----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <tward1978@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <Gamers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:20 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Linux Games. > Hi, > I can see several ways in wich Linux games can be upgraded to be accessible. > For starts most Linux distros come with festival as the default tts > engine. Hook the games up to gnome-speech, and you would be able to self > voice many things that need to be spoken such as menus, options, scores, > etc... > Another good advantage is many Linux games now use OpenAL for audio. > OpenAL like MS DirectSound has 3D positioning on audio effects. If used > properly in a Linux game it could in theory make the audio environments > as accessible as Windows PC games. > Finally, there are other changes they might be able to add such as > targeting beeps, and other indicator effects which a VI gamer could use > in the game. > In short what you propose is quite possible. It is more a matter of the > financial resources to do it. As mmuch as I like Linux there isn't > currently a large enough VI market for it yet. > > > > ari wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm back with this new email address. My old one got flooded with spam, > > that's why I changed. > > I don't know whether this has been discussed, but while was away I saw a > > podcast on linux games and entertainment called lager. Not sure of the site, > > but search for 'the linux link tech show' and you will find the games > > podcast on the site. This made me wonder two things: > > 1. Even though you have to buy them, the linux games are open source. Wonder > > what the chances are of some programmers making those games accessible for > > blind people using linux, so that these games can be enjoyed with sighted > > peers? If it was proposed that some blind programmers would help the > > developers in building an accessible interface, maybe some blind linux users > > and programmers would work together with the developers? > > 2. Most importantly, how about a blindgamers podcast? A podcast with chat, > > news, and reviews of games? Have a listen to lager, and let's investigate > > the possibility of something like that for audio gamers, but not as a > > replacement for audyssey, more as a supplement, or basically we can record > > game chats and put them up as podcasts for the rest of the community to > > enjoy. > > Happy to be back! > > Ari > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send E-mail to Gamers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx You can visit > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > > any subscription changes via the web. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send E-mail to Gamers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx You can visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list