[games_access] ABLEGAMERS

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> Today's Topics:

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>    1. AbleGamers Text to Speech Podcast; and Plee for Help.

>       (Mark Barlet)

>    2. Enabled Gamers - Blog Tag (Barrie Ellis)

>    3. Re: AbleGamers Text to Speech Podcast; and Plee for

> Help.

>       (d. michelle hinn)

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> Message: 1

> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:16:10 -0500

> From: "Mark Barlet" <ioo at ablegamers.com>

> Subject: [games_access] AbleGamers Text to Speech Podcast;

> and Plee

> 	for Help.

> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"

> 	<games_access at igda.org>

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> Wanted to forward this to the Group. Along with my

> bi-annual plee.

> 

> <quote>

> Are you the type of person that says, "I like the

> whole AbleGamers thing,

> but this whole reading thing is just more than I am willing

> to invest" or

> maybe you are the person saying, "I spend 20 hours a

> day on AbleGamers but

> how do I cram it into my brain while I am sleeping or on

> the bus?" Well the

> folks here at AbleGamers, and the people over at Odiogo

> have taken the whole

> web thing out of the AbleGamers.com web site.

> 

> *NOTE: Odiogo does place an ad at the front of our story.

> Sorry, we just

> cannot afford the version that is ad free.*

> 

> Odiogo does the reading for you; it converts our site into

> speech and reads

> it to you. This is great for our blind users as well as

> those on the go. You

> can subscribe to our content via iTunes, or Zune.

> 

> </quote>

> 

> *http://ablegamers.com/general-news/406-ablegamers-in-your-ear.html*

> 

> 

> I do also want to make my twice yearly plee. AbleGamers is

> open for ALL the

> people here. I think that there are a total of 5 people

> that are on this

> list who have taken the time to become members (free) of

> AbleGamers. Given

> that we are one of just a handful of ACTIVE sites on the

> subject, I would

> really hope for more support from this group.

> 

> That said, AbleGamers is open for all of you to get things

> out to the

> community and web as a whole. Do you have a project you are

> working on, send

> me email and lets get a story up on it. Have your own

> story? Send it over

> and we will get it up.

> 

> Here are the stats for AbleGamers last Year...

> 

> AbleGamers Served more than 4.6 Million hits last year.

> 

> We are always looking for good content, we are always very

> fair at linking

> to any where you want. We have a RSS feed of OneSwitch on

> the bottom of

> every page... so, in short, I COULD USE SOME HELP OVER

> HERE!!!

> 

> Happy New Year... MARK BARLET

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> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:03:09 -0000

> From: "Barrie Ellis"

> <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>

> Subject: [games_access] Enabled Gamers - Blog Tag

> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"

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> Hope to build up a little photo-gallery of "enabled

> gamers" on my OneSwitch Blog:

> 

> http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/search/label/enabled%20gamers

> 

> Thinking the set-ups might give a bit of encouragement to

> others seeking solutions.

> 

> Barrie

> www.OneSwitch.org.uk

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> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:05:42 -0600

> From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>

> Subject: Re: [games_access] AbleGamers Text to Speech

> Podcast; and

> 	Plee for Help.

> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List

> <games_access at igda.org>

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> This is great, Mark! What a nice alternative to have with

> the podcasts!

> 

> I want to lend my support to Mark's plea/request --

> Mark's site 

> definitely gets to the community of gamers with

> disabilities. If you 

> have a new mod to test out or some cool accessibility news,

> why not 

> write up something short for the site to attract beta

> testers? 

> Getting the word out to as many as possible is our goal --

> why not 

> get the word out on as many sites as we can, especially on

> a site 

> that attracts so many hits (I had no idea! That's

> impressive!)? Our 

> list is filled with developers and researchers who could

> really 

> benefit from getting their news out to their audience and I

> think 

> AbleGamers is a super effective way to do that. We

> can't afford to 

> keep silent -- spread the word about accessibility!

> That's our point!

> 

> Very cool that there's a feed of oneswitch on there

> too. Nice to see 

> the sharing! :)

> 

> Michelle

> 

> >Wanted to forward this to the Group. Along with my

> bi-annual plee.

> >

> ><quote>

> >Are you the type of person that says, "I like the

> whole AbleGamers 

> >thing, but this whole reading thing is just more than I

> am willing 

> >to invest" or maybe you are the person saying,

> "I spend 20 hours a 

> >day on AbleGamers but how do I cram it into my brain

> while I am 

> >sleeping or on the bus?" Well the folks here at

> AbleGamers, and the 

> >people over at Odiogo have taken the whole web thing

> out of the 

> >AbleGamers.com web site.

> >

> >NOTE: Odiogo does place an ad at the front of our

> story. Sorry, we 

> >just cannot afford the version that is ad free.

> >

> >Odiogo does the reading for you; it converts our site

> into speech 

> >and reads it to you. This is great for our blind users

> as well as 

> >those on the go. You can subscribe to our content via

> iTunes, or 

> >Zune.

> >

> ></quote>

> >

> ><http://ablegamers.com/general-news/406-ablegamers-in-your-ear.html>http://ablegamers.com/general-news/406-ablegamers-in-your-ear.html

> >

> >

> >I do also want to make my twice yearly plee. AbleGamers

> is open for 

> >ALL the people here. I think that there are a total of

> 5 people that 

> >are on this list who have taken the time to become

> members (free) of 

> >AbleGamers. Given that we are one of just a handful of

> ACTIVE sites 

> >on the subject, I would really hope for more support

> from this group.

> >

> >That said, AbleGamers is open for all of you to get

> things out to 

> >the community and web as a whole. Do you have a project

> you are 

> >working on, send me email and lets get a story up on

> it. Have your 

> >own story? Send it over and we will get it up.

> >

> >Here are the stats for AbleGamers last Year...

> >

> >AbleGamers Served more than 4.6 Million hits last year.

> >

> >We are always looking for good content, we are always

> very fair at 

> >linking to any where you want. We have a RSS feed of

> OneSwitch on 

> >the bottom of every page... so, in short, I COULD USE

> SOME HELP OVER 

> >HERE!!!

> >

> >Happy New Year... MARK BARLET

> >

> >

> >

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