[games_access] games_access Digest, Vol 101, Issue 31

[Ian Hamilton]

Absolutely agree with both Eleanor and Barrie here, full information is critical for potential players to be able to make an informed decision. Standardising that kind of information is a pretty monumental task though, adopting a standard symbol for the information without getting into what format the information takes is a much more achievable first step towards that.

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> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:21:47 -0400
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>    1. Game Accessibility Info Label (Eleanor Robinson)
>    2. Re: Game Accessibility Info Label (Barrie Ellis)
>    3. Re: games_access Digest, Vol 101, Issue 27 (Ian Hamilton)
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> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:30:49 -0400
> From: Eleanor Robinson <eleanor at 7128.com>
> Subject: [games_access] Game Accessibility Info Label
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> While I like the wheelchair/controller symbol for accessibility, my 
> feeling is that you have to in addition say WHAT accommodations are 
> present.  Display of that label alone does not tell a deaf person if 
> closed captions or equivalent are present, or a blind person if self 
> voicing or screen reader hooks are present in the game.  If a game has 
> accommodations for color blindness, but no flexibility in controls, it 
> is still not accessible to many who are motion impaired.
> 
> I suggest we support the use of the symbol, WITH a simple statement 
> below or to one side of the symbol as to the accommodations that are 
> present in the game.
> 
> Eleanor Robinson
> 7-128 Software
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> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:44:18 +0100
> From: "Barrie Ellis" <oneswitch at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Game Accessibility Info Label
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> Thanks Eleanor,
> 
> My hope is that developers/publishers would use the symbol that quickly 
> points people to a deeper level of information. That might be there right 
> next to the symbol as you suggest. It might be a quick link to their own 
> page of info cribbed from GameBase (for the moment). It might be to jump to 
> a review that has all that info.
> 
> The tricky thing is in developing a load of icons to represent such a broad 
> range of accessibility features. Maybe this is a stepping stone to that. 
> Meanwhile, you can still get to info for a broad range of abilities via the 
> linked information.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Barrie
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