[games_access] Fixed point mode for iOS switch access

[Barrie Ellis]

That would be powerful no doubt. I'm looking to resurrect that old Adaptive
Firmware Card system for console gaming, using the START or MENU button, as
a rough way to replicate this, for simpler control schemes.

In the UK in the 1980s there was a company called Nidd that sold a range of
slo-mo devices for the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, C64 and maybe others (The
AFC could do this too, at least in its later iteration). Didn't work on
everything, but I've long thought that would be such a nice thing if
possible. To be fair, even back in the 1980s this gear didn't work with all
games. But when it did, it was fantastic for people with slower reactions.

Barrie




On 26 May 2015 at 20:50, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Along the lines of this, right?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGccpEnTOFg
>
> (via Barrie again)
>
> Ian
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 12:30:35 -0700
> From: jrporter at uw.edu
> To: games_access at igda.org
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Fixed point mode for iOS switch access
>
>
> Another incredibly useful feature would be for the OS to freeze execution
> (at the system level, not just using whatever pause functionality is
> available in the game) whenever the scanning process initiated. Although it
> would slow the entire process of playing down compared to being able to
> directly interact with the screen, it would effectively make *all* iOS
> games accessible. Which would be pretty awesome...
>
> -John
>
>
>
>
>
> *-- -- -- -- --John R. Porter IIIwww.jrp3.net
> <http://www.jrp3.net/>University of Washington,*
> *Human Centered Design & Engineering*
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Barrie Ellis <
> barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Cheers, Ian, and ditto that call. I'm really, really hopeful that this
> will make its way into iOS one day before too long. Fingers crossed.
>
> Barrie
>
> On 26 May 2015 at 10:27, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Video from Barrie about a proposed addition to iOS' switch functionality.
>
> At the moment the way switch access works on iOS is based on coordinates -
> you hit a switch, a line scans left and right across the screen, you choose
> your X coordinate, it then scans up and down the screen, you choose your Y
> coordinate.
>
> Which is great for allowing switch access for apps and games that weren't
> designed with switch in mind, but because you have to wait for the
> scanning, it's no good at all for the vast majority of existing one button
> games on iOS (such as Flappy Birds and Canabalt) that require precise
> timing.
>
> Currently, when you've chosen a coordinate, a menu pops up with a number
> of options of what action to take from that coordinate (tap, drag, etc).
> All that's needed is a very simple addition to this menu, to just be able
> to tap repeatedly at that coordinate, without setting the scanning off
> again until there has been a long period of inactivity.
>
> If that was implemented, quite literally thousands of 1 button iOS games
> already on the iTunes marketplace would instantly become accessible through
> a single switch.
>
> There are a fair few people backing the call, it's something would make a
> huge difference. There have already been a few chats about it with various
> people at Apple already, but if anyone else has any contacts they can pass
> word to that certainly wouldn't hurt :)
>
>
> http://switchgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/dear-apple-accessibility-team.html
>
> Ian
>
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