Re: [orca-list] Great news for blind gamers

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

I don't disagree with anything here. For my part, I do prioritize thinks
I need for my job over games. I also prioritize ongoing accessibility
issues over one time accessibility issues, such as installs. ChromeVox,
for example, requires sighted assistance during install, but I've used
it now for weeks with no sighted assistance required. That's very
different from having someone with me six hours a day or more reading
web pages to me. I'm not saying it isn't important, or that it shouldn't
be a requirement for something to be considered accessible, but since we
have more accessibility issues than we have people to address them,
priorities do need to be made. Note these priorities are just my own
opinion.

On 08/11/12 10:53, Kyle wrote:
> According to Petr Bláha:
> # I thing it is not about accessibility. It is about that you want or
> # don't want to play games.
>
> I want to play games, but accessible installation without help is
> extremely important. If I wanted to have to get help every time I wanted
> to install a game, or any other application for that matter, I might as
> well be using Windows rather than a GNU/Linux system that I can install
> independently. It's not about the desire to play games, or to do
> anything else. Rather, it's about the desire to have the freedom to play
> games and to do everything else that people with functioning eyes can
> do, from start to finish, independent of other people.
>
> # If you want to play games, it is not real opstacle for you.
>
> It is indeed a real obstacle for me, and many others as well.
>
> # Someone can simply help you with instalation and after that, you are
> # independent, playing is not problem.
>
> Just who is this someone? I have a screen reader on my computer because
> I want to use it without this undefined someone having to read things
> for me. Furthermore, many of us don't have a someone who is available at
> all times to give us help whenever we call for it. If we did have that
> someone, what would be the point of screen readers, braille displays and
> the like? Whoever this someone happens to be could just help us use our
> computers. We are blind and visually impaired. This should not be
> thought of by anyone as synonymous with dependent in any way, shape,
> fashion or form.
> ~Kyle
> http://kyle.tk
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Christopher (CJ)
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