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Designing for the Blind

December 17, 2011
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Rock Vibe on Kickstarter -- an Electronic Musical Game for Blind and Sighted Gamers

Not much to add here — how many other cool video games are there for visually disabled? Using tactile clues instead of visual signals is a nice interaction design solution. Well done!

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One Response to Designing for the Blind

  1. Olga Werby on February 20, 2012 at 11:55 am

    Here’s an article from HOT Hard Ware on designing texting interface/interaction fro the blind on mobile devices: http://hothardware.com/News/Georgia-Tech-iPhone-App-Could-Help-Blind-Users-Text/

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