[games_access] Game Accessibility Survey updated

[hinn at uiuc.edu]

Thanks, Reid, for the update and thanks for all your hard 
work on this! Thanks everyone for the input too!

Hope to see many of you tomorrow at the meeting!

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 19:29:42 -0400
>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] Game Accessibility Survey 
updated  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>OK, I've updated the survey with more of the feedback.
>
>- input changed to output
>
>- added more gaming systems. but our list is getting too 
long,
>otherwise why not add the Tiger handhelds and the MAC and 
the TI-84
>calculator? I think we should look at each systems main 
control
>devices and group those that resemble each other into one 
category.
>
>- removed question from gaming habits that asked user to 
comment on
>general accessibility issues they see. It was redundant 
when each
>disability group asks the same question.
>
>If people don't like how a certain question is worded or 
the answers
>given then the author of that question should re-write it, 
if they
>agree that is. I'm mainly talking about the "Please list 
accessible 3D
>games that have the best interface for the following:" 
question.
>
>I think that's it for now.
>
>-Reid
>
>
>
>On 10/1/05, AudioGames.net <richard at audiogames.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> That's interesting. Do "braille-writers" linked to a 
computer exist? I only
>> the braille-typewriter types, which only output paper 
with braille.
>>
>> Greets,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> ps: with "video screen with onscreen keyboard with 
enlarged fonts", you mean
>> a touchscreen or not?. Simply showing a keyboard with 
enlarged fonts on a
>> screen doesn't make it an input device....
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: InRNette at aol.com
>> To: games_access at igda.org
>> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 3:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [games_access] Game Accessibility Survey 
updated
>>
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Just a word from the peanut gallery about the input 
devices.
>>
>> Those listed seem to be more output devices.
>>
>> But if you add:
>>
>> braille writer
>> video screen with onscreen keyboard with enlarged fonts
>>
>> then you would have types of input devices.
>>
>> Jeanette
>>
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