Comments on: DVDs for the Blind http://inventory.getlamp.com/2008/12/23/dvds-for-the-blind/ GET LAMP and Interactive Fiction Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Scott Adams http://inventory.getlamp.com/2008/12/23/dvds-for-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Scott Adams Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:26:32 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=86#comment-109 When I was about to release Return To Pirate Island 2 I got a nice email from a blind fan. Because of ths I spent another couple of month's making the game blind accesible. Its worth the time and effort to do, even if it only helps one person! Scott Adams When I was about to release Return To Pirate Island 2 I got a nice email from a blind fan. Because of ths I spent another couple of month’s making the game blind accesible.

Its worth the time and effort to do, even if it only helps one person!

Scott Adams

]]> By: Loughlin http://inventory.getlamp.com/2008/12/23/dvds-for-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Loughlin Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:08:01 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=86#comment-91 Right on. I wonder were the old BBS systems like DLG Pro on the Amiga ever hooked up to screen readers. Did they even exist back then? Did the Amiga OS have one built in? Hmm... Anyway, it's a pretty noble and righteous thing to prolong the development of the Get Lamp documentary to accommodate Blind and hard-of-sight people. I also think it adds yet another interesting dimension to the entire project. Really looking forward to this one. Right on. I wonder were the old BBS systems like DLG Pro on the Amiga ever hooked up to screen readers. Did they even exist back then? Did the Amiga OS have one built in? Hmm…

Anyway, it’s a pretty noble and righteous thing to prolong the development of the Get Lamp documentary to accommodate Blind and hard-of-sight people. I also think it adds yet another interesting dimension to the entire project. Really looking forward to this one.

]]> By: Joe Clark http://inventory.getlamp.com/2008/12/23/dvds-for-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Joe Clark Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:31:11 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=86#comment-77 I’m glad you’re militant, but what you’re militant about is captioning, not subtitling. (Subtitling into what? Welsh?) The Lincoln DVDs weren’t the first commercial DVDs with accessible menus. If memory serves, _Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas_ was. I have it and it works (so do the Lincoln discs). Odds are you’ll make as many gigantic mistakes as minor ones if you try captioning or description yourself. Leave it to the experts. I’m glad you’re militant, but what you’re militant about is captioning, not subtitling. (Subtitling into what? Welsh?)

The Lincoln DVDs weren’t the first commercial DVDs with accessible menus. If memory serves, _Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas_ was. I have it and it works (so do the Lincoln discs).

Odds are you’ll make as many gigantic mistakes as minor ones if you try captioning or description yourself. Leave it to the experts.

]]> By: Andrew http://inventory.getlamp.com/2008/12/23/dvds-for-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Andrew Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:44:06 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=86#comment-76 Neat thoughts on it, I'd certainly love a look at how you work it out on your DVD or video when completed, it's a pretty hard thing to work out accessibility for. Neat thoughts on it, I’d certainly love a look at how you work it out on your DVD or video when completed, it’s a pretty hard thing to work out accessibility for.

]]> By: Dave Ross http://inventory.getlamp.com/2008/12/23/dvds-for-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Dave Ross Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:40:07 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=86#comment-74 "This delays the project, or more accurately, the project takes the right amount of time to do this properly." I think that's a good way to look at it. You've never promised a release date as far as I know, so you aren't racing to meet some arbitrary deadline. Savor that. Accessible menus sound like a great idea for a documentary. I've never heard of that Abraham & Mary Lincoln documentary, but the region 2 Doctor Who DVDs have audio menus. When you first pop the disc in, they show & say "For spoken menus, press select now", and then you're taken to a special, well, "spoken" menu. If you don't touch anything, it shows the regular menu after 5 seconds. That sounds like what you're saying you want to do, and it works out great. Us sighted people are only inconvenienced for a few seconds, but I'm sure it's a godsend for blind folks. “This delays the project, or more accurately, the project takes the right amount of time to do this properly.”

I think that’s a good way to look at it. You’ve never promised a release date as far as I know, so you aren’t racing to meet some arbitrary deadline. Savor that. Accessible menus sound like a great idea for a documentary.

I’ve never heard of that Abraham & Mary Lincoln documentary, but the region 2 Doctor Who DVDs have audio menus. When you first pop the disc in, they show & say “For spoken menus, press select now”, and then you’re taken to a special, well, “spoken” menu. If you don’t touch anything, it shows the regular menu after 5 seconds. That sounds like what you’re saying you want to do, and it works out great. Us sighted people are only inconvenienced for a few seconds, but I’m sure it’s a godsend for blind folks.

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