No Limits to Life Blog

I read this post by Susabelle, on ATHENS blog today. I thought it would be a great topic for this blog…

“Eitan Glinert, an MIT graduate student in computer science, has developed a prototype game called AudiOdyssey. AudiOdyssey is a game strictly for visually impaired players, along the lines of Guitar Hero, or Rock Band, whose premise is that of a DJ who must layer up sounds to create music. The DJ keeps “alive” in the game by keeping his players on the dance floor with his riffing tunage.A short and tutorial introduces the player to the functions of the game, and can be played with either the arrow keys on a regular desktop keyboard or blue-tooth-enabled Nintendo Wii remote controller for motion play. All of the cues for the game are in audio, and no visual acuity is required to play the game.”

Go to the Gambit download area for Audiodyssey to check it out.

All the best to you!

Lon

I learned something new today. I do most everyday - and this one was important. If I am writing about disability and assistive technology, I need to support issues that move those with disabilities further forward.

I received a comment concerning the AT Blog Carnival we have started. I was so grateful to be made aware of the issue. The issue is this: CAPTCHA is the little widget that filters spam and lets sites know that the submission is a real person. You have used it - the curvy and wavy letters you decipher and type into the window? Well, a blind person can’t see that and if a site is dependent on the CAPTCHA tool for you to order anything or submit anything, a blind individual is just out of luck. There is a tool called RECAPTCHA that does the same thing, but it has a speaker icon on it so you can click on that to hear the code word and then type it in. The widget is free and open to anyone to imbed in their site. The site is here: recaptcha

My understanding is that several emails have been sent to the main blog carnival site asking them to fix this on their submission link process and no one has received a reply. I credit the site for sponsoring and starting the blog carnival idea, but they need to fix this issue. I have already taken the submission widget off my blog that had it. You can still submit through the service, but you can also submit through the email I have for the AT blog carnival at: lonthornburg@nolimits2learning.com

I am asking you to send an email to the blog carnival site asking them to support access for the blind and visually impaired. Ask them to use the RECAPTCHA tool, which will allow access by the blind. The email is: support@blogcarnival.com

All the best to you!