[IGDA Mobile-SIG List] Mobile games for people with hearingproblems?

[Michael Charland]

Any older game didn't have sound and if it did have sound it was a beep or squack. Also instead of using sound you could vibrate the phone.From: harri.lehtimaki at takioni.fiTo: mobile_games at igda.orgDate: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 16:42:08 +0200Subject: Re: [IGDA Mobile-SIG List] Mobile games for people with	hearingproblems?








Hi Jorge
 
I should have formulated my question differently. Sounds are seldom in an 
important role in mobile games, so that's not really an issue. But my customer 
is a foundation that helps deaf people, especially children. They would like to 
have a mobile game but they are somewhat worried about usability issues. That's 
why I wanted to play safe and find out if I could get any tips from here. We 
already have some ideas for a game that teaches sign language, and it would also 
be nice to know if such games already exist. 
 
Cheers, 
Harri

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Jorge Gonzalez 
  Sanchez 
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  Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:58 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [IGDA Mobile-SIG List] 
  Mobile games for people with hearingproblems?
  
  Hi Harri,
   
  No, not really. But most mobile games have little sound, 
  so people with hearing problems usually have zero handicap. In fact, I 
  never saw or played a mobile game which based its gameplay around the 
  sound.
   
  What do you mean by a game for people with hearing problems? (a game for 
  the blind would be quite unique, but I don't know what great 
  difference could a hearing problem bring to the design of a game)
   
  Cheers,
   
  Jorge. 
  On 3/6/07, Harri 
  Lehtimäki <harri.lehtimaki at takioni.fi> 
  wrote: 
  
    
    Hi all, 
     
    Does anyone here know, or even have developed, 
    mobile games especially for people with hearing problems? 
    
     
    regards, 
    Harri Lehtimäki
     
    TAKIONIwww.takioni.fi 
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