[Ohio-talk] Fwd: [Trainer-Talk] 64 OZ Games Kickstarter info

[Deborah Kendrick]

I interviewed them for an article and recently received one of their games as a test case.  I confess that, due to limited time, I've not done more than look at the contents of the package thus far.
It is important to know that they are not making games accessible in the way many of us are familiar -- tactile marking and braille on boards.  Mostly, they are using QR codes which can be verbalized by smart phone apps.
They have made dice with a 3D printer, which I haven't seen.  At any rate, what they are doing sounds cool but definitely not for the technologically feint of heart!
Two of us at AccessWorld are writing different things about them, so I'll forward links when the are "live".
Deborah

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These games have been created by active NFB members.  Emily Gibbs is a teacher in the BELL program and loves braille.  Please consider supporting this Kick Starter project if you can.

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From: Jeanine Kay Lineback via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 10:51:39 -0600
Subject: [Trainer-Talk] 64 OZ Games Kickstarter info
To: member at nfbtx.org, List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>, Promotion-technology at nfbnet.org
Cc: Jeanine Kay Lineback <jeanine.lineback at gmail.com>

I’m  hoping you can help me spread the word about a really great kick starter project. Some friends of mine adapt accessible board games for the blind. They’re not the same old games, such as Monopoly, scrabble, chess or checkers. These games are popular, fun to play, and most important to blind teens and adults these are games currently being played by our peers.

Below is a link to their page and a link of a blind teen, Harley Fetterman, talking about and playing with some of the 3D dice they have produced that are accessible.

I’d appreciate it if you would spread the word with your networks to help them meet their kick starter goal and get more current games made accessible that we can play with our peers.

I have played some of the games 64 Oz Games has adapted and they are awesome! In short, pun intended, “These adaptations are a game changer,” for the ability of blind people to fully participate with their peers.



The main Kickstarter page is

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/64ouncegames/braille-rpg-dice-from-64-oz-games

The video of Mr.  Fetterman is here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=khJf863lvqQ





Thank you!

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