[games_access] New website to help developers improve accessibility for gamers who are blind

[Barrie Ellis]

Brilliant! What a really great resource you've got up, and really pleased to see you have Dark involved. I've added it to our Design Tips for Accessible Games tag on the blog here: http://gameaccessibility.blogspot.com/search/label/Design%20Tips (and at the OneSwitch blog too).

Liked point 5.8 especially. So obvious you might think, but so important.

Barrie




From: Eleanor Robinson 
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 6:41 PM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
Subject: [games_access] New website to help developers improve accessibility for gamers who are blind


7-128 Software just released a new Web site, www.blindcomputergames.com. 

When game developers are asked to make a game accessible to blind or visually impaired gamers, they frequently don't know what changes will improve accessibility in the game they are developing.  We tried to answer some of these questions in our new website.

blindcomputergames.com is an information resource that includes:

·         A set of guidelines for developers who want to improve blind accessibility in their games

·         An article for gamers who are blind to help them show developers how to make their games accessible to them

·         Articles that give developers technical information, including code samples, to help them make their games accessible. 

 For gamers, it gives the technical words they need to communicate with developers at companies, big and small. It explains who to talk to, what information the developer will need, and when in the development cycle to communicate with a developer and to have the best chance of obtaining the changes that will increase accessibility.

For developers, it explains screen readers and self-voicing, and includes a blind accessibility checklist, some good example games, technical "how to's", and a short guide to blind etiquette. 

It's totally free and requires no registration. 

The project took three months and was done at the request of and with the help of Dark, the administrator for www.audiogames.net and the leading advocate for blind gamers. 

 He is frequently asked by developers, "What would it take?" Now he has a place to send them, and a place to send his readers who have a game or other software program that they can "almost use". 

Although it is focused on games, much of the information is applicable to any software, not just games.


I hope you will all check it out.  Any feedback would be helpful.  


Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software






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