From blindwolf8 at gmail.com Fri Sep 8 20:19:44 2017 From: blindwolf8 at gmail.com (Dan Fischbach) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 20:19:44 -0400 Subject: [games_access] Custom Controls in ARMS for Nintendo Switch Message-ID: ARMS Getting New Customizable Controls Option in 3.0 Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpw7UZZ5ROQ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blindwolf8 at gmail.com Fri Sep 8 20:20:35 2017 From: blindwolf8 at gmail.com (Dan Fischbach) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 20:20:35 -0400 Subject: [games_access] Eye Control in Windows 10 Insider Build 16257 Message-ID: Eye Control (Beta). Eye Control makes Windows 10 more accessible by empowering people with disabilities to operate an on-screen mouse, keyboard, and text-to-speech experience using only their eyes. (Build 16257) https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/accessibility/2017/08/01/from-hack-to-product-microsoft-empowers-people-with-eye-control-for-windows-10/?OCID=WIP_r_27_Body_EyeControl 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From i_h at hotmail.com Mon Sep 18 05:53:08 2017 From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:53:08 +0000 Subject: [games_access] Creating an accessibility engineering practice Message-ID: A decent chunk of the technical side of this post is specific to web accessibility but outside of that the rest is very applicable to game development, particularly with getting it off the ground in larger companies http://blog.danielna.com/2017/09/14/creating-an-accessibility-engineering-practice.html Ian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From i_h at hotmail.com Mon Sep 25 09:08:38 2017 From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton) Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:08:38 +0000 Subject: [games_access] More blind accessibility Message-ID: Nice talk from Liam Erven: https://youtu.be/ZYt1GeiiXeY And Gamasutra piece on blind & low vision accessibility efforts in Killer Instinct: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/305735/Postmortem_Greater_accessibility_through_audio_in_Killer_Instinct.php Ian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From i_h at hotmail.com Wed Sep 27 14:25:46 2017 From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:25:46 +0000 Subject: [games_access] EA sports accessibility lead Message-ID: Karen Stevens has been made accessibility lead across all of the various EA sports titles as her full time job. https://twitter.com/ea_accessible/status/913072071269388289 As far as I'm aware this is a pretty big landmark, the first time that a major publisher has created a permanent full time accessibility role like this. Ian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk Wed Sep 27 15:09:29 2017 From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 20:09:29 +0100 Subject: [games_access] EA sports accessibility lead In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Top news. :) On 27 September 2017 at 19:25, Ian Hamilton wrote: > Karen Stevens has been made accessibility lead across all of the various > EA sports titles as her full time job. > > > https://twitter.com/ea_accessible/status/913072071269388289 > > > As far as I'm aware this is a pretty big landmark, the first time that a > major publisher has created a permanent full time accessibility role like > this. > > > Ian > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From i_h at hotmail.com Wed Sep 27 15:22:09 2017 From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 19:22:09 +0000 Subject: [games_access] Assassin's creed discovery mode Message-ID: Interesting! http://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/next-assassins-creed-will-have-an-educational-mode-w505741 Ian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From i_h at hotmail.com Fri Sep 29 14:55:52 2017 From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:55:52 +0000 Subject: [games_access] Kim Kardashian supporting SpecialEffect Message-ID: https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/913804097848991744 Great for SpecialEffect obviously, but also in the wider scheme of things that's someone tweeting about disabled gamers to 55 million followers, I think it is safe to say that is a first! Ian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: