[access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:01:59 -0000
Hi Saqib,
To say Powerpoint is not accessible is incorrect. It is with Window-Eyes,
but not too good with System Access.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Saqib
Sent: Wednesday 25 November 2009 14:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
------------------------------------------Hi sometimes you just have to use
presentations out of choice. If your work place or your course demands it
then you have to just learn to get on with it. I had to carry out a
presentation in Powerpoint and it is not very accessible. I had to make the
most of my residual vision to crack on with the task by using the System
Access magnifier which only helped in a minor capacity. You can't always be
excused from using a presentation related program for the above reasons.
<eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:48 PM
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
> Fair enough Steve but I was a bit taken aback to find it was a
> presentation that was pretty meaningless to me as a visually impaired
> person.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:42 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
>
>
>> Eleanor,
>>
>> I haven't downloaded the presentation myself, so I wasn't aware of this.
>> His CSUN talk was about a wide variety of disabled people who've found
>> Second Life worthwhile; I assumed what was on his website would have
>> been a recording of the Techshare talk rather than just the visual
>> information.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Eleanor Burke
>> Sent: 24 November 2009 19:49
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
>>
>> I downloaded the presentation out of interest but I was appauled as it
>> meant very little to me as a visually impaired screen reader. I must
>> have downloaded thw wrong thing!!! The presentation in full screen pdf
>> format.
>>
>> Eleanor
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:15 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
>>
>>
>>> Probably Kel Smith of Anikto; his presentation at CSUN the best thing
>>> there, and it looks like he's updated it to take the virtual guidedog
>>> project into account. His Techshare presentation is available from
>>> download from http://bit.ly/rnib09.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>>> Of Adrian Higginbotham
>>> Sent: 24 November 2009 15:40
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
>>>
>>> There was something at techshare this year about a virtual guidedog on
>>> secondlife that could act as your online guide basicly an assistant to
>>> give you contextual information about your surroundings. As damon
>> says
>>> all very unrewarding but possibly important as more and more service
>> are
>>> experimenting with virtual worlds by holding events or launches of
>>> reports and services in world.
>>>
>>>
>>> Adrian Higginbotham
>>> Manager, leading edge research.
>>> DD: 02476797333
>>> E: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> W: www.Becta.org.uk
>>> A: Becta, Millburnhill Road, Science park, Coventry CV4 7JJ.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>>> Of Damon Rose
>>> Sent: 24 November 2009 14:52
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
>>>
>>> Way too visual I think. About as interesting as trying to paint if you
>>> can't see. Read an article this week about how Second Life is on the
>>> wain.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>>> Of Griffiths, Steve
>>> Sent: 23 November 2009 08:46
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
>>>
>>> At CSUN 2009 I went to a demonstration of using Second Life with a
>>> screen reader. It was messy, but the project was in its early stages.
>> It
>>> was run on Macs and used a screen reader called Max Voice Plus written
>>> by Charles Mountain (charles.mountain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) which
>>> allows you to issue command line instructions to get your avatar to
>>> perform actions, for instance the command "/11 door" would open a
>> door.
>>> At the time a beta of Max Voice Plus was available from
>>> http://www.virtualguidedog.org/tools/. I haven't followed this up, so
>>> can tell you no more I'm afraid.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>>> Of Peter Holdstock
>>> Sent: 22 November 2009 17:35
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
>>>
>>>
>>> I tried using it with JAWS a year ago and it isn't accessible in the
>>> slightest. I did find a second life client which made it partly
>>> accessible but found that it was quite complicated and wasn't
>>> particularly interesting, entertaining or useful. In other words a
>> waste
>>> of time. Sorry as can't remember what the client was called.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Kevin Morris" <drewdog2060@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 4:50 PM
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [access-uk] ACCESSIBILITY OF SECOND LIFE
>>>
>>>> I've just signed up for a free account with Second Life and would be
>>>> interested to know of any access technology users who are using the
>>> site.
>>>> In particular any tips on using it would Jaws would be appreciated.
>>>> I'm using Jaws 10 and Windows Vista Home Premiunm.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
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