[games_access] Audio games

[Michelle Hinn]

Sander also may have written this some time ago and English is not his
native language, which doesn't explain the issue with anything I've ever
written ;)...but may have influenced a more narrow definition. Certainly
there are more options for non-visual communication available to the market
as viable potential alternatives to visuals now. This may simply be a
matter of Sander just not having realized that the definition was still on
the web in that format -- he may or may not wish to expand on it now. I'll
let him answer that though. :)

Michelle


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:28 AM, John R. Porter <jrporter at uw.edu> wrote:

> This seems to be mostly an issue of semantics.
>
> In in the way that we typically use the phrase audiogame, it describes a
> game whose progression-critical information is communicated through sound.
> However, from what I've seen and heard from various users and developers,
> there is still some debate on whether or not an audiogame by definition
> can't *also* use any other supplemental stimuli to communicate as well.
>
> Personally, when I'm explaining games that are accessible to those with
> complete visual impairment, I tend to describe them as "games that *can*be played with
> *only* audio," rather than "games that *can't* be played *without*audio." Again, it's largely a semantic difference. While the latter might
> technically be more accurate for a certain narrow, specialized definition
> of audiogame, I think the former is a bit more inclusive of different
> approaches to audio accessibility.
>
> -John
>
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> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> there is an article that says:
>>
>> Sander Huiberts, the operator of the website audiogames.net, said:
>> "An audiogame is a game, that cannot be played without sound."
>>
>> This is confusing. Did he really say this?
>> Imagine blind games do no longer know if they really can play an "audio
>> game".
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Sandra
>>
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