[games_access] AccessWorld article on methods for providingaccessibility to virtual worlds

[Thomas Westin]

Hey

nice

just a erratic description of Terraformers there; not a MUD. MUDs are  
text based multi-user; Terraformers is realtime 3D single-user adventure

and a screen reader cannot get text from DirectX or OpenGL as far as I  
know which is used for rendering graphic display in Terraformers

/Thomas



"In recent times, a modern version of the text MUD, called  
Terraformers, was developed by Pin Interactive. In this game, the  
graphic video display is said to be optional and can--at least in  
theory--be turned off. The game is marginally accessible to players  
who are blind through keyboard navigation and self-voiced audio cues  
alone, although more functional accessibility requires the use of a  
screen reader."



On 11 mar 2008, at 00.14, Kestrell wrote:

> Hi, listers
>
> AccessWorld just sent out the announcement that their March issue is  
> online, and it includes an article on making virtual worlds  
> accessible to visually-impaired users.
>
> The article can be found
> here
> http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw090207
> and I also have a link to it on my blog
> http://kestrell.livejournal.com
>
> where I also hope to post my own recommendations sometime tomorrow.  
> On Wednesday I am attending a MIT event which is discussing what  
> users want from a virtual world, and this has inspired me to start  
> designing my own corner of the virtual world, The Jorge Luis Borges  
> Book Center and Dog Park.
>
> Kes
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