Doesn't the noise of the table and the sound of the sticks hitting the puck
overpower the noise of the sliding puck? Although I helped build tables,
I've never tried the game, but would like to.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] tennis, anyone?
Hi Ryan,
Hmmm....I've never had a problem playing air hockey. In fact, I
consider it rather accessible as is. I've beaten several sighted
players at air hockey and I'm totally blind. Is this not the case for
other blind players?
As for how I play air hockey I can hear the puck sliding around
without a beeper. Usually if I hear it close to my goal I attempt to
block and most of the time I'm successful at it. It just takes
practice.
Cheers!
On 6/8/12, Ryan Strunk <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Steady,
That's kind of my point, though. I want to know what the answer is to
the fact that the rules are different for people with varying levels
of sight. I can't help but think that if the rules have to bend like
that, then maybe the sport isn't worth adapting.
What I want to know is if there is a sport out there that blind people
can play on an exactly level playing field with the sighted, or play
with a modification so small that it doesn't make a difference. Could
we, for example, make an accessible air hockey puck that beeped, and
if we could, would blind people, using their ears, be able to play as
fast as sighted people do?
Ryan
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