[nabs-l] Xbox 360 Accessibility

[Beth]

Hmmmmm,=20I=20know=20a=20blind=20gamer=20who=20does=20PlayStation,=20but=20=
I=20know=20
it's=20not=20the=20game=20platform=20you=20were=20talking=20about.=20=20I=20=
don't=20
exactly=20know=20how=20the=20dude=20plays=20his=20games,=20but=20he=20has=20=
playstation=20
network=20and=20others.=20=20I=20love=20RS=20GAmes=20and=20audio=20games=20=
for=20PC.=20=20
Anyone=20heard=20of=20Cringle=20Crash?=20=20Maybe=20I=20should=20probably=20=
play=20that=20
game=20if=20it's=20good=20with=20the=20Mac.=20...=20Anybody=20want=20to=20c=
ollaborate=20
..=20elaborate?
Beth

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Littlefield,=20Tyler"=20<tyler at tysdomain.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Wed,=2027=20Jun=202012=2013:58:54=20-0600
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Xbox=20360=20Accessibility

The=20XBox=20is=20a=20custom=20platform,=20most=20of=20everything=20runs=20=
on=20the=20
.net
framework.=20Since=20it=20supports=20reflection=20(being=20.net),=20making=
=20it
accessible=20shouldn't=20be=20a=20huge=20issue.=20It=20is=20not,=20however=
=20
currently
accessible.=20There=20are=20a=20few=20platforms=20that=20work=20on=20XBox,=
=20Netflix,=20
for
example.=20Apart=20from=20gaming=20you=20also=20have=20music=20and=20the=20=
like=20as=20
well.
Alternative=20solutions=20exist=20to=20this=20though;=20appleTV=20is=20a=20=
lot=20
cheaper=20and
still=20allows=20for=20netflix,=20and=20through=20ITunes=20you=20can=20just=
=20stream=20
your
music=20across=20the=20local=20network.

I=20do=20not=20see=20much=20of=20a=20point=20in=20making=20this=20platform=
=20accessible,=20
until
(and=20unless)=20someone=20decides=20to=20write=20audio=20games=20for=20it.=
=20There=20
are
games=20that=20can=20be=20played=20if=20you=20sit=20down=20and=20figure=20t=
hem=20out,=20but=20
from
this=20point=20it=20seems=20more=20cost=20effective=20to=20just=20write=20g=
ames=20for=20
the=20PC.
On=206/27/2012=201:28=20PM,=20Justin=20Salisbury=20wrote:
=20Dear=20List:

=20I=20was=20asked=20yesterday=20to=20research=20accessibility=20issues=20w=
ith=20the=20
Xbox=20360=20for=20a=20meeting=20at=20the=20national=20convention.

=20I=20am=20seeking=20two=20main=20pieces=20of=20information:

=201.=20Services=20beyond=20gaming=20offered=20via=20the=20Xbox=20360
=202.=20Accessibility=20barriers=20to=20those=20services

=20If=20you=20have=20any=20information=20that=20may=20be=20helpful=20to=20m=
e,=20please=20
contact=20me=20directly=20at

=20president at alumni.ecu.edu

=20Thank=20you=20in=20advance!

=20Justin

=20Justin=20M.=20Salisbury
=20Class=20of=202012
=20B.A.=20in=20Mathematics
=20East=20Carolina=20University
=20president at alumni.ecu.edu

=20=93Never=20doubt=20that=20a=20small=20group=20of=20thoughtful,=20committ=
ed=20
citizens=20can=20change=20the=20world;=20indeed,=20it=92s=20the=20only=20th=
ing=20that=20
ever=20has.=94=20=20=20=20=97MARGARET=20MEAD

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ason=20is=20a=20
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