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

Mon Nov 16 23:57:40 UTC 2015

Richard Gibbs was at NFB national convention in July and spoke to the sports and recreation group. This was the guy who I mentioned in my email after returning from convention as being one of the more interesting things I came across. He is a very very exciting guy to know. I love someone who sees a challenge and finds a way to fix it. The very cool thing about these excess ability kits is and that you are playing a game that is mainstream and modified just enough so blind person can participate with their cited friends and family. I may not donate to the kick starter campaign but I will certainly buy a kit.

Warmly,
Rachel Kuntz

> On Nov 16, 2015, at 2:16 PM, Deborah Kendrick via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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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> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 12:42 PM
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> Cc: Marianne Denning
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Fwd: [Trainer-Talk] 64 OZ Games Kickstarter info
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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>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> The main Kickstarter page is
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> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/64ouncegames/braille-rpg-dice-from-64-oz-games
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> The video of Mr.  Fetterman is here
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> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=khJf863lvqQ
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> Thank you!
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> Jeanine Lineback
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