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We do now. weve made leaps and bounds, evolutions in fine motor and in auditory impairment and visual impairment. so with the new generation of controllers being touted as the most accessible ever, its nowjust up to me to get to grips with them. so this is the playstation 5 dualsense controller. its pretty cool and its, its got an ergonomic design that makes it quite easy to hold. whats also really cool is that all of these buttons can be remapped on the console, so if youre like me, left—hand...

On the left—hand side, if you like. its also got haptic feedback. and it isntjust sonys playstation thats taking steps to make games controllers more accessible. microsoft has been working with disability charities to help create something pretty unique. this is the xbox adaptive controller. it came out in 2018 and its pretty cool. its basically like one central controller but, as you can see, there are loads and loads of ports here that you can plug in any controller that you like to make a m...

Higher and i think the realisation is when you design for accessibility challenges and opportunities, you actually open up so many other doors for a range of scenarios that are unexpected and you end up solving for one but applying to many ina solving for one but applying to many in a really positive way andi many in a really positive way and i think thats really catching on in the industry. like the ps five, the x boxs —— accessibility menu has a screen reader and custom bottom assignments....

The things that are important to them, that theyre the ones capturing these training videos, because theyre people that are going to be using software to find the objects. so far, some 3,000 videos have already been collected, and the project aims to gather around 10,000 clips in total. because this a! can learn from just a handful of clips, users will be able to teach it personalised objects. that means being able to pick out your keys or your cane from other peoples. sojust imagine if i could ...

Make a more bespoke gaming experience. its interesting, you know? ive been in the industry now for 20 something yea rs industry now for 20 something years and definitely i would say not just at xbox but years and definitely i would say notjust at xbox but in all the partner publishers and developers and companies i deal with, the awareness is a lot higher and i think the realisation is that when you design for accessibility challenges and opportunities, you actually open up so many other doors f...

Voice recognition and has a screen reader and custom button assignments. there are also captions, voice recognition and even transcription facilities. accessibility in technology often focuses on educational tools or disabled peoples ability to adapt to their surroundings on a day—to—day basis, but it rarely tackles entertainment and downtime. its like were surviving but not thriving. specialeffect is a charity that recognises this and understands how important accessible gaming is to disabl...

Challenges and opportunities, you actually open up so many other doors for a range of scenarios that are unexpected and you end up sort of solving for one but then applying to many in a really positive way, and i think thats really catching on in the industry. taking a closer look, it really does seem the consoles have added loads of accessible features and menus for both the console and the games. menu cursor sensitivity. enhanced auto aim. like the ps5, the xbox‘s accessibility menu has a sc...

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White canes have never been the focus of an ai database before. until now. these clips have been collected by microsoft city university of london and the university of oxford. but they have all been filmed by people like robin. its really important that blind people themselves are the ones to do themselves are the ones to do the recording of the things that are important to them. they are the ones that are capturing these training videos because they other people who are going to be using the so...

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