Florio's speech [games_access] Future Play Poster 2006 and Top 10 List

[Barrie Ellis]

> Anyone else can include their thoughts but I'm not too sure about the HTML
>
> 3. Provide documentation in an accessible format such as HTML or plain 
> text
>
> If I was to explain that point of a top 10 list of accessible features 
> what
> does this mean exactly for consoles or is it just for PC use can it be a
> feature on any handheld as well maybe just a little example of what
> documentation examples actually mean?  Thanks.
>
Increasingly, web-access is the way to get hold of information. Thus if your 
game instructions can be found on-line (as with the very lovely one-switch 
game "Alice Amazed" here: http://www.michi.nu/games/alice/index.php) - 
chances are that disabled gamers will have a better chance of accessing 
them. People requiring screen magnification, speech readers, increased text 
size etc. will find instructions in HTML format easier to cope with than the 
printed word in many instances. Of course web-access comes into play here 
too...

http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/testing-web-accessibility.shtml - 
Fairly simple pointers for designing accessible web-pages.

Hope this rambling answer clears this up a bit...

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk