Gary has mentioned that sound adventure games like Descent into Madness and The Last Crusade have served as effective rewards in some local schools. Kids with visual impairments work hard in order to earn time playing them.
I’ve been brainstorming a bit about open-ended multi-user dungeons (MUDs) with rich sound and speech. Gary thinks [...]
Category Archives: Accessibility
Rich Audio MUDs
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Accessibility Daily
Monday, May 19, 2008
David informed me that he doesn’t have the cycles to maintain his Accessible Planet site. As I’ve gotten some comments from people interested in an a11y news aggregator, I went on the hunt again for a solution.
Gary came up with an interesting idea: create a shared Google Reader aggregate feed. The result is something very much [...]
Planet A11y … Already Exists
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Steve Lee points out that David Bolter is already hosting a Planet instance for accessibility news aggregation. The link is: http://aplanet.atrc.utoronto.ca/.
I’m all for using what’s already up and running. Perhaps some simple domain redirection would make it slightly easier to locate in Google? Linux Foundation already owns a11y.org and uses it to redirect to http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Accessibility. Maybe they [...]
Planet Accessibility
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Would anyone be interested in a Planet site specifically for accessibility blogs? I believe I would find it useful in keeping up with accessibility related development and news instead of hunting through mailing lists, newsgroups, blogs, and other Planets. But would anyone else benefit?
Let me know if you’re interested. I will volunteer time, effort, and [...]
Maze Day 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
About once a year, K-12 kids with disabilities from all over North Carolina (and beyond) travel to UNC-Chapel Hill to take part in Maze Day. Throughout the day, the kids, their teachers, and their parents wander Sitterson Hall to try out the numerous games, applications, activities, and demos designed to help them learn and have [...]
