[games_access] Game accessibility legislation coming to the USA?

[Ian Hamilton]

OK according to this the main issue they've been talking about is inaccessibility of voice chat in online multiplayer, with reference to a relay system  as the solution (a real person assigned to every game who translates back and forth), which isn't even remotely feasible. 
http://www.fcc.gov/document/cvaa-report-congress

Wonder if there's anything else in there that's a little more pragmatic rather than idealistic.
Ian
From: i_h at hotmail.com
To: games_access at igda.org
Subject: Game accessibility legislation coming to the USA?
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:31:35 +0000




It's not clear precisely what from the CVAA is deemed to be applicable to games, but it looks like the FCC aren't budging on it, which would mean legal obligations for some aspects of game accessibility, with two years to implement:
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw131205
Ian 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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