[games_access] developing system for hearing impaired

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patent pending

regards


On 31 Aug 2009, at 22:11, Karen Collins wrote:

> Hello Everyone
> I've been developing a system especially for hearing-impaired gamers  
> called SoundSign. It involves an icon system that illustrates what  
> sound effects are occuring where/when, giving an icon and proximity  
> and directional information. I'm hoping that if people like it we  
> can get it into some mainstream games.
>
> For now, we've developed a game you can download and play to see how  
> the technology works. The game is called Robot Island: collect gems  
> and avoid robots. The gems and robots use sound to indicate where  
> they are--for those without hearing abilities or who just want to  
> turn the sound off, the SoundSign icon system substitutes the  
> information in a visual form.
>
> Get it here: www.gamessound.com/ss.htm
>
> I'd love to have your feedback and feel free to share the link. If  
> you like it, tell your favourite game developer you want to see  
> something like this in their games!
> Karen
>
> -- 
>
> Karen Collins, PhD
> Canada Research Chair
> Canadian Centre of Arts and Technology
> University of Waterloo
> 200 University Ave W
> Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
> 519 888-4567 x 38326
>
>
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