GAConf This game accessibility conference is happening on October 24th and 25th. But there is plenty of archive footage from previous conferences. It covers a really interesting range of topics, such as accessibility in first person games, gaming with a muscle disease, bringing accessibility to storefront descriptions and audio-based games mechanics. Looks like one to… [Read More]

Best Practices for Overlays Ken Nakata writes a thought-provoking article about controversial accessibility overlays. Ken was once opposed to overlays, but has come around to the idea, on the basis that they can work harmoniously with other accessibility initiatives. He concedes that the damage has already been done by inaccurate marketing of overlay companies, who… [Read More]

Microsoft and Peel school board collaborate to launch Minecraft world focused on accessibility For those who don’t know, Minecraft has an education edition. (I wish I had this while I was in school!). That edition now has a new world, called BuildAbility. In partnership with America’s Peel District School Board (PDSB), it was launched on… [Read More]

Tech Journalism’s Accessibility Problem Monica Chin, computing reporter at The Verge, writes about the lack of accessibility content in tech magazines. She notes that most accessibility content is written by freelance journalists, or by staff journalists whose primary focus is something else. The lack of mainstream content makes it hard for disabled consumers to know… [Read More]

The negative impact of stylised captions on TikTok and Instagram It used to be that there was not enough captioned content on social media. People were posting videos but not captioning them, either because it wasn’t possible on the platform at the time or because they couldn’t be bothered. Auto captioning has become more and… [Read More]