[games_access] Updating the SIG White Paper

[Javier Mairena]

Is there a dead line for editing?


On 9 May 2011 16:47, Tara Voelker (Tefertiller) <ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org
> wrote:

> Hello All!
>
> I am back from my honeymoon! It was great!
>
> Now, in one of the 65406546514657146 emails I got from the SIG while I was
> gone, Sandra in Michelle had talked in one of them about updating/re-doing
> the white paper.
>
> I am totally for this. I had actually been going through on my own and
> taking our white paper and adding in newer US census data (that's what the
> original white paper quotes, although by now I got probably get in even
> newer census data, since the 2010 numbers have been released now), adding in
> new information to deal with new consoles and peripherals like the Wii and
> Kinect, and adding in new games that have been developed that incorporated
> accessibility features. (If you remember a month or 2 ago, I sent out a
> request for games to include in the update- I may have been posted them in
> forums. I got a few responses.)
>
> Most of these changes can be seen in a google doc version of the white
> paper that Thomas Westin set up like... 6 months ago. That is with the
> exception of the updated games list, which I have in a separate document
> that I haven't copied pasted over yet. I would like to remind everyone that
> this google doc is in the "rough draft" stage, as there are all sort of
> different texts and text sizes and fonts... not to mention I haven't
> proofread it yet. Also, I never made it all the way through to finish the
> update as I became busy with the wedding and all, but now I have time to
> resume getting this done.
>
> Additionally, most of the information on our website was pulled from the
> updated version of the white paper, if you are interested in seeing about
> where it is at.
>
> I know Sandra has already had this document shared with her, and I just
> shared it with Michelle as well. There are a handful of other people as
> well, although I don't know who off the top of my head. If you would like to
> see where the draft is at, just let me know and I can share the document
> with you. I do ask that you do not go crazy and start deleting anything in
> the document until discussion with other SIG members. I have not deleted
> anything myself from the original white paper. Feel free to add in anything
> you feel like. Just be sure to do it in a new text color (like blue or
> green) so everyone can easily see what is newly added to the rough draft.
> Also, please be sure to site any references you use.
>
> Thank you!
> --
> Tara (Tefertiller) Voelker - Chairperson
> IGDA Game Accessibility SIG
>
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> http://gameaccesssig.forumotion.com/
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