David, if you need help beta testing I could do that online since I have
done a lot of testing from hardware to university research to software
to web testing I can probably do this, obviously unless we can handle my
nz time zone of gmt+12 for online it may be hard to do online testing
depending where you are from but I can certainly test any offline
prototypes you can throw my way.
On 21/12/2019 1:14 pm, David Gonçalves wrote:
Hi Shaun! Thank you for completing the survey! Our plan is to develop
some prototypes co-designing and testing with blind volunteers in our
country. We are interviewing blind and low vision friends, but we want
to get feedback from different people from different contexts through
these surveys.
Maybe the survey didn't apply to you, I believe that. Let me explain
my motivation. Our findings tell that very few digital games are
enjoyable by mixed-ability groups. I played all my life with my
brothers, friends and games are certainly a great way to be with
others. But there's virtually no games I can play with my blind
friends. Either games are totally audio-based and not so captivating
to me and other sighted people or are visual and not accessible. Even
board games are hardly appropriate. How can a game be equally
enjoyable by players with different levels of vision? Our work
revolves around that question.
We found that blind children are excluded in school, because sighted
colleagues are playing mainstream games like Fortnite and those are
totally inaccessible. We found that blind people are excluded at home,
because family is playing Fifa on Playstation or some inaccessible
board game. And we argue that the solution is not just following
accessibility guidelines. That would not be enough. Clever design and
innovative techniques are needed. In this preliminary phase, we are
just collecting experiences, concerns and desires regarding gaming and
mixed-ability group play. And you helped us with that, so thanks
again, Shaun!
Best regards,
David G
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Assunto: Re: [blind-gamers] Games for everyone
De: Shaun Everiss
Para: [email protected]
CC:
I filled out the first servey to the best of my ability but I am
unsure what you hope to get out of this.
Yes some of us do play video games in consoles, and some do use
emulators.
But most blind people play games for blind people, usually offline
unless you count the muds and text online games as actual games.
I know we are all inclusive but there are quite a lot of us like
me that most of the servey didn't apply to.
I have no interest of playing video games online mainly because of
my timezone and I don't own a console.
On 21/12/2019 6:46 am, David Gonçalves wrote:
Greetings, I’m David, a new member of the group. I hope that you
are all doing ok!
I'm a researcher and developer from Lisbon, Portugal and I'm
currently working with the blind and low vision community to
create games that can be enjoyable for players with different
levels of vision, for instance games that can be played and
enjoyed by the whole family and mixed-ability groups of friends.
Maybe you can help me.
I’m asking volunteers aged 18 or older to answer some online
questions. If you’re blind or have low vision and you like to
play games (videogames or tabletop games) you can help me,
answering the following short Microsoft Form
questionnaire:https://bit.ly/2r3XZKJ
<https://bit.ly/2r3XZKJ?fbclid=IwAR2bcMsSEoqhHaRMD9azZSVoHO-qbivxUGqQrSxert11lXg2pa5u4SgkLPs>.
If you’re sighted and you have a close relationship with someone
blind or with low vision who likes to play, you can also help me
by filling this second questionnaire:https://bit.ly/2PBBPJv
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2PBBPJv%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR28HWE_qWMKgK1jy-dsMTgMsN3yCP2POBsgjDba_u2hLZc0NEz9cLcSr0Y&h=AT2QLGqjPrO5VkqQnG2ggCd4y6rDfnQT056fkg04Q1A7ataImWdg_goY3B3Pix3OhnUokWDaMXuTSTF87HcadTbTbesXOIz8Kqjf_OlZ7Zg7wQNS975L5m2VaExEpu0fsGvcA6V9QIqZXYZltEUYqzh4LLQiFPn8VA>.
If you're blind or have low vision, you can further help, sharing
this second survey with your sighted friends.
Counting on you! Games must be for everyone! If you're interested
and want to know more, you can message me. Many thanks and best
regards!
David G
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