Presentation given at Accessibility Scotland (Edinburgh 2017)

1. accessible
everyone
@mike_crabb
m.j.crabb@rgu.ac.uk

2. about me

3. Dr Michael Crabb
Lecturer/Researcher
@mike_crabb

4. UoD BBC RGU

7. accessible
everyone

8. future of
game accessibility

9. model of
accessibility

11. Visual

12. Cognitive

13. Physical

14. Communication

15. Emotional

16. Socio-Economic

17. Intersectional

19. Permanent
Situational
Temporary
Challenges

20. One arm Arm injury New parent
One arm Arm injury New parent
See
Blind Cataract Distracted driver
Hear
Deaf Ear infection Bartender
Speak
Non-verbal Laryngitis Heavy accent

21. Bartender
One arm Arm injury New parent
See
Blind Cataract Distracted driver
Hear
Deaf Ear infection Bartender
Speak
Non-verbal Laryngitis Heavy accent
Deaf !=

22. “Literature reveals numerous studies that clearly
demonstrate that studying non-representative users
can lead to inaccurate conclusions or missed insights”

23. Visual Relating to blindness,visual impairment, andcolour blindness
Cognitive Relating to issues of
memory, fluidintelligence, attention andemotiveness
Physical Relating to fine-grainedand gross motor skills
Communication Relating to issues ofhearing, of talking, ofreading, and of
expression
Emotional Relating to issues ofanger and despair
IntersectionalRelating to all issues andwhere they intersect
Permanent
Temporary
Situational

24. Eating a pot
noodle while
using your
phone
Juggling whiletexting
Defending the
realm against
dragons

30. current state of
play

31. ?

32. What do you know?
Where did you learn?
How do you deal with?
What do you not know?
What do you need?
How important is this?

33. Visual Relating to blindness,visual impairment, andcolour blindness
Cognitive Relating to issues of
memory, fluidintelligence, attention andemotiveness
Physical Relating to fine-grainedand gross motor skills
Communication Relating to issues ofhearing, of talking, ofreading, and of
expression
Emotional Relating to issues ofanger and despair
IntersectionalRelating to all issues andwhere they intersectWhat do
you know
Where did
you learn
How do
you deal
with
What do
you not
know
What do
you need
Importance

34. What do you know?
Where did you learn?
How do you deal with?
What do you not know?
What do you need?
How important is this?

35. Personal Experience
Accessibility Applications
Websites
News Articles
Life Experience
Family Members
University Lectures
Charity Awareness
Where did you learn?

37. Want to get
involved?

38. simulation as a developer
tool

45. [ad break]

47. media
accessibility

48. subtitles!

49. Why Subtitles!?
Hasn’t it all been done before?

51. College Chums (1907)

52. Texting and the
Internet in Film
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=uFfq2zblGXw

53. dynamic text
existsin television

55. Sherlock
A study in pink (2010)

57. Subtitle School 101
“Place subtitles in the middle and at
the bottom of the screen”

58. to be continued…

59. Want to get
involved?

60. board game
accessibility

61. It’s not just Monopoly…

62. 35%Year on Year
Growth

64. ColourADD System
http://www.coloradd.net/

74. Colour Blindness
Visual Accessibility
Cognitive Accessibility
Emotional Accessibility
Physical Accessibility
Communication
Socioeconomic Accessibility
Intersectional Accessibility

75. Colour Blindness

76. Colour Blindness

77. Visual Accessibility

78. Emotional Accessibility

79. Communication

80. There are few games so effective at turning 30-45 minutes of
your free-time into the kind of crucible of escalating despair you
just can’t wait to experience again.

81. 100+Gamesreviewedand
accessibilityteardownscreated
800,000K+wordswrittenforsite
209ktwitterimpressionsinlast28
days

82. Increasedworkwithboard
gamemanufacturers
prototypegame
accessibilityanalysis

83. Board Game
Accessibility
Guidelines 1.0

84. how can technology help?

87. Want to get
involved?

88. take home
messages

89. When talking about
accessibility, make sure that
everyone has a shared
definition
1

90. Use permanent, temporary,
and situational accessibility
challenges to guide
discussion
2 (but don’t take it too far!)

91. design experiences that are
accessible and fun3

92. accessible
everyone
@mike_crabb
m.j.crabb@rgu.ac.uk

93. Eye by il Capitano from Noun Project
Head by Vectors Market from Noun Project
Hand by Mello from Noun Project
Talking by Lakshisha from the Noun Project
Emotions by Magicon from the Noun Project
Circular Business Model by Vicons Design from the Noun Project
Additional pictures from www.pexels.com
Colour profile from coolours.com
Font matching from fontpair.co