[BlindTlk] Accessible Video Game Systems?

[CHELA Robles]

Hey everybody take a chill pill it was just a mere suggestion I know you all have other alternatives out there. No need to be bashing. It’s always good to have options let’s try to be civil.

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> On Sep 23, 2020, at 8:11 PM, Ryan Mann via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> If I have to use a service like AIRA to play a game, then that’s not accessibility.  I am glad that there are audio games coming out for Alexa devices.  I think if I want to play games, I will just use Alexa and save money on an Xbox and AIRA.
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> Be my eyes will cost less.
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>> On Wed, 23 Sep 2020, Dennis Miller via BlindTlk wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:46:47
>> From: Dennis Miller via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
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>> Cc: Dennis Miller <dennismiller at cableone.net>
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Accessible Video Game Systems?
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>> Interesting thought.  I'm not sure how that would work exactly and it certainly wouldn't be ideal but it's something I hadn't considered before.
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>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of CHELA Robles via BlindTlk
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>> How about utilizing Aira to help with menus for gaming devices, just a thought.
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>>>> On Sep 23, 2020, at 3:14 PM, haley thurston via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> No I don?t think it is accessible to people who are totally blind. There may be some people who are not totally blind who can use that like partial blindness, but I don?t think it?s accessible to a totally blind user
>>> 
>>> Haley Thurston
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>>>> On Sep 22, 2020, at 9:12 PM, Dennis Miller via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>>> Hey Guys:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> A sighted colleague asked me today if the Xbox videogame system was
>>>> accessible to blind people.  I had never really thought about it but assumed
>>>> it probably wasn't.  He thought perhaps Microsoft used Cortana to voice the
>>>> menus since the Cortana voice was first used in a videogame.  Now I'm
>>>> curious.  Is Xbox or Playstation accessible to a totally blind person?
>>>> 
>>>> Dennis
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