Accessibility for players with low vision: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:10, 13 January 2022

Links

Discussion

Interactive fiction and VI accessibility: a framework for discussion. Also available in RTF format. Blog post by Neophyte, November 2010.
Intfiction.org discussion of Neo's blog post. November 2010.
Notes on Screen Reader Accessibility. Observations from Neil Butters at intfiction.org. August 2013.
Emphasizing words, using status bars and multiple windows, and describing cover art (1, 2). A few suggestions and observations from Neil Butters in the "Are static objects REALLY that important" thread at intfiction.org. August 2014.
Accessibility observations by Wade Clarke: Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Series of blog posts from April through June 2015.
Accessibility efforts in web-based IF. Discussion at intfiction.org. May 2015.
Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation's accessibility testing program:
- A couple of program-chair updates. Blog post by Jason McIntosh. Feb 2018.
- Accessibility testing update: Spring 2018. Blog post by Jason McIntosh. April 2018.
- Accessibility Testing Project report now available. Blog post by Jason McIntosh. June 2019.

General Resources

Many items on this list were shamelessly lifted from Neophyte's article:

Able Gamers. Accessibility resources for caregivers, game developers, and gamers.
Assistive Gaming Interactive Fiction page. An blog post on accessible interactive fiction for newcomers.
Audio Games. A catalogue of audio games to download and play.
Audio Games’ Resource Page. A wealth of articles, transcripts and documents relating to accessibility gaming.
Audyssey (archive). An audio gamers mailing list.
Game Accessibility. The website of a research project that focuses on the accessibility of electronic games for gamers with disabilities.
The Infocom Documentation Project includes screen-reader-friendly versions of manuals from some Infocom games.
Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation Accessibility Testing Report (2019). Includes recommendations to improve the accessibility of IF technology and games.
Kitchen’s Inc. Web site for accessible games made by Jim Kitchen.
PCS games. An accessible game development company. Includes useful links to other accessible gaming sites.
USA Games Interactive. Audio gaming site for the company USA Games Interactive.
Incant open source Android interpreter app with both speech output and speech recognition, could be further developed to have voice game selection and menu navigation.
Assistive Technology

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 Many items on this list were shamelessly lifted from Neophyte's article:
 * [http://www.ablegamers.com/ Able Gamers]. Accessibility resources for caregivers, game developers, and gamers.
-* [http://www.assistivegaming.com/spip.php?article44 Assistive Gaming Interactive Fiction page]. An blog post on accessible interactive fiction for newcomers.
+* {{dead link|url=http://www.assistivegaming.com/spip.php?article44 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108081806/http://www.assistivegaming.com/spip.php?article44 |Assistive Gaming Interactive Fiction page}}. An blog post on accessible interactive fiction for newcomers.
 * [http://www.audiogames.net Audio Games]. A catalogue of audio games to download and play.
 * [http://www.audiogames.net/page.php?pagefile=articles Audio Games’ Resource Page]. A wealth of articles, transcripts and documents relating to accessibility gaming.
-* [http://www.audyssey.org Audyssey]. An audio gamers mailing list.
+* {{dead link |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601070425/http://www.audyssey.org/ |Audyssey}}. An audio gamers mailing list.
 * [http://www.game-accessibility.com/ Game Accessibility]. The website of a research project that focuses on the accessibility of electronic games for gamers with disabilities.
 * [http://infodoc.plover.net/index.html The Infocom Documentation Project] includes [http://infodoc.plover.net/screenread/index.html screen-reader-friendly versions of manuals from some Infocom games.]