[games_access] Introduction

[Greg Rahn]

Thanks for the warm welcome  Barrie, and the link. Great stuff!
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SOUNDMINDZ
Music & Sound Design
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Greg Rahn
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On Jul 23, 2008, at 1:48 AM, Barrie Ellis wrote:

> Yes - welcome Greg - it's great to have fresh enthusiasm!
>
> And just to stir up the language debates that do go on for ever!
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2006/02/ 
> blind_or_visually_impaired.html
>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"  
> <games_access at igda.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Introduction
>
>
> Hi Greg -- welcome! I won't be at Casual Games unfortunately but  
> would you be interested in joining in with a couple of our audio  
> designer and closed captioning members and doing a panel or some  
> such at GDC in San Francisco in March? We're getting our proposals  
> together now (they are due next week) so if you are interested,  
> email me off list at hinn at uiuc.edu so I can get your info and such  
> into the GDC system.
>
> We are always looking for new ground to spread the accessibility  
> word to so it's exciting that you've found us -- please let others  
> who are interested know about us. On this list you'll find  
> researchers, game designers, owners of accessibility controller  
> shops, journalists, editors, and much, much more! So, once again,  
> welcome and please don't hesitate to ask any of us about ideas,  
> reactions to ideas, etc -- we're not a shy bunch!
>
> Michelle
> Chairperson, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG (we're also affiliated with  
> DiGRA, the ECA, and the ESA)
>
>> Hi All,
>> My name is Greg Rahn and I'm a newbie here. I discovered this sig  
>> as I was doing research for a presentation I am doing at the Casual  
>> Games Conference this Friday in Seattle. http://seattle.casualconnect.org/
>>
>> My session started out as Designing Audio Concurrently With Game  
>> Design. (as opposed to "hey let's add sound to our game now that  
>> it's done"). I came across accessibility, and after learning about  
>> all that is going on around accessibility in games, I have expanded  
>> my talk to include this. It sort of of swung the pendulum even  
>> further making my talk more like, Designing Audio AS Game Design...
>>
>> Anyway, I've culled thru some of your archives and have learned  
>> some things eg; "sight disabled" rather than "blind" etc...
>> I'm excited by all of this and hopefully I can help raise some  
>> awareness about accessibility in the Casual Game space.
>>
>> I'll let you know how it goes. If any of you happen to be  
>> attending, be sure to stop by and say hi.
>>
>> btw...nice work on Terraformers Thomas.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Greg
>> YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
>> SOUNDMINDZ
>> Music & Sound Design
>> www.GregRahn.net
>> Greg Rahn
>> 707-643-8519
>> cell 707-246-4922
>> Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/GregRahnMusic
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