From i_h at hotmail.com  Wed Mar  2 14:27:54 2016
From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton)
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 19:27:54 +0000
Subject: [games_access] Bob De Schutter GDC trailer
Message-ID: <DUB130-W693731903C7B32A7354FB691BC0@phx.gbl>

Nice trailer for his talk on designing for older audiences:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieRBu7n9BoA
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From blindwolf8 at gmail.com  Sun Mar 13 12:08:47 2016
From: blindwolf8 at gmail.com (Dan Fischbach)
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 12:08:47 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Toyota: Mobility for the Blind/VI
Message-ID: <CAEwet0KDnnLmXVjibRXq4G+arMo0f1SVJ7uK=gVRkx+_PSCQ+w@mail.gmail.com>

Just saw this and I'm thinking indoor navigation for the blind and VI is
going to get a hell of a lot easier with this and Project Tango:

http://www.toyota.com/usa/story/effect/index.html

Of course, game applications are always possible. :-)

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From brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com  Sun Mar 13 12:35:51 2016
From: brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com (Brandon Keith Biggs)
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 09:35:51 -0700
Subject: [games_access] Toyota: Mobility for the Blind/VI
In-Reply-To: <CAEwet0KDnnLmXVjibRXq4G+arMo0f1SVJ7uK=gVRkx+_PSCQ+w@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAKAWQkVX1J2CSwkphkBtOvrcHYfahHzOupe4P_m4FRqEWtKHhA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,
I think applications like this are like home robots. They are in the minds
of people, but the technology is not yet there to make them work as
advertised. OCR software is just not good enough yet. (There is still a
person reading my OCRed books for school).
But it is really nice that they are trying to do something.
I would really like to see them send orientation and mobility specialists
to Russia and China where there are millions of blind people who are not
able to walk out of their rooms because they are blind.

How could someone improve the effectiveness of an app such as Aipoli using
a game? I'm sure all that is needed is just a *** load of immages in the DB.
So what kind of game would inspire people to take pictures of stuff and
label the images?

Perhaps a 3D game where the land is featureless unless people take pictures
of stuff and label them, then based off their labels the game will insert
them into a location. It could be a game about anything, but just with the
idea that people take pictures of stuff and insert them into their world.

Another idea is that one could create a contest for people to take as many
pictures of an object as possible and tag the picture with other words. So
for example, if the challenge was doors, people would take pictures of
doggy doors, fairy doors, ant doors...

If one had a DB of like 1000000000 pictures that were tagged, companies
with apps that identify items like this would really love access!
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Dan Fischbach <blindwolf8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just saw this and I'm thinking indoor navigation for the blind and VI is
> going to get a hell of a lot easier with this and Project Tango:
>
> http://www.toyota.com/usa/story/effect/index.html
>
> Of course, game applications are always possible. :-)
>
> ***This message was sent from my cell phone so it may be more terse than
> usual.***
> Dan Fischbach, Net+, MCP
> W: danfischbach.com P: 609-458-7920
> Proud NJIT (BS) and UCF/FIEA (MS) graduate
> Please consider the environment before printing this email
>
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From blindwolf8 at gmail.com  Sun Mar 13 19:49:53 2016
From: blindwolf8 at gmail.com (Dan Fischbach)
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:49:53 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Toyota: Mobility for the Blind/VI
In-Reply-To: <CAKAWQkVX1J2CSwkphkBtOvrcHYfahHzOupe4P_m4FRqEWtKHhA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEwet0KDnnLmXVjibRXq4G+arMo0f1SVJ7uK=gVRkx+_PSCQ+w@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAKAWQkVX1J2CSwkphkBtOvrcHYfahHzOupe4P_m4FRqEWtKHhA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEwet0LhEesrqFN=8fwHc4gmDFZ_UBOtcsNOnHokmVPJ5z4+tA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Brandon,
I'm reminded of this:
http://m.phys.org/news/2013-08-openglass-apps-visually-impaired-video.html
and the way Google Images uses machine learning for tagging. I'm sure
Toyota can mimic the Glass project. They've got the money.

***This message was sent from my cell phone so it may be more terse than
usual.***
Dan Fischbach, Net+, MCP
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Proud NJIT (BS) and UCF/FIEA (MS) graduate
Please consider the environment before printing this email
On Mar 13, 2016 12:35 PM, "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
> I think applications like this are like home robots. They are in the minds
> of people, but the technology is not yet there to make them work as
> advertised. OCR software is just not good enough yet. (There is still a
> person reading my OCRed books for school).
> But it is really nice that they are trying to do something.
> I would really like to see them send orientation and mobility specialists
> to Russia and China where there are millions of blind people who are not
> able to walk out of their rooms because they are blind.
>
> How could someone improve the effectiveness of an app such as Aipoli using
> a game? I'm sure all that is needed is just a *** load of immages in the DB.
> So what kind of game would inspire people to take pictures of stuff and
> label the images?
>
> Perhaps a 3D game where the land is featureless unless people take
> pictures of stuff and label them, then based off their labels the game will
> insert them into a location. It could be a game about anything, but just
> with the idea that people take pictures of stuff and insert them into their
> world.
>
> Another idea is that one could create a contest for people to take as many
> pictures of an object as possible and tag the picture with other words. So
> for example, if the challenge was doors, people would take pictures of
> doggy doors, fairy doors, ant doors...
>
> If one had a DB of like 1000000000 pictures that were tagged, companies
> with apps that identify items like this would really love access!
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Dan Fischbach <blindwolf8 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Just saw this and I'm thinking indoor navigation for the blind and VI is
>> going to get a hell of a lot easier with this and Project Tango:
>>
>> http://www.toyota.com/usa/story/effect/index.html
>>
>> Of course, game applications are always possible. :-)
>>
>> ***This message was sent from my cell phone so it may be more terse than
>> usual.***
>> Dan Fischbach, Net+, MCP
>> W: danfischbach.com P: 609-458-7920
>> Proud NJIT (BS) and UCF/FIEA (MS) graduate
>> Please consider the environment before printing this email
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>>
>>
>
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From brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com  Sun Mar 13 20:51:05 2016
From: brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com (Brandon Keith Biggs)
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:51:05 -0700
Subject: [games_access] Toyota: Mobility for the Blind/VI
In-Reply-To: <CAEwet0LhEesrqFN=8fwHc4gmDFZ_UBOtcsNOnHokmVPJ5z4+tA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEwet0KDnnLmXVjibRXq4G+arMo0f1SVJ7uK=gVRkx+_PSCQ+w@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAKAWQkVX1J2CSwkphkBtOvrcHYfahHzOupe4P_m4FRqEWtKHhA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEwet0LhEesrqFN=8fwHc4gmDFZ_UBOtcsNOnHokmVPJ5z4+tA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKAWQkV4PFKJj4tKL4Ra4jpU5=xOiqW2z0HRPrarLL1qyhjnoQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,
How could someone make a game using this? The problem is that blind people
don't use these because they are horrible and not fast enough.

I am thinking of something like Eve Online doing protein sorting or Foldit
doing protein folding.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Dan Fischbach <blindwolf8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Brandon,
> I'm reminded of this:
> http://m.phys.org/news/2013-08-openglass-apps-visually-impaired-video.html
> and the way Google Images uses machine learning for tagging. I'm sure
> Toyota can mimic the Glass project. They've got the money.
>
> ***This message was sent from my cell phone so it may be more terse than
> usual.***
> Dan Fischbach, Net+, MCP
> W: danfischbach.com P: 609-458-7920
> Proud NJIT (BS) and UCF/FIEA (MS) graduate
> Please consider the environment before printing this email
> On Mar 13, 2016 12:35 PM, "Brandon Keith Biggs" <
> brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I think applications like this are like home robots. They are in the
>> minds of people, but the technology is not yet there to make them work as
>> advertised. OCR software is just not good enough yet. (There is still a
>> person reading my OCRed books for school).
>> But it is really nice that they are trying to do something.
>> I would really like to see them send orientation and mobility specialists
>> to Russia and China where there are millions of blind people who are not
>> able to walk out of their rooms because they are blind.
>>
>> How could someone improve the effectiveness of an app such as Aipoli
>> using a game? I'm sure all that is needed is just a *** load of immages in
>> the DB.
>> So what kind of game would inspire people to take pictures of stuff and
>> label the images?
>>
>> Perhaps a 3D game where the land is featureless unless people take
>> pictures of stuff and label them, then based off their labels the game will
>> insert them into a location. It could be a game about anything, but just
>> with the idea that people take pictures of stuff and insert them into their
>> world.
>>
>> Another idea is that one could create a contest for people to take as
>> many pictures of an object as possible and tag the picture with other
>> words. So for example, if the challenge was doors, people would take
>> pictures of doggy doors, fairy doors, ant doors...
>>
>> If one had a DB of like 1000000000 pictures that were tagged, companies
>> with apps that identify items like this would really love access!
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Dan Fischbach <blindwolf8 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Just saw this and I'm thinking indoor navigation for the blind and VI is
>>> going to get a hell of a lot easier with this and Project Tango:
>>>
>>> http://www.toyota.com/usa/story/effect/index.html
>>>
>>> Of course, game applications are always possible. :-)
>>>
>>> ***This message was sent from my cell phone so it may be more terse than
>>> usual.***
>>> Dan Fischbach, Net+, MCP
>>> W: danfischbach.com P: 609-458-7920
>>> Proud NJIT (BS) and UCF/FIEA (MS) graduate
>>> Please consider the environment before printing this email
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
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From blindwolf8 at gmail.com  Wed Mar 16 20:45:46 2016
From: blindwolf8 at gmail.com (Dan Fischbach)
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:45:46 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Fwd: The March Issue of AccessWorld Is Now Available
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Audio mobile game article.

Dan Fischbach, Net+, MCP
W: danfischbach.com P: 609-458-7920
Proud NJIT (BS) and UCF/FIEA (MS) graduate
Please consider the environment before printing this email

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From brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com  Tue Mar 22 22:50:42 2016
From: brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com (Brandon Keith Biggs)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:50:42 -0700
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for Proper
 Accessibility especially for screen readers
Message-ID: <CAKAWQkVFQBdwQ-F8k5aiACq+Lxfrawb5yaJSj8w-gf69VpyMdw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,
Here is an article series on how to make your websites and web content
accessible to screen readers
https://econsultancy.com/blog/67625-making-your-html-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_source=Econsultancy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6887384_2188-daily-pulse-uk-2016-03-15&dm_i=LQI,43MC8,LJG5EW,EVGH8,1

It is super important to use HTML to do the headings, paragraphs, buttons,
links and everything. I can not tell you how many mainstream websites just
forget that CSS is not Hyper Text. (We use an HTML, not a CSML).
In order for me to move through a website I either need to press H to move
between headings or arrow down through all the links presented above the
body. In order for me to read links, they need to have text before the </a>
tag. Indigogo is one website I have been after for a long time to make
their sharing buttons not blank.
The best test I have found is if you can copy and paste your web page and
still figure out what is going on, so can i.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
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From chad at anacronist.com  Tue Mar 22 23:22:41 2016
From: chad at anacronist.com (Chad Philip Johnson)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:22:41 -0700
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
 Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers
In-Reply-To: <CAKAWQkVFQBdwQ-F8k5aiACq+Lxfrawb5yaJSj8w-gf69VpyMdw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKAWQkVFQBdwQ-F8k5aiACq+Lxfrawb5yaJSj8w-gf69VpyMdw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <56F20C01.80105@anacronist.com>

I'm thinking that a more straightforward test would be to make web pages 
compatible with Lynx, the text-based web browser.

Here is the website: http://lynx.invisible-island.net/

On a sidenote, a while back I spent a couple of weeks attempting to 
browse the Internet using only Lynx.  Unfortunately, so few websites 
design for this that it wasn't really manageable, so I had to switch back.

Chad Philip Johnson
Anacronist Software

On 03/22/2016 07:50 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
> Hello,
> Here is an article series on how to make your websites and web content 
> accessible to screen readers
> https://econsultancy.com/blog/67625-making-your-html-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_source=Econsultancy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6887384_2188-daily-pulse-uk-2016-03-15&dm_i=LQI,43MC8,LJG5EW,EVGH8,1
>
> It is super important to use HTML to do the headings, paragraphs, 
> buttons, links and everything. I can not tell you how many mainstream 
> websites just forget that CSS is not Hyper Text. (We use an HTML, not 
> a CSML).
> In order for me to move through a website I either need to press H to 
> move between headings or arrow down through all the links presented 
> above the body. In order for me to read links, they need to have text 
> before the </a> tag. Indigogo is one website I have been after for a 
> long time to make their sharing buttons not blank.
> The best test I have found is if you can copy and paste your web page 
> and still figure out what is going on, so can i.
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org

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From brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com  Tue Mar 22 23:51:04 2016
From: brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com (Brandon Keith Biggs)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:51:04 -0700
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
 Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers
In-Reply-To: <56F20C01.80105@anacronist.com>
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Hello,
That browser looks cool, but I try to keep the amount of programs on my
computer down. So what works 90% of the time is the copy and paste. Only
things that don't show up are the labels of the elements such as link,
button, checkbox and whatnot. But those are things my screen reader reads
that most people don't see.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Chad Philip Johnson <chad at anacronist.com>
wrote:

> I'm thinking that a more straightforward test would be to make web pages
> compatible with Lynx, the text-based web browser.
>
> Here is the website:  http://lynx.invisible-island.net/
>
> On a sidenote, a while back I spent a couple of weeks attempting to browse
> the Internet using only Lynx.  Unfortunately, so few websites design for
> this that it wasn't really manageable, so I had to switch back.
>
> Chad Philip Johnson
> Anacronist Software
>
> On 03/22/2016 07:50 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Here is an article series on how to make your websites and web content
> accessible to screen readers
>
> https://econsultancy.com/blog/67625-making-your-html-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_source=Econsultancy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6887384_2188-daily-pulse-uk-2016-03-15&dm_i=LQI,43MC8,LJG5EW,EVGH8,1
>
> It is super important to use HTML to do the headings, paragraphs, buttons,
> links and everything. I can not tell you how many mainstream websites just
> forget that CSS is not Hyper Text. (We use an HTML, not a CSML).
> In order for me to move through a website I either need to press H to move
> between headings or arrow down through all the links presented above the
> body. In order for me to read links, they need to have text before the </a>
> tag. Indigogo is one website I have been after for a long time to make
> their sharing buttons not blank.
> The best test I have found is if you can copy and paste your web page and
> still figure out what is going on, so can i.
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>
>
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From blindwolf8 at gmail.com  Wed Mar 23 00:30:17 2016
From: blindwolf8 at gmail.com (Dan Fischbach)
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:30:17 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
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I did not see this mentioned in the post, but I remember reading somewhere
that you should not do bold, italics, or underlines with CSS and should do
it with ye olde HTML tags as screen readers actually recognize these and
read them differently. Is there any truth to this?

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On Mar 22, 2016 11:51 PM, "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
> That browser looks cool, but I try to keep the amount of programs on my
> computer down. So what works 90% of the time is the copy and paste. Only
> things that don't show up are the labels of the elements such as link,
> button, checkbox and whatnot. But those are things my screen reader reads
> that most people don't see.
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Chad Philip Johnson <chad at anacronist.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking that a more straightforward test would be to make web pages
>> compatible with Lynx, the text-based web browser.
>>
>> Here is the website:  http://lynx.invisible-island.net/
>>
>> On a sidenote, a while back I spent a couple of weeks attempting to
>> browse the Internet using only Lynx.  Unfortunately, so few websites design
>> for this that it wasn't really manageable, so I had to switch back.
>>
>> Chad Philip Johnson
>> Anacronist Software
>>
>> On 03/22/2016 07:50 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> Here is an article series on how to make your websites and web content
>> accessible to screen readers
>>
>> https://econsultancy.com/blog/67625-making-your-html-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_source=Econsultancy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6887384_2188-daily-pulse-uk-2016-03-15&dm_i=LQI,43MC8,LJG5EW,EVGH8,1
>>
>> It is super important to use HTML to do the headings, paragraphs,
>> buttons, links and everything. I can not tell you how many mainstream
>> websites just forget that CSS is not Hyper Text. (We use an HTML, not a
>> CSML).
>> In order for me to move through a website I either need to press H to
>> move between headings or arrow down through all the links presented above
>> the body. In order for me to read links, they need to have text before the
>> </a> tag. Indigogo is one website I have been after for a long time to make
>> their sharing buttons not blank.
>> The best test I have found is if you can copy and paste your web page and
>> still figure out what is going on, so can i.
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing listgames_access at igda.orghttps://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>>
>>
>>
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>> games_access at igda.org
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>>
>>
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From chad at anacronist.com  Wed Mar 23 00:21:21 2016
From: chad at anacronist.com (Chad Philip Johnson)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:21:21 -0700
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
 Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers
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Yeah, I can understand how it would be faster in many cases to just copy 
and paste.  That said, I think it would be a worthwhile exercise for 
people to try browsing the Internet for a day or two using only Lynx.  I 
did it because I was tired of all the unnecessary garbage that is thrown 
in webpages, and also because it allowed me to stay in the Linux 
terminal when looking something up on the Internet.

For everyday computer users, it would be ideal if all websites supported 
a text-only mode for providing just the important information contained 
within a site.  But this approach is not very popular since it means 
turning off advertisements and such--it's hard to sell knick-knacks 
without a fancy attention-grabbing graphic.

Here's an article I just found about Lynx and browser accessibility with 
a quick Google search: 
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/using-lynx-to-test-modern-websites-for-accessibility/31731

Chad Philip Johnson
Anacronist Software

On 03/22/2016 08:51 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
> Hello,
> That browser looks cool, but I try to keep the amount of programs on 
> my computer down. So what works 90% of the time is the copy and paste. 
> Only things that don't show up are the labels of the elements such as 
> link, button, checkbox and whatnot. But those are things my screen 
> reader reads that most people don't see.
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Chad Philip Johnson 
> <chad at anacronist.com <mailto:chad at anacronist.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'm thinking that a more straightforward test would be to make web
>     pages compatible with Lynx, the text-based web browser.
>
>     Here is the website: http://lynx.invisible-island.net/
>
>     On a sidenote, a while back I spent a couple of weeks attempting
>     to browse the Internet using only Lynx. Unfortunately, so few
>     websites design for this that it wasn't really manageable, so I
>     had to switch back.
>
>     Chad Philip Johnson
>     Anacronist Software
>
>     On 03/22/2016 07:50 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
>>     Hello,
>>     Here is an article series on how to make your websites and web
>>     content accessible to screen readers
>>     https://econsultancy.com/blog/67625-making-your-html-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_source=Econsultancy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6887384_2188-daily-pulse-uk-2016-03-15&dm_i=LQI,43MC8,LJG5EW,EVGH8,1
>>
>>     It is super important to use HTML to do the headings, paragraphs,
>>     buttons, links and everything. I can not tell you how many
>>     mainstream websites just forget that CSS is not Hyper Text. (We
>>     use an HTML, not a CSML).
>>     In order for me to move through a website I either need to press
>>     H to move between headings or arrow down through all the links
>>     presented above the body. In order for me to read links, they
>>     need to have text before the </a> tag. Indigogo is one website I
>>     have been after for a long time to make their sharing buttons not
>>     blank.
>>     The best test I have found is if you can copy and paste your web
>>     page and still figure out what is going on, so can i.
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>>
>>
>>     _______________________________________________
>>     games_access mailing list
>>     games_access at igda.org  <mailto:games_access at igda.org>
>>     https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>     The main SIG website page ishttp://igda-gasig.org
>
>
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>
>
>
>
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From brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com  Wed Mar 23 00:46:24 2016
From: brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com (Brandon Keith Biggs)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:46:24 -0700
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
 Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers
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Hello,
I placed this in the <head> of my document:

<style>
p = {
    font-weight: bold;
}
</style>

It did not show up as bold on my screen reader. But frankly, I don't hardly
ever have the feature on my screen reader to say bold on. It is just
annoying and not useful.
Labeling is way more important. But if you can do it in HTML, do it.
Otherwise, do it in CSS and Javascript.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:30 PM, Dan Fischbach <blindwolf8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did not see this mentioned in the post, but I remember reading somewhere
> that you should not do bold, italics, or underlines with CSS and should do
> it with ye olde HTML tags as screen readers actually recognize these and
> read them differently. Is there any truth to this?
>
> ***This message was sent from my cell phone so it may be more terse than
> usual.***
> Dan Fischbach, Net+, MCP
> W: danfischbach.com P: 609-458-7920
> Proud NJIT (BS) and UCF/FIEA (MS) graduate
> Please consider the environment before printing this email
> On Mar 22, 2016 11:51 PM, "Brandon Keith Biggs" <
> brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> That browser looks cool, but I try to keep the amount of programs on my
>> computer down. So what works 90% of the time is the copy and paste. Only
>> things that don't show up are the labels of the elements such as link,
>> button, checkbox and whatnot. But those are things my screen reader reads
>> that most people don't see.
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Chad Philip Johnson <chad at anacronist.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I'm thinking that a more straightforward test would be to make web pages
>>> compatible with Lynx, the text-based web browser.
>>>
>>> Here is the website:  http://lynx.invisible-island.net/
>>>
>>> On a sidenote, a while back I spent a couple of weeks attempting to
>>> browse the Internet using only Lynx.  Unfortunately, so few websites design
>>> for this that it wasn't really manageable, so I had to switch back.
>>>
>>> Chad Philip Johnson
>>> Anacronist Software
>>>
>>> On 03/22/2016 07:50 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Here is an article series on how to make your websites and web content
>>> accessible to screen readers
>>>
>>> https://econsultancy.com/blog/67625-making-your-html-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_source=Econsultancy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6887384_2188-daily-pulse-uk-2016-03-15&dm_i=LQI,43MC8,LJG5EW,EVGH8,1
>>>
>>> It is super important to use HTML to do the headings, paragraphs,
>>> buttons, links and everything. I can not tell you how many mainstream
>>> websites just forget that CSS is not Hyper Text. (We use an HTML, not a
>>> CSML).
>>> In order for me to move through a website I either need to press H to
>>> move between headings or arrow down through all the links presented above
>>> the body. In order for me to read links, they need to have text before the
>>> </a> tag. Indigogo is one website I have been after for a long time to make
>>> their sharing buttons not blank.
>>> The best test I have found is if you can copy and paste your web page
>>> and still figure out what is going on, so can i.
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing listgames_access at igda.orghttps://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>>
>>
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From i_h at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 23 02:56:59 2016
From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton)
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 06:56:59 +0000
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
 Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers
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There are dedicated web accessibility automated testing tools, such as Wave and Tenon. There isn't anything that can pick up all issues, for example no automated tool has the ability to know whether or not a piece of link text makes sense out of content (although they pick up commonly problematic links such as 'read more' and 'click here'), no way to know whether an alt attribute actually describes the image or not, no way of knowing whether a tab order is logical and so on, so you still need to do manual checking too. 
Ideally it should be a combination of designing to guidelines, both manual and automated checking, and including people with a range of impairments in your testing. But even if all someone does is a quick pass with Wave, that'll still mean more accessibility issues fixed than no checking at all.

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:51:04 -0700
From: brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
To: games_access at igda.org
Subject: Re: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers

Hello,
That browser looks cool, but I try to keep the amount of programs on my computer down. So what works 90% of the time is the copy and paste. Only things that don't show up are the labels of the elements such as link, button, checkbox and whatnot. But those are things my screen reader reads that most people don't see.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Chad Philip Johnson <chad at anacronist.com> wrote:

  
    
  
  
    I'm thinking that a more straightforward test would be to make web
    pages compatible with Lynx, the text-based web browser.

    

    Here is the website:  http://lynx.invisible-island.net/

    

    On a sidenote, a while back I spent a couple of weeks attempting to
    browse the Internet using only Lynx.  Unfortunately, so few websites
    design for this that it wasn't really manageable, so I had to switch
    back.

    Chad Philip Johnson
Anacronist Software
    On 03/22/2016 07:50 PM, Brandon Keith
      Biggs wrote:

    
    
      
        
          
            
              
                Hello,

                
                Here is an article series on how to make your websites
                and web content accessible to screen readers

                https://econsultancy.com/blog/67625-making-your-html-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_source=Econsultancy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6887384_2188-daily-pulse-uk-2016-03-15&dm_i=LQI,43MC8,LJG5EW,EVGH8,1

                

              
              It is super important to use HTML to do the headings,
              paragraphs, buttons, links and everything. I can not tell
              you how many mainstream websites just forget that CSS is
              not Hyper Text. (We use an HTML, not a CSML).

            
            In order for me to move through a website I either need to
            press H to move between headings or arrow down through all
            the links presented above the body. In order for me to read
            links, they need to have text before the </a> tag.
            Indigogo is one website I have been after for a long time to
            make their sharing buttons not blank.

          
          The best test I have found is if you can copy and paste your
          web page and still figure out what is going on, so can i.

        
        Thanks,

        
          
            
              
                
                  
                    
                      
                        
                          
                            Brandon Keith Biggs
                          
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
      
      

      
      

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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Wed Mar 23 03:09:01 2016
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:09:01 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
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From andreas.lopez93 at gmail.com  Thu Mar 24 08:02:37 2016
From: andreas.lopez93 at gmail.com (Andreas Lopez)
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:02:37 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
 Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers
Message-ID: <CAL+_mRxnbhTAF_TaTd_=Wp1GnJoWk5keRz+EUeax8JKDD7WsNQ@mail.gmail.com>

I am just glad that the websites I built and am building as Webmaster are
pretty much 99% accessible with the exception of Social Icons, due to 3rd
party integration. I had my wife check one of our company sites out:
www.jnequipment.com

And she said that everything is pretty straight forward, I guess also
because we have on our products when there is too much text in the short
description to say something like 'click here to learn more' instead of
just 'read more'. And in all honesty we did do nothing special, only the
common SEO stuff which ironically also optimizes a lot for Screen Readers.

Because Search Engines prefer to have headers to actually be as <h3> and
what not instead of just giving them a special span or paragraph styling.
That way the search engines can also easier identify how a page is built,
read the template and determine whether it makes sense or not. So I find it
in all honesty a bit shocking that so many websites are inaccessible with
screen readers.

A lot of that I would put fault on modern trends though. Like having all
sort of parallax effects and double layers like background images for
blurbs instead of simple contrasted background. Pop-Ups don't help either.
And Slideshows are the worst anyhow, but luckily they get out of trend
because User Research has shown that nobody likes slideshows at all and
almost nobody ever clicks on them.

Sincerely,

Andreas Lopez
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From brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com  Thu Mar 24 13:32:28 2016
From: brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com (Brandon Keith Biggs)
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:32:28 -0700
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
 Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers
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Hello,
That website is OK, it is a little messy and like you said, the sharing
buttons are not accessible. (BTW, where do you get the sharing buttons
from?)
But I think you would still benefit from a copy and paste. For example,
what is "sssssssss"?
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Andreas Lopez <andreas.lopez93 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am just glad that the websites I built and am building as Webmaster are
> pretty much 99% accessible with the exception of Social Icons, due to 3rd
> party integration. I had my wife check one of our company sites out:
> www.jnequipment.com
>
> And she said that everything is pretty straight forward, I guess also
> because we have on our products when there is too much text in the short
> description to say something like 'click here to learn more' instead of
> just 'read more'. And in all honesty we did do nothing special, only the
> common SEO stuff which ironically also optimizes a lot for Screen Readers.
>
> Because Search Engines prefer to have headers to actually be as <h3> and
> what not instead of just giving them a special span or paragraph styling.
> That way the search engines can also easier identify how a page is built,
> read the template and determine whether it makes sense or not. So I find it
> in all honesty a bit shocking that so many websites are inaccessible with
> screen readers.
>
> A lot of that I would put fault on modern trends though. Like having all
> sort of parallax effects and double layers like background images for
> blurbs instead of simple contrasted background. Pop-Ups don't help either.
> And Slideshows are the worst anyhow, but luckily they get out of trend
> because User Research has shown that nobody likes slideshows at all and
> almost nobody ever clicks on them.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Andreas Lopez
>
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From thomas at westin.nu  Fri Mar 25 04:34:35 2016
From: thomas at westin.nu (Thomas Westin)
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:34:35 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Google is helping developers make more accessible
	apps
Message-ID: <92796C79-1B2F-445E-AF28-4A1FE413F3A7@westin.nu>

nice tool

http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/24/google-accessibility-scanner-app/

Download information for Engadget at http://www.engadget.com/apps/


Kind regards,
Thomas

(Sent from my mobile)


From thomas at westin.nu  Fri Mar 25 04:35:15 2016
From: thomas at westin.nu (Thomas Westin)
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:35:15 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Google is helping developers make more accessible
	apps
Message-ID: <C2FD7C9B-87D9-4D0B-998D-29DB35D3FDF0@westin.nu>

nice tool

http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/24/google-accessibility-scanner-app/

Download information for Engadget at http://www.engadget.com/apps/


Kind regards,
Thomas

(Sent from my mobile)


From andreas.lopez93 at gmail.com  Fri Mar 25 09:55:53 2016
From: andreas.lopez93 at gmail.com (Andreas Lopez)
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:55:53 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
 Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers
Message-ID: <CAL+_mRyrnpWcmok1GZzqTNrDt4Eh6oopC30107R=Fj+6eQ=u4g@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Brandon,

It does not appear messy at all for my wife, then again she navigates via
Jaws mostly through the 'all links menu' dialog or whatever it's actually
called, sometimes the tabbing. So I can only say what she told me on that
matter, really.

I am not sure what you mean with the "ssssss" nor the copy-paste, or where
that would be coming from, my wife found nothing similar?

As for the icons, they are built-in with the Divi Theme in the header, most
of the time they are just a special font-set for Wordpress that people
create, so that they are more responsive instead of using individual
images, as far as I know.

And I did not check on the sidebar buttons which are the share buttons, I
think my wife was referring to the ones in the header which actually would
lead to our facebook, twitter and google plus page respectively so the
users can follow & like us.

Sincerely,

Andreas Lopez
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From brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com  Fri Mar 25 11:24:27 2016
From: brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com (Brandon Keith Biggs)
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 08:24:27 -0700
Subject: [games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for
 Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers
In-Reply-To: <CAL+_mRyrnpWcmok1GZzqTNrDt4Eh6oopC30107R=Fj+6eQ=u4g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAL+_mRyrnpWcmok1GZzqTNrDt4Eh6oopC30107R=Fj+6eQ=u4g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKAWQkX5pjqXE+2z541iEFzRKNKSRXQoQxJhNWSB5TC805r1EA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,
What I mean by copy and paste is just that, select the page, then paste it
into a txt file. Here is your website copied and pasted:


561-964-3228 sales at jnequipment.com
 J.N. Equipment SuperStore
Select Page
a
click addeviceid=fbdb3d515a794?imp addeviceid=fbdb3d515a794c4?

www.resellerratings.com
Shop Comet5
4
5
12345678910
JNEquipment
203 customer reviews
is rated
Awesome! Wonderful Service! Great Selection!
Prev
resellerratings.com link
Next
3/25/2016 | by Answers
graco-free-accessories-coupon-?
Titan-Better-Off-Red
Apollo HVLP
Annovi Reverberi
BE Pressure
Binks DeVilbiss
CAT Pumps
C.A. Technologies
Comet Pumps
GP
Graco
Honda Engines
Mi-T-M
Pressure Pro
Stealth
Steel Eagle
Titan
Whisper Wash
Featured Products
Sale!
244194-graco-pump-packing-kit
T
244194 ? Graco Pump Packing Repair Kit for 390, 395-595, 490, Ultra
395/495/595
SSSSSSSSSS
5
out of 5
$69.50
$48.00
DCFSCP20GZ-gp-hammerhead-surface-cleaner
T
General Pump Hammerhead 20
SSSSSSSSSS
5
out of 5
$339.99
LTX517-B5-PKG Graco 5 Tips and Housing
T
LTX517-B5-PKG ? Graco RAC X Reversible Airless Switch Tips AND Tip Housings
(Bulk 5-Pack)
SSSSSSSSSS
5
out of 5
$99.95
ZWD4040G-SUB4-comet-pum


This is what your website looks like to me, exactly, but the html element
type is announced before every line.
Every person navigates websites differently, but the point is just make
sure everything is readable and in HTML. Second, realize that we read
vertically and we really read everything. So any junk like:
SSSSSSSSSS
Is something we see.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 6:55 AM, Andreas Lopez <andreas.lopez93 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Brandon,
>
> It does not appear messy at all for my wife, then again she navigates via
> Jaws mostly through the 'all links menu' dialog or whatever it's actually
> called, sometimes the tabbing. So I can only say what she told me on that
> matter, really.
>
> I am not sure what you mean with the "ssssss" nor the copy-paste, or where
> that would be coming from, my wife found nothing similar?
>
> As for the icons, they are built-in with the Divi Theme in the header,
> most of the time they are just a special font-set for Wordpress that people
> create, so that they are more responsive instead of using individual
> images, as far as I know.
>
> And I did not check on the sidebar buttons which are the share buttons, I
> think my wife was referring to the ones in the header which actually would
> lead to our facebook, twitter and google plus page respectively so the
> users can follow & like us.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Andreas Lopez
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>
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From yiyiliu at cmail.carleton.ca  Tue Mar 29 18:22:14 2016
From: yiyiliu at cmail.carleton.ca (Yiyi Rose Liu)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:22:14 -0400
Subject: [games_access] How to recruit participants for a study
Message-ID: <CAHawpGLTaq62JxJ6dikWH0NbkxFaJBCLdy-Hk0fNvYMHB6b8RQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

I'm a graduate student working on a study relating to game accessibility. I
require participants with mobility impairments, but am having trouble with
recruitment. I was wondering how other researchers typically go about
recruiting participants, and thought I'd come to this listserv for advice.

Thanks in advance!
Yiyi Rose Liu
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From i_h at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 29 23:01:00 2016
From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 04:01:00 +0100
Subject: [games_access] How to recruit participants for a study
In-Reply-To: <CAHawpGLTaq62JxJ6dikWH0NbkxFaJBCLdy-Hk0fNvYMHB6b8RQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHawpGLTaq62JxJ6dikWH0NbkxFaJBCLdy-Hk0fNvYMHB6b8RQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <DUB130-W61CA7CA08AC458014E806791980@phx.gbl>

You're looking for people to take part in person, right?
Normally I just get my participants through market research companies, there are a couple of good ones over here in the UK that I've never had any trouble people from even really specific recruitment profiles through.
But that's always with a client all paying the costs, I'm assuming that as it's a grad student project you don't have the luxury of a budget for that kind of thing? 
So paid recruitment aside... the big national organisations aren't much help, they're very protective over the people they represent, but local disability organisations / groups / meetups can be really good. 

A few examples - http://www.canadian-universities.net/Volunteer/Disabled-Ontario-Ottawa.html
Also be prepared to go to people's homes, you'll get far better results there than you will in a lab, and save yourself all kinds of hassle of trying to replicate assistive tech setups. And allow a good extra 50% on top of the time you would normally set aside for similar sessions with other audiences.
Hope that helps!
Ian
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:22:14 -0400
From: yiyiliu at cmail.carleton.ca
To: games_access at igda.org
Subject: [games_access] How to recruit participants for a study

Hello,
I'm a graduate student working on a study relating to game accessibility. I require participants with mobility impairments, but am having trouble with recruitment. I was wondering how other researchers typically go about recruiting participants, and thought I'd come to this listserv for advice.
Thanks in advance!Yiyi Rose Liu

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From i_h at hotmail.com  Thu Mar 31 10:46:18 2016
From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:46:18 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Unseen Diplomacy
Message-ID: <DUB405-EAS138FD233DA3E6A8EC933DA791990@phx.gbl>

Nice little bit on accessibility in a VR game:
http://www.triangularpixels.net/cms/development/vr-games-for-all-designing-unseen-diplomacy-for-disabled-users/
Ian
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From harveyaowen at gmail.com  Thu Mar 31 10:55:25 2016
From: harveyaowen at gmail.com (Harvey Owen)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:55:25 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Unseen Diplomacy
In-Reply-To: <DUB405-EAS138FD233DA3E6A8EC933DA791990@phx.gbl>
References: <DUB405-EAS138FD233DA3E6A8EC933DA791990@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <EAEED99E-11CD-4094-A749-A04FE91B38FB@gmail.com>

Hi all,

I'm organising a UX Brighton Games specific event next month and I was hoping to have someone representing the accessibility aspect of our field there to do a talk! 

The focus will be on general games UX, with 3 speakers taking part.

If anyone is interested it would be great to hear from you and I can give more details. 

Harvey Owen
User Researcher
Player Research 


> On 31 Mar 2016, at 15:46, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nice little bit on accessibility in a VR game:
> 
> http://www.triangularpixels.net/cms/development/vr-games-for-all-designing-unseen-diplomacy-for-disabled-users/
> 
> Ian
> _______________________________________________
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