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Suggestions for great games to play over Zoom/teleconference with someone who uses braille display? (self.Blind)
submitted by CautionarySnail
I'll have a visually impaired coworker joining my team next week, and I've never had the chance to work directly with someone who is blind before. They will be using a refreshable braille display as well as JAWS screen reader software in order to work with us.
Our team tradition is to play games over Zoom on Fridays as a social team-building event; does anyone have suggestions of games that might work well, or be something we can adapt? It's very important that everyone on the team feel welcome and included. It is an optional event so the new hire might choose to opt-out, but, I want to make sure that they are always able to hop in and have a game that will work for them as an option. I'll of course be asking the new hire about what they prefer, but, would love to have ideas in case they go with, "Oh, whatever you all want to do is fine." (Which I'd totally sympathize with them being the new person on the team - often new people don't want to rock the boat!)
Are there gaming sites or games that are particularly accessible for those who are visually impaired and use a braille display or screen reader? Suggestions would be tremendously appreciated! I suspect any game sites that might use screensharing will be a nonstarter for them since I doubt that JAWS will be able to 'see' the content of the screen to read it aloud.
I'm guessing that our current favorite, GeoGuesser, is not going to work for them. Geoguesser shows an image of somewhere in the world and you have to figure out where. We could try to visually narrate what we're seeing, which might add some comedy and give us practice on alt-text, but, ultimately, might be super-boring for someone who can't see the picture.
We've previously played an adapted version of the party game, Mad Gab. I was thinking that might work since it uses the sounds of words and I could send our new coworker the card text over a private message to their braille display. Are there other party games that leap to mind as things I might be able to adapt?
For blind or visually impaired folks that work from home, have there been any team-building activities that were fun for you? Or at least gave you a good laugh?
Our team tradition is to play games over Zoom on Fridays as a social team-building event; does anyone have suggestions of games that might work well, or be something we can adapt? It's very important that everyone on the team feel welcome and included. It is an optional event so the new hire might choose to opt-out, but, I want to make sure that they are always able to hop in and have a game that will work for them as an option. I'll of course be asking the new hire about what they prefer, but, would love to have ideas in case they go with, "Oh, whatever you all want to do is fine." (Which I'd totally sympathize with them being the new person on the team - often new people don't want to rock the boat!)
Are there gaming sites or games that are particularly accessible for those who are visually impaired and use a braille display or screen reader? Suggestions would be tremendously appreciated! I suspect any game sites that might use screensharing will be a nonstarter for them since I doubt that JAWS will be able to 'see' the content of the screen to read it aloud.
I'm guessing that our current favorite, GeoGuesser, is not going to work for them. Geoguesser shows an image of somewhere in the world and you have to figure out where. We could try to visually narrate what we're seeing, which might add some comedy and give us practice on alt-text, but, ultimately, might be super-boring for someone who can't see the picture.
We've previously played an adapted version of the party game, Mad Gab. I was thinking that might work since it uses the sounds of words and I could send our new coworker the card text over a private message to their braille display. Are there other party games that leap to mind as things I might be able to adapt?
For blind or visually impaired folks that work from home, have there been any team-building activities that were fun for you? Or at least gave you a good laugh?
snow671 4 points 2y ago
Wits and Wagers is a fun trivia game where no one has to know the answers. The closest answer wins. In the board game, people bet on what they think is the closest answer, but you could omit that part for zoom.
Google Search Family Feud was one my old work friends did. The questions would be something like, "Why do cats" and before typing it, people have to guess the top suggestions. The winning answers might be knead, purr, or vomit. Obviously clear previous searches or use incognito for this. Bing works great for that, too.
Google Search Family Feud was one my old work friends did. The questions would be something like, "Why do cats" and before typing it, people have to guess the top suggestions. The winning answers might be knead, purr, or vomit. Obviously clear previous searches or use incognito for this. Bing works great for that, too.
CloudyBeep 2 points 2y ago
You can just visit www.googlefeud.com.
Real_Space_Captain 2 points 2y ago
I’m blanking in the name here, but the one where you try to write as many things that start with a certain letter from a category!
Also, there are many variations of the game where everyone writes a response to a question and you try to match the response to the person. That’s great once you get to know everyone.
Plus I love good ole trivia games. My company did one where everyone chose a category they would be good at and they broke everyone in teams to compete in a trivia game. Simple, but you can make the categories a little unusual and fun.
Also, there are many variations of the game where everyone writes a response to a question and you try to match the response to the person. That’s great once you get to know everyone.
Plus I love good ole trivia games. My company did one where everyone chose a category they would be good at and they broke everyone in teams to compete in a trivia game. Simple, but you can make the categories a little unusual and fun.
nkdeck07 3 points 2y ago
Scattergories
CautionarySnail [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Great ideas -- and weirdly, the letter game reminds me of Family Feud. Maybe I could adapt the Family Feud concept as well. I've also played a game where you had to come up with words to describe something, and any words that were on both teams' lists didn't score points.
Trivia is always fun; but I might need to buy a new Trivial Pursuit deck of cards. Mine is from the early 1990s, so a bit before pretty much the whole team's time except my own!
Trivia is always fun; but I might need to buy a new Trivial Pursuit deck of cards. Mine is from the early 1990s, so a bit before pretty much the whole team's time except my own!
Real_Space_Captain 1 points 2y ago
Oh Family Feud would be a great one! I’m sure you can find free categories and al that online. They do have a store version though!
Tribal Pursuit is another one where you could probably find some free “cards” online!
Tribal Pursuit is another one where you could probably find some free “cards” online!
Motya105 1 points 2y ago
There’s “Apples To Apples,” in which one person picks a card with an adjective, and the other players submit nouns that they think best match the adjective. The person who picked the adjective then has to read the submitted nouns and vote on wich one is the best. It could be adapted for on-line play by having each player use a random-noun generator. If your co-worker uses an iPhone, the game, “Quiplash,” (a raunchier version of Apples To Apples) is accessible to the blind on an iPhone.
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