[BlindTlk] Accessible Video Game Systems?

[Jude DaShiell]

muds with sound packs are another approach.  Only an accessible
multimedia-equipped computer and a correct telnet connection are needed
for those.  Alteraeon and legends of kallisti are two possibilities I
can think of now.

On Thu, 24 Sep 2020, Ryan Mann wrote:

> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 23:10:03
> From: Ryan Mann <rmann0581 at gmail.com>
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> Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Accessible Video Game Systems?
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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.
> Just my opinion
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> To: Dennis Miller via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
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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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> > 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.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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> > > On Sep 23, 2020, at 3:14 PM, haley thurston via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >> On Sep 22, 2020, at 9:12 PM, Dennis Miller via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> 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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