[games_access] Big news out of GDC

[Barrie Ellis]

That's fantastic news. I'd love it if it could be expanded to emoticon use,
and also some nature of translating across different languages. Love the
idea of at least a basic form of cross communication for those who can't
read, across language barriers. A form of basic Bliss/Esperanto.

Barrie


On 3 March 2017 at 01:21, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Microsoft have released a suite of accessibility APIs for game developers,
> available in the SDK now.
>
> Two big ones:
>
> Live text <-> speech transcription, meaning accessible multi-player chat
> for people who have difficulty with spoken or written communication.
>
> Text to speech API for games, so you can make fully blind accessible UI by
> sending text strings to the API when UI elements receive focus.
>
> Others too, the existing caption preference API is still available, and
> developers can now read players' preferences for high contrast mode.
>
> Times are changing!
>
> Ian
>
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