Hi Tom.
I think this debate has slightly wandered off the mark and got mixed up with
the "Is there still a use for braille" debate which obviously some people
like Charlse have very strong opinions on.
However this is fundamentally nothing to do with whether braille is or is
not any use in general, it's a question of how to inform people about
audiogames who may not know about them.
Yes, some people who currently don't know about audiogames will read
braille, therefore there should be a braille leaflet, however some people
will read large print so there should be a large print one, some people will
prefer to read online with a synth so there should be an electronic one,
hell if anyone knows how to print in Moon I'd suggest doing it in that as
well :D.
Perhaps getting this conversation back onto how to produce and distribute a
leaflet in any and all possible formats, rather than a reitteration of the
braille debate might be helpful here.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] braille/large print/other media for audio
games(wasinfo games game engines)
Hi Dark,
I have been asking myself those same questions. I understand Charles
really really really believes braille is the way to go on this, but as
I stated in a prior post it is not going to work for everybody simply
because not everyone with a visual impairment reads braille. We have
large print users, we have the newly blind, and we have others who for
one reason or another simply do not know or can't read braille.
For example, I happen to know a guy who is totally blind, and although
they tried to teach him braille he can't read braille. The problem is
that he has a rare form of Dyslexia where he can't mentally associate
sounds with words. Therefore he can't spell nor read because his brain
can't process the written word regardless of how it is written. He
does a lot via voice dictation and voice output because that is the
only way he can communicate via e-mail and other written forms of
communication.
While that might be a rare case. I merely want to bring up the point
that going all gung-ho for braille as the one-size fits all solution
isn't the case for everyone.
Cheers!
On 6/21/15, dark <[email protected]> wrote:
What about people who read large print or use a lense or magnifyer? what
about people who are newly blind, have not learnt braille but have a
reader?
really charlse, I don't see why your objecting to having information out
there in multiple formats so strongly.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is
vast
and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than
even
the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
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