speaking of witch where is all this accessible money? has any one heard? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxwell Ivey Jr." <maxwelli...@aol.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 5:42 PM Subject: Re: sony sued by visually impaired gamer
> > Hello; Actually; I think sony might be ok in a law suit. I say this > because of their recent filings for patents for the development of > video games that send the video and audio straight to the brain. It > sounded like the beginning of computer use like something out of the > net force novels by tom clansey. In the news article I read at that > time one of their reported goals was to assist people with > disabilities namely the blind. So, while their research would be > protected; they are on record as attempting to consider the needs of > our community. And since when one company is doing it most of the > others will too, II wouldn't be a bit suprrised if nintendo and > microsoft could go to the we are trying card. Good debate either > way. At least its more senseable in my mind than the law suit about > making the u s paper money accessible. Take care, Max > On Nov 8, 2009, at 6:05 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > >> >> This is going to be a hard one. They may have a claim under ADA >> Restoration Act signed by President Bush in August 2008 which does >> address electronic communication but this may be a place where no >> accommodation is possible. I wouldn't sue the Guggenheim Museum for >> not having "blind accessible" versions of Edward Hopper (along with >> Andy, my favorite 20th century American painter) works beyond a text >> description. In the Hopper case, there would be no way to provide the >> transcendental effects of the stark loneliness depicted in his >> incredibly powerful work; at the same time, while I have played and >> enjoyed David Greenwood's 3D audio games on Windows, they are >> specifically designed not to need a visual interface of any kind. >> >> I'm fairly sure that Sony didn't even try to create a non-visual >> interface but the building blocks to do so aren't really too available >> and a lot of trial and error needs to go in to make them work >> effectively. >> >> Nintendo did sponsor some guys to make games with non-visual >> interfaces for one of its devices. I don't know what happened to them >> as I stopped keeping up with the gaming world a couple of years back >> do to too many other obligations and a desire to spend more time >> fishing and reading things entirely unrelated to technology used by >> people with vision impairment. Sorry for dropping the ball on this >> one. >> >> Sometimes, lawsuits by private citizens scare ne. If NFB, ACB, AFB, >> Lighthouse, etc. choose to sue, they will do so with very well >> researched legal advice on their side. If a lawsuit comes out wrong >> (Southwest Airlines for instance) it could cause a precedent that >> could ruin things for more well considered legal actions in the >> future. Doing a lawsuit right requires the cash to pay lots of big >> ticket legal bills which can only really be afforded by the big >> advocacy organizations and rarely by individuals not named Gates, >> Jobs, etc. >> >> Happy Hacking, >> cdh >> >> PS: Only 1 cup so far... >> >> On Nov 8, 2009, at 12:20 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: >> >>> >>> http://www.gamespot.com/news/6239339.html >>> >>> Hmmm...kinda of a double edged sword, but in the end, it is right to >>> do so if there were no other options. >>> >>> This needs following >>> >>> best >>> >>> Yuma >>> Yuma Decaux >>> >>> Light has no value without darkness >>> Skype: shainobi1 >>> twitter: www.twitter.com/triple7 >>> Tel: +85513623378 >>> Yuma Antoine Decaux >>> jamy...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
