Dennis, As to: 1) You have to know that accessibility is a problem in order to search for it (most developers don't.) I blame those of us who cannot see for this. We don't advocate enough, don't call/write/email/contact developers enough. We don't push the accessibility issues. We don't make our voices heard enough, and so we get lost. I do not understand our unwillingness to do this. I remember back when I lived in Greensboro, the public library did not have any accessible computers. I pushed them to get Jaws. Several blind people living in Greensboro at the time, and not a one spoke up. It took 6 months of me staying on their backs, but now not only do they have Jaws, they also have technology to help the partially sighted, as well as technology to help the deaf. So maybe we as a group of individuals should start pushing the issue with these developers. Plus, I would certainly hope that in the year 2014 we have become an educated enough society to realize that blind people use computers now. Surely developers don't just assume that we spend our lives under a rock, do they? Surely they don't just assume that we never go near a computer in our life, wow. 2) You have to think that it's worth doing (most developers don't.) Hmm. This is puzzling to me, since as a developer I would want to reach as many people as possible. 3) You have to spend the time rearchitecting your software (most developers won't.) Maybe those of us who are blind and have some software development know-how could offer to help in that endeavor. After all, who better to work with the accessibility side of things than the very group needing it? 4) You have to get blind friends and software to test (most developers won't.) Again, if we're helping out with the re-architecture stated above, then obviously we'd also be helping with testing, etc., wouldn't we?
-----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Towne Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 12:20 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] microsoft changes - Re: Fwd: LWorks discontinuing sales of Legacy games It's a lot more complicated than that, Jody. 1) You have to know that accessibility is a problem in order to search for it (most developers don't.) 2) You have to think that it's worth doing (most developers don't.) 3) You have to spend the time rearchitecting your software (most developers won't.) 4) You have to get blind friends and software to test (most developers won't.) All four of these are real problems, and each takes real time to overcome. It's a much higher hurdle than 'they should just search on google'. Searching on google is arguably the least time consuming part of the process. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Jody McKinniss <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > Interesting that ignorance is the reasoning, since it did not take me > long at all to pull up information on accessibility with flash just by > typing a few words into Google. > > Jody --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
