[games_access] One switch/one button

[D. Michelle Hinn]

I think that the main issue is whether the Gamma 4 team will change  
the name -- and from what I am seeing, it doesn't seem to be the  
case. And that's ok. So in Barrie's guide and how we refer to it, we  
need to put a little historical context in it as to why it is  
"switch" without confusing (some already confused and/or scheming for  
a way to use another input than simply one "click") Gamma 4  
participants. But calling it one button/switch may overload the Gamma  
4 (and there are only 4 of them!) team because they will be asked  
what on earth a switch is [see next paragraph].

Heather did mention that they just got through explaining that using  
alternatives to buttons (ie, space bar versus mouse button versus the  
return key) does not mean that you can map THREE DIFFERENT items to  
those -- they have to do the SAME function. So she's asked us to be  
cautious in how "switch" is introduced so as not to start the same  
week-long answering of "but how can we cheat using this additional  
peripheral" kinds of questions. ;)

So that's the main deal. Most of the Gamma 4 participants are not  
going to be participating with accessibility in mind -- so Barrie,  
being our resident expert on all things one switch/button is working  
hard on making sure that participants know how much MORE this  
challenge can be! :)

I think more people "get" one button than switch in the US and/or  
those outside the accessibility realm...but that's just my guess.  
Switch, to me, is a term that is very much tied to accessibility. But  
I may be wrong...I have been before. hehe.

Michelle

On Dec 9, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Nissa Ludwig wrote:

>
> So, I am going to jump in here...
>
> Would using "one button or switch"  or "one button/switch " clear  
> this one us so that everyone would be able to take the device they  
> are dealing with and make it fit in to the wording?  I realize that  
> I may be over simplifying (or, - without intent  - making things  
> even more complicated) with this response.  I just think that if we  
> include both perhaps we get around the entire issue of not  
> understanding one word or the other. I do realize that I am asking  
> us to type a few more characters but it also seems to me that if we  
> avoid confusion in doing so, it might be worth that effort.
>
> Just my random thought,
>
> Nissa
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:20 PM, D. Michelle Hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu>  
> wrote:
> Spam filter again -- Barrie's response!
>
> Again, given Gamma 4's mission, one button with the one switch  
> guidelines may be the most easy and less confusing language to use.  
> Many do not understand what a "switch" is and we definitely don't  
> want to make things more difficult! :) That doesn't mean we can't  
> use the experience to let others know how to find out about the  
> history and what "one switch" means to the disabled but I think  
> "one button" is the way to start that conversation rather than  
> scare away people with language.
>
> Just my thoughts. :)
>
> Michelle
>
>> From: Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at googlemail.com>
>> Date: December 9, 2009 9:17:33 AM CST
>> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"  
>> <games_access at igda.org>
>> Subject: Re: [games_access] one button -  one switch game ?
>> Reply-To: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
>>
>>
>> I personally use one-switch because of the tie up with  
>> accessibility switches, of which there are many more types than  
>> just a push-button. From the field of educational accessibility  
>> software, one-switch / two-switch accessibility is a standard term  
>> that has been used long-before I knew anything about it. That's  
>> why I like to use it in reference to one-button games.
>>
>> Barrie
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:54 PM
>> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"  
>> <games_access at igda.org>
>> Subject: Re: [games_access] one button -  one switch game ?
>>
>>> I don't think so, I prefer one button since the word is a bit  
>>> easier to understand than switch
>>> /Thomas
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 9, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Sandra Uhling wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> is there a difference between "one button" and "one switch" game?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Sandra
>>>>
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