.

      Special focus is given to voice control because it has never been used 
in RTS games before. Voice control should help the player to control his/her 
units much more easily and effectively than by just using the keyboard and 
mouse pad. Besides that, voice control has the purpose of simulating natural 
verbal communication between officers and their units. This will add to the 
realism and will make the player feel as if he was a real-life military 
commander.

      SOURCE GMX Media




From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Fri Feb 18 12:18:55 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:18:55 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Head Tracker gamers' forum
References: <20050218170010.CF58D57135@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <001c01c515dd$ecefee70$32574f51@Skallagrigg>

Excellent link and ideas, Richard. It's a great idea to get accessibility 
problems across to lay people and developers in as clear a way as possible.

By the way, there's a pretty active accessibility forum here for gamers 
using Natural Point's "Track-IR" head tracker.:

http://forums.naturalpoint.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi


Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk






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>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Just read this newsflash:
> http://www.beststuff.com/article.php3?story_id=7774 . The interesting part
> is of course the voice control ("It is also possible to play the game 
> almost
> entirely by voice commands alone"). I doubt that the developers thought of
> accessibility when designing this game. Maybe we could send them an email
> and tell them about it, so maybe they can make the *whole* game accessible
> by voice commands. I think many people with motoric disabilities will be
> very happy.
>
> Follow the link or read the pasted article at the bottom of this email).
>
> Greets,
>
> Richard
>
> ps: A few weeks ago I was filming some clips for an educational package on
> web accessibility. Here I also filmed two clips of a person with MSA-II
> (heavy motoric disability, the person does everything mostly with his 
> head)
> playing Bookworm using two methods: a mouthstick (with which he was very
> quick to play the game) and voice commands using Dragon Natural Speak 
> (which
> slowed the game down a lot compared to the mouthstick). We're going to put
> the (dutch-language) clips in the educational package in any case (the 
> clips
> are meant to show how people with disabilities use the internet). Maybe 
> it's
> an idea to get some footage of other people with disabilities playing 
> games
> (or miserable failing to play games, which is also very informative). We
> could put them on the GA-SIG website perhaps? My experience is that 
> there's
> still a big gap between game developers and people with disabilities (an
> almost similar gap as between flash designers and people with 
> disabilities).
> But when you show them an example of Johhny X, 22 years old, trying to 
> play
> Game Y, which he has trouble with because he's deaf, or has a muscle
> disorder, then perhaps you could raise awareness of this subject.
> Over at the AudioGames.net website you can already view several clips of
> blind children playing computer games (Drive, The Curb Game (very short) 
> and
> Demor).
>
> --- (here's the article)
>
>      GMX Announces Will of Steel for PC
>
>
>
>      February 2, 2005 - GMX Media today announced that they will be
> publishing the ground breaking military Real Time Strategy game Will of
> Steel for PC - CD ROM. The game is to be launched across the UK in the 
> first
> quarter of 2005.
>
>
>      "Will of Steel is set to be one of our strongest games to be launched
> 2005." commented Commercial Director for GMX Media Mike Bright. "This game
> will astonish both dedicated and casual players of PC games with its 
> ground
> breaking use of existing graphic technologies and its unique use of 
> in-game
> voice control mechanisms."
>
>      THE GAME:
>      Will of Steel is a modern warfare tactical 3D Real Time Strategy game
> set in the early 1990s. As a young Marine officer, William Steel is the 
> son
> of the highly decorated USMC General Thomas Steel. Players must assume
> command and responsibility of the battalion at his control and defeat your
> opposing in forces in hostile locations around the globe.
>
>      At the players disposal will be infantry, battle tanks, armoured
> personnel carriers, recon units and many other types of military hardware.
> The player must make wise military choices and decide how to adjust 
> his/her
> actions to counteract the strategy employed by the enemy forces in
> Afghanistan and Iraq. Missions take place in day or night with a number of
> climate conditions that may help or hinder your battle progress.
>
>      Throughout the game, the player also strives to improve his/her
> career. By winning medals and being promoted, various special options are
> revealed that he/she can use in battle. Special options include:
>
>      * Air transport
>      * Artillery support
>      * Air strike
>      * Satellite reconnaissance
>      * Long range missile attack
>      * Reinforcement
>      * Special operations team
>
>      VOICE CONTROL
>      In Will of Steel, the player has full control of all assigned units,
> camera, and special options such as: Air Attack, Transport, Special Teams
> etc, through the use of vocal commands. The player can order unit 
> movements,
> choose tactics, groups units, and can even choose the types of weapons and
> stances that the units take. These possibilities will allow the more 
> skilled
> players to play the game and lead their troops exactly the way they desire
> while the less skilled players will also be able to manage units while 
> using
> simpler commands and options.
>
>      It is also possible to play the game almost entirely by voice 
> commands
> alone. The mouse pad can be used to select units and groups of units, to
> point to the places where commands should be executed, and to select 
> options
> from one of the menus. Keyboard allows for a quick and convenient way
> (shortcut) for various commands to be executed.
>
>      Special focus is given to voice control because it has never been 
> used
> in RTS games before. Voice control should help the player to control 
> his/her
> units much more easily and effectively than by just using the keyboard and
> mouse pad. Besides that, voice control has the purpose of simulating 
> natural
> verbal communication between officers and their units. This will add to 
> the
> realism and will make the player feel as if he was a real-life military
> commander.
>
>      SOURCE GMX Media
>
>
>
>
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