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Summary Inclusive GameWerks, a Colorado startup, has developed a hexagonal pinball controller with three buttons, offering enhanced accessibility for individuals with disabilities. Inspired by a founder's experience with spinal muscular atrophy, the controller is an important step for inclusivity in pinball. Quotes My thoughts It's really encouraging to see A) state funding for accessibility initiatives and B) otherwise regular people (not already working in the accessibility space) jumping into action when they see someone impacted. Seems like this group has been quite busy developing solutions for pinball machines, so maybe in the future they could use their expertise to expand into arcade cabinets with similar accessibility concerns. Sources Main article (Denver Post): https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/23/pinball-inclusive-controller-disabilities-colorado-brewery-gamewerks/ Previous coverage (Chicago Parent): https://www.chicagoparent.com/parenting/special-needs/pinball-expo-special-needs/ Website for the Colorado Disability Funding Committee: https://disabilityfundingcommittee.colorado.gov Note: Looks like they have a meeting tomorrow (2024-01-26) that's accessible via Zoom if anyone wants to tune in. It appears their agenda is supposed to be public, but it's a Google Doc that's private at the moment. I sent them an access request letting them know it's not public.

I rely on captions to consume content on YouTube. Floatplane becomes completely unusable without captions. Is there any plan to integrate captions into floatplane or anyway to enable them currently?

Hello, So I have been working on a personal project and I think that it might be useful to blind people. Maybe the idea is stupid and will not be helpful to anyone but myself. But I'd at least like to converse with some blind people to guide my creativity in a way that will be helpful to more people. ...Being an introvert, I'd prefer online contact, especially since my work schedule can a bit strange. But I'm open to in person conversations, things move faster that way. However, I might forget some details I have recently completed designing the most expensive and difficult part of the project and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I haven't documented much because so may facets have come and gone. But now that the most expensive part is done, the project shouldn't change much. So documentation should be a lot more expedient. I've actually just finished making my first personal GitHub repo and have started populating it. Here's the link to the repo if you are interested or would like to help and here's a quick summary of the project... It is a tactile display computer peripheral. Basically it's one of those child's toys called a "Pin Screen" but it will be electronically powered to represent portions of a normal LED monitor screen. You won't be able to read text with it, but you could find groupings of text that can be read with text-to-speech. It could be used for 3D design or strictly graphical programs like "LabVIEW". It will be a small display, about the size of your hand. But the display can be moved and rotated to feel different portions of the LED monitor screen. And of course you should be able to zoom, filter by color, edges, etc, etc.

Hey all, I'm a forum newbie here so apologies for the rambling! I have ADHD and am a PC enthusiast/gamer and also work in PC/component repairs and Data recovery- I spend a LOT of time sitting at a desk and have really noticed the impact my ADHD has on my overall experience. I wanted to create this discussion to see what the likeminded ADHDers do to assist in their day to day functioning with technology. If you have ADHD and have any suggestions or methods that work for you, or think you know of something that might be of use to people with ADHD or have any questions please feel free to discuss! (Quick breakdown of related symptoms if you're interested: Constantly losing things, AirPods, wires, phones on and around my desk. A lot of spilling things due to having object permeance issues and not being able to tell that something is there (I now use my water bottle from LTTstore.com). I always forget about my 2nd monitor, and I really need a way to be able to lessen the sensory pressures of having clutter on the desk.)

I have a friend who loves to play Final Fantasy XIV. It plays amazingly well on a gamepad, however, he's having issues with his fingers when using the L2 and R2 triggers. These are used to control the special hotbar that was designed for controller users. The issue is the pressure needed to keep the L2 & R2 triggers held down for long periods of time, they're making his fingers hurt. It is an ergonomics issue. He has Thrustmaster's new ESwap X controller that Linus reviewed, he was using that but the L2 and R2 even in their short distance mode still put too much stress on his fingers. We're both aging gamers, this is why this is an issue. I've been trying to find a good PlayStation Dual-Shock 2 style PC controller where L2 and R2 are clicky buttons and not paddles. As a gift, I bought him the ZD-V+ USB Wired Gamepad for PC, it has buttons for L2 and R2 but they're terrible. They float on top of the button so you have to press the entire button down pretty hard to make it activate, so that's not going to work. So, here is what I need help finding. A gamepad for PC, connects via USB, has a good build quality and isn't cheap, and the L2 & R2 triggers are actually clicky buttons instead. I don't know if anything like that exists but I figured if anybody could find something like that you guys could. Please help, thank you.

I know there's been a few threads about this, but I've never seen much a resolution. Just about every time I watch an LTT vid, I always end up getting distracted by the captions. I'm not sure how they're generated; they're obviously not YouTube's auto generated since they're punctuated, capitalized, etc., but some of the mistakes seem really hard to imagine as human error. Here's some screengrabs from the latest episode as an example. I'm not really sure what the source of the issue is here, or what the fix would be. I'm sure there's people in the community who would be willing to manually caption videos (myself included), or at least editing the default ones. I know YouTube doesn't offer community subtitles natively anymore, but I'm sure something could be done with submitting an .srt externally, or something to that effect. My main reason for posting about this is just cause it seems like an accessibility issue. I watch videos with captions because my hearing isn't the best, and although something like this I can correct for in my head: Something like this, I have to rewind the video once or twice to try and understand what's actually being said: My hearing is far from the worst, but I imagine something like this would really suck for something with worse hearing, or someone straight-up deaf.

Since the wonderful @JonoT has moved onto pastures new, is there anyone picking up this task? The need for accessibility on the internet has always been there, and I champion anyone who implements an improved and inclusive experience as well as those who hold the businesses and other entities who aren't doing this to account. This kind of thing is more than a minor quality of life improvement, this is about lifting a barrier for those people who want to enjoy the content but cannot where terms and phrases are being misrepresented. Can you imagine watching a video where Anthony or Linus is using some terminology that makes no sense, calling a 'chassis' a 'cat sea' or referring to 'AMD' as 'am dee', you'd question the credibility and accuracy of that video, their research and reputation. Some people, granted a minority, are not afforded a guaranteed opportunity to learn and enjoy the same content as the majority do with the ability to do so. As a production team with the resources available to make this work and given far smaller productions quite rightly prioritise and manage this, I hope we can get some form of marked improvement for the portion of this community that would appreciate it so much. It could make for a fantastic video subject also, with the audience and reach this network of channels has. Champion the right ways of working in the industry, like you are attempting to with the HDR support on YouTube. Link to update from @JonoT on a separate, but aged thread.

Hi, I am visually impaired and slowly losing my sight. Modern technologies do not support color switching for example laptop bios, initial operating system setups and operating system installs just to name a few I can think of. I am in the market for a new computer screen around 21 to 24 in, 1080p. I was wondering if anybody is aware of any screens which support inverted colors on the display itself? That way I could still modify laptop bioses and install operating systems without having to ask other people to help. The only information I could find online was Samsung browser supports inverted colors by holding the mute button, however I would need the invert color to work via HDMI, so this is not suitable for my needs. If anybody could help me find a monitor like this or even if there is an open source main board for a monitor where I'm able to program this feature myself? Thanks in advance

Assistive technologies are very important to making technology accessible to those with disabilities. Screen readers are very important to those who are blind or have a visual impairment. Some of these screen readers include Job Access With Speech (JAWS) and NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) for Microsoft Windows, Orca on Linux, VoiceOver on iOS and macOS, and TalkBack on Android. All of these programs will read the contents of the screen to the user, which is a very important thing to those who can't use a screen or mouse to visually use a computer. In order to make the web accessible to those with disabilities, the W3C has accessibility standards. Why am I posting this if these standards are in place? Why not just follow those instead of reading this? Well, here's why: People don't like to follow the standards. Why do people not follow the standards? The answer is very simple. People believe that it costs too much to incorporate accessibility into websites, web apps, or even applications. On the web and in web apps, it's not hard to incorporate accessibility, nor does it cost anything, because of most web accessibility things being HTML attributes. A lot of things you can do to make websites accessible to screen reader users can be achieved through attributes in HTML that you wouldn't even think improve accessibility but, in reality, do. HTML Forms Accessibility While making websites accessible isn't hard, probably one of the more tricky things to make accessible is web forms. We've all encountered web forms like sign up pages and sign in forms. Imagine being blind and having to rely on them being read to you. If you are using a table, for example to layout a form, it is an ok thing to do to visually lay out the form. For example, you could have something like: <table id="sign-in"> <tr id="username-info"> <td id="user-label"> <label id="username-label" for="username-field">Username:</label> </td> <td id="user-field"> <input type="text" id="username-field" name="username-field"> </td> </tr> <tr id="password-info"> <td id="pass-label"> <label id="password-label" for="password-field">Password:</label> </td> <td id="pass-field"> <input type="password" id="password-field" name="password-field"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <input type="submit" id="login-button" value="Log In"> </td> </tr> </table> What it isn't, however, is accessible right out of the box. If you try to navigate the form using a screen reader as it stands now, it will announce unnecessary information about what row or column is currently in focus in the table. This isn't something a screen reader user is going to want to hear when navigating a form. There is one VERY simple way of solving this. You can resolve this issue by using the global role attribute. This is an attribute included in the large set of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) global attributes that come standard with HTML. to use the role attribute, all you need to do is do: role="<role goes here>". There are many different roles, but for a form contained within a table, we need to use the "form" role like so: <table id="sign-in" role="form"> <tr id="username-info"> <td id="user-label"> <label id="username-label" for="username-field">Username:</label> </td> <td id="user-field"> <input type="text" id="username-field" name="username-field"> </td> </tr> <tr id="password-info"> <td id="pass-label"> <label id="password-label" for="password-field">Password:</label> </td> <td id="pass-field"> <input type="password" id="password-field" name="password-field"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <input type="submit" id="login-button" value="Log In"> </td> </tr> </table> Now when a screen reader user accesses this form, they will only hear the labels and the text fields being read to them. The for attribute in the labels is also something that is not only required by HTML standards as a whole, but is also required by the accessibility standards. This attribute helps give screen readers information as to what a certain field is supposed to contain, information-wise and dictate that to the user. Another good attribute to use for accessibility in input fields is the aria-label and aria-labelledby attributes. The aria-labelledby attribute allows you to specify an HTML element, using it's id, that is being used to label the input field. The aria-label attribute allows you to put text as the label for the field within the attribute's value, so the screen reader will use that when dictating what the field is supposed to contain. ARIA - What is it and why is it important? ARIA is important because it provides global HTML attributes to make the web accessible to those with disabilities. These attributes relay information to screen readers that otherwise wouldn't be possible to relay to the user of the assistive technology. The internet is becoming more and more of a place where people go to for information. So why should people with disabilities be excluded from this age in technology? Why shouldn't they be able to have access to the internet or technology as a whole? Everyone should have access to the same information, regardless of sex, race, age (to an extent), disability, whatever. There are many pages on the W3C website regarding the web accessibility standards and ARIA. You can click here for a list of the ARIA attributes, what they are used for, and how to use them. For Accessibility testing, I suggest using VoiceOver on macOS and iOS, and NVDA on Windows. VoiceOver comes standard with macOS and iOS operating systems, and can be enabled by hitting CMD + F5 on macOS, and going to General > Accessibility > VoiceOver in Settings or by triple tapping the home button on iOS. NVDA is a free, open-source project for Windows developed by NVAccess, and can be found on their web page.

There are several reasons why many people don't build PC's: A high up-front cost Uncertainty on which parts to pick Uncertainty of which parts are compatible Fear of making a mistake and breaking their equipment Overly time consuming. An overabundance of screwing I was thinking of developing an app for Android which lets people fill out a questionaire and get a simple recommendation list based on their results which immediately links to an Amazon.com list of those same exact parts. Secondly, a case which locks parts into place and locks the panels on without a screwdriver would make building much easier.

Greetings! I am brand new to the forums, but I have been watching Linus' YouTube videos for several years. As my username (one armed geek) alludes to, I have a disability and, among things, I type one-handed. I also don't speak and I sit farther away from the screen(s) than most people do. While I do okay more or less, I know there is a LOT of room for improvement. I was wondering if other people had stories regarding not being able to use their computers in the conventional ways. For example, has anyone hurt their arm or hand and had to use the computer with a cast on one arm?

Hi All, My wife has a fairly substantial hearing impairment and the hearing loss is accelerated by having to strain to hear things like the television or conversations in a loud room. I bought her a lovely pair of Sennheiser HD 4.50 to watch TV with, and they work really really well, they accommodate her hearing aids really well and allow her to actually enjoy movies. The noise cancellation in the headphones really allows her to listen to audio at comparitively low volume, which helps preserve what remaining hearing she does have. My only problem is that my old Sony Bravia allowed for two audio outputs, speakers and headphones, and we were both able to watch the movie at the same time. My new TCL does not have the same functionality. I have my HTPC (Windows 10) plugged into the TV via a Samsung Q70R soundbar, so am looking for a software solution that will also allow me to have my wife still using the headphones plus keep the soundbar receiving a full signal of Dolby Atmos (I know that it isn't as good as full speaker set-up, but my lounge room is really small). Or if there is an affordable hardware solution, I would be interested in that also. Any thoughts/resources/genius hacks that you guys could throw my way?

Hello I'm an artist I spend most of my time with a regular mouse and keyboard for right handed (I had to adjust) , that was good untill now I'm going to no longer work mostly in 3d were a regular mouse and keyboard setup is good but I'm going to sculpt and paint a lot using a tablet. This create a problem I use my left hand for the pen but I also need my macro that keyboard and software manifacturer putted on the left side of the keyboard. I tried to remap every keybind on the other side but is a laborios task also you always foget something so it's impossible also the keylayout and size are not exaclty simmetrical. also when I don't need the pen now I require a left mouse to work with. I looked online for lefthanded keyboard with no luck they just shifted the key not mirrored the placement of them making it useless. I'm now looking for costum solution now hoping to find something better than a square numpad to keymap. Do you know any brand that do costum order for keyboard of give you a kit that is not designed just for right hand people in mind ?

How do I make Windows 10 read the text that I've selected for me? I have dyslexia and a hard time reading, and I just switched from macOS to Windows 10. In macOS, you can enable a keyboard shortcut that will read the selected text for you no matter which application you're in. Is there a similar feature in Windows 10?

https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/08/20/logitech-reveals-its-first-vertical-mouse-the-mx-vertical https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/mx-vertical-ergonomic-mouse "Logitech has revealed the MX Vertical, a new Mac and Windows mouse intended to reduce muscle strain for some people by putting the wrist in a less stressful position." Would love to see LTT review this product. A new ergonomic peripheral from a mainstream peripheral company seems right up their alley. It connects via Bluetooth, USB-C, or a dongle (not sure whether it's a USB-A dongle or what).

Hello LTT community and thanks for supporting such a great forum for both new and old tech and understanding. I'm posting (and finally joined the forum) to raise further interest in a topic Linus Tech has actually had an amazing track record in covering-accessibility. I was hoping to get some LTT folks' feedback on Microsoft's announcement of their upcoming XBOX Adaptive Controller. Do you think this will signify a larger shift toward viewing the needs of all players for the gaming hardware industry as a whole or will this be another Sidewinder kicking up a little dust before blowing away? This is a personal topic of conversation for me as well, while serving in the US Navy, stationed overseas, my hand was crushed by several hundred lbs (for my Northern kinfolk thats just less than half again as many hundreds of kilos) of brass during transport. Several surgeries, an earthquake and subsequent radiological disaster later I'm honorably discharged after 8 amazing years of service with a fused left thumb, a really itchy carpal tunnel surgery scar, range of motion issues and cannot use a gamepad for longer than about an hour or I get all Tom Hanks from Saving Private Ryan; my Tom Hands as I likes to calls them :-\ . I proudly tout the PC Gaming Masterrace now- but it wasn't a willing conversion. Input device restrictions on the console side left me choosing between expensive and T.o.S.-sketchy hardware translation options which hacked gamepad hardware to allow M&K or a scant handfull of custom shops making accessibility devices at a high premium due to the lack of standardization. This quandry led me to building my first two PCs, learning to love the 2500k, and dancing the Arduino two-step to get various generations of hardware work under Windows 10 with such unusual setups as the HOGAS :-P (hands-on-gamepad-and-stick) or my unparralled joy at unearthing a cellophane sealed Sidewinder Strategic Commander at a garage sale. It seems that the console winds are changing though, with Microsoft announcing their new XBOX Adaptive Controller. But questions about M&K on XBOX Live implementation and how broadly compatible the Controller will be with 3rd-party devices still are in the air, along with the broader industry response. I for one have the best of hopes for getting back to fragging back on the Live range at best and at least to improve my gameplay comfort and playability (joypad emulation lag anyone?) Thanks for sticking with me, on my first and very long post. I hope that I haven't come across as a Redmond fanboy, they have course-corrected too many times to count and have made some disturbing choices in their hardware peripheral history. Still Microsoft have maintained a consistant high quality when it comes to their ergonomic devices. Let me know what you folks think and maybe we can get a hands-on review video; I've been following the site since 2014 and first discovered Linus Sebastian on the informative NCIX videos.

Hi there! I am brand new to the forum and after an initial search for a similar discussion, I couldn't find anything so let me start: are you a disabled person in any way or personally know a disabled person who is a tech enthusiast and/or a gamer? If yes, do you have any tips and tricks for other people who may be suffering from similar difficulties? Any software, hardware or other work-arounds that let you enjoy old games and newer AAA titles? I, personally, have been suffering from a severe visual impairment for 14 years now (legally blind for the win) and I have still been playing games for roughly the same time (N.B. I didn’t go blind because I have been gaming so much… au contraire, I should be playing games at least 2 hours per day <<yay science!!>>) – I can share if this topic gets any interest whatsoever.

NCIX: http://bit.ly/1DJequs Amazon: http://geni.us/3Gel Have you ever wished you could see what the heck you were doing when trying to plug something into the rear IO on your PC? Here is our solution! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp-WenqUiQA&feature=youtu.be

In 2013 i suffered a car accident and lost all my movements from the neck down since then I have been striving daily to get my movements back and I got some of those back but they are "simple" movements like raising and lowering the arms, putting force on the legs. Nothing like touching the phone or use the computer for example. As i always liked to use the computer my parents bought a wireless mouse and keyboard, so I say what to do, like click here or there, scroll down or up... And they do as ask. In search of more autonomy they recently bought the PC Eye Mini and I would like to know tips and possible softwares or accessories to assist in this process of Integration in the use of the computer. If possible a software to use my voice to type. FYI I'm Brazilian, so I apologize for any word that's wrong. Other thing, I love games. So if you know any game that is easy to play and dont have time limit to end my turn (because I still getting used to the program). 401545778_WhatsAppVideo2021-04-29at09_52_40.mp4