[games_access] ABLEGAMERS
Anyaegbu Nonso
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Mon Jan 26 03:03:44 EST 2009
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. AbleGamers Text to Speech Podcast; and Plee for Help.
> (Mark Barlet)
> 2. Enabled Gamers - Blog Tag (Barrie Ellis)
> 3. Re: AbleGamers Text to Speech Podcast; and Plee for
> Help.
> (d. michelle hinn)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:16:10 -0500
> From: "Mark Barlet" <ioo at ablegamers.com>
> Subject: [games_access] AbleGamers Text to Speech Podcast;
> and Plee
> for Help.
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
> <games_access at igda.org>
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> Wanted to forward this to the Group. Along with my
> bi-annual plee.
>
> <quote>
> Are you the type of person that says, "I like the
> whole AbleGamers thing,
> but this whole reading thing is just more than I am willing
> to invest" or
> maybe you are the person saying, "I spend 20 hours a
> day on AbleGamers but
> how do I cram it into my brain while I am sleeping or on
> the bus?" Well the
> folks here at AbleGamers, and the people over at Odiogo
> have taken the whole
> web thing out of the AbleGamers.com web site.
>
> *NOTE: Odiogo does place an ad at the front of our story.
> Sorry, we just
> cannot afford the version that is ad free.*
>
> Odiogo does the reading for you; it converts our site into
> speech and reads
> it to you. This is great for our blind users as well as
> those on the go. You
> can subscribe to our content via iTunes, or Zune.
>
> </quote>
>
> *http://ablegamers.com/general-news/406-ablegamers-in-your-ear.html*
>
>
> I do also want to make my twice yearly plee. AbleGamers is
> open for ALL the
> people here. I think that there are a total of 5 people
> that are on this
> list who have taken the time to become members (free) of
> AbleGamers. Given
> that we are one of just a handful of ACTIVE sites on the
> subject, I would
> really hope for more support from this group.
>
> That said, AbleGamers is open for all of you to get things
> out to the
> community and web as a whole. Do you have a project you are
> working on, send
> me email and lets get a story up on it. Have your own
> story? Send it over
> and we will get it up.
>
> Here are the stats for AbleGamers last Year...
>
> AbleGamers Served more than 4.6 Million hits last year.
>
> We are always looking for good content, we are always very
> fair at linking
> to any where you want. We have a RSS feed of OneSwitch on
> the bottom of
> every page... so, in short, I COULD USE SOME HELP OVER
> HERE!!!
>
> Happy New Year... MARK BARLET
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> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:03:09 -0000
> From: "Barrie Ellis"
> <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
> Subject: [games_access] Enabled Gamers - Blog Tag
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
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> Hope to build up a little photo-gallery of "enabled
> gamers" on my OneSwitch Blog:
>
> http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/search/label/enabled%20gamers
>
> Thinking the set-ups might give a bit of encouragement to
> others seeking solutions.
>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
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> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:05:42 -0600
> From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] AbleGamers Text to Speech
> Podcast; and
> Plee for Help.
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> <games_access at igda.org>
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> This is great, Mark! What a nice alternative to have with
> the podcasts!
>
> I want to lend my support to Mark's plea/request --
> Mark's site
> definitely gets to the community of gamers with
> disabilities. If you
> have a new mod to test out or some cool accessibility news,
> why not
> write up something short for the site to attract beta
> testers?
> Getting the word out to as many as possible is our goal --
> why not
> get the word out on as many sites as we can, especially on
> a site
> that attracts so many hits (I had no idea! That's
> impressive!)? Our
> list is filled with developers and researchers who could
> really
> benefit from getting their news out to their audience and I
> think
> AbleGamers is a super effective way to do that. We
> can't afford to
> keep silent -- spread the word about accessibility!
> That's our point!
>
> Very cool that there's a feed of oneswitch on there
> too. Nice to see
> the sharing! :)
>
> Michelle
>
> >Wanted to forward this to the Group. Along with my
> bi-annual plee.
> >
> ><quote>
> >Are you the type of person that says, "I like the
> whole AbleGamers
> >thing, but this whole reading thing is just more than I
> am willing
> >to invest" or maybe you are the person saying,
> "I spend 20 hours a
> >day on AbleGamers but how do I cram it into my brain
> while I am
> >sleeping or on the bus?" Well the folks here at
> AbleGamers, and the
> >people over at Odiogo have taken the whole web thing
> out of the
> >AbleGamers.com web site.
> >
> >NOTE: Odiogo does place an ad at the front of our
> story. Sorry, we
> >just cannot afford the version that is ad free.
> >
> >Odiogo does the reading for you; it converts our site
> into speech
> >and reads it to you. This is great for our blind users
> as well as
> >those on the go. You can subscribe to our content via
> iTunes, or
> >Zune.
> >
> ></quote>
> >
> ><http://ablegamers.com/general-news/406-ablegamers-in-your-ear.html>http://ablegamers.com/general-news/406-ablegamers-in-your-ear.html
> >
> >
> >I do also want to make my twice yearly plee. AbleGamers
> is open for
> >ALL the people here. I think that there are a total of
> 5 people that
> >are on this list who have taken the time to become
> members (free) of
> >AbleGamers. Given that we are one of just a handful of
> ACTIVE sites
> >on the subject, I would really hope for more support
> from this group.
> >
> >That said, AbleGamers is open for all of you to get
> things out to
> >the community and web as a whole. Do you have a project
> you are
> >working on, send me email and lets get a story up on
> it. Have your
> >own story? Send it over and we will get it up.
> >
> >Here are the stats for AbleGamers last Year...
> >
> >AbleGamers Served more than 4.6 Million hits last year.
> >
> >We are always looking for good content, we are always
> very fair at
> >linking to any where you want. We have a RSS feed of
> OneSwitch on
> >the bottom of every page... so, in short, I COULD USE
> SOME HELP OVER
> >HERE!!!
> >
> >Happy New Year... MARK BARLET
> >
> >
> >
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