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How Blind Gamers Use Sound To Play Their Favorite Games (ca.ign.com)
submitted by fastfinge
snow671 2 points 6y ago
Also does anyone else have trouble with Steam?
fastfinge [OP] 2 points 6y ago
Yes. It's fully inaccessible. There are some workarounds, but from what I can gather, they only work with NVDA on Windows 7. No other screen reader, no other platform.
snow671 1 points 6y ago
That is disappointing. Especially after playing that Ori and the Blind forest preview in the article.
fastfinge [OP] 2 points 6y ago
Yup. Especially because there are multiple semi-accessible games on Steam, including Skullgirls, Injustice, all of the Choice Of Games titles, Microsoft Flight Simulator, etc.
snow671 2 points 6y ago
It's a good thing none of those titles sound as thrilling and mind-blowing as... NYT... Daily Crossword...
Cries inside
Cries inside
Vaelian 2 points 6y ago
I've heard of a guy who plays World of Warcraft blind, and I can understand that with a decent sound system, the right macros and add-ons, and a sighted player to follow he can find his way around the game, but I really fail to understand how someone would go about completing even the first level of Super Mario Brothers blind since there are very little audio cues and the NES doesn't even output stereo sound.
snow671 1 points 6y ago
Any more information about the World of Warcraft player? My cousin bought me a subscription last year to try it out and I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. From what I remember, it was really easy to get stuck but you have to wait a long time to reset your position.
I really want to play a social games. I guess past a certain age, people don't want to come over and play Tekken Tag on the weekends.
I really want to play a social games. I guess past a certain age, people don't want to come over and play Tekken Tag on the weekends.
Vaelian 2 points 6y ago
The interview with the player is available $1.
I think you're going to have a very hard time getting started if you've never experienced the game with sight. You will also need to find someone willing to act as your guide and to set up your macros and add-ons since screen-readers don't work in the game. With macros you can quickly follow your focus target and target everything they're targeting. With add-ons you can set up audio notifications for things like cooldowns, buff and debuff duration, boss phases, distance to the target, etc..
I think you're going to have a very hard time getting started if you've never experienced the game with sight. You will also need to find someone willing to act as your guide and to set up your macros and add-ons since screen-readers don't work in the game. With macros you can quickly follow your focus target and target everything they're targeting. With add-ons you can set up audio notifications for things like cooldowns, buff and debuff duration, boss phases, distance to the target, etc..
snow671 1 points 6y ago
Thank you for the link. What an amazing community of helpful players, but holy moly that setup sounds complicated.
Vaelian 2 points 6y ago
Well the set up process is complicated even for sighted people since you can't realize your full potential with the default user interface. I remember spending an entire day setting up add-ons and macros after buying a new computer back when I played the game.
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