{"id":259695,"date":"2025-12-31T11:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/259695\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:09:09","slug":"visually-impaired-gamers-call-for-more-accessible-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/259695\/","title":{"rendered":"Visually impaired gamers call for more accessible games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gamers with vision difficulties emphasise the importance of support groups, social connection, and accessible design features, calling on developers to create games everyone can enjoy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Manyvisually\">Many visually impaired gamers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c1dzrkg0754o\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">find<\/a> mainstream video games difficult due to limited accessibility features. Support groups enable players to share tips, recommend titles, and connect with others who face similar challenges.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Audioand\">Audio and text\u2011based mobile games are popular, yet console and PC titles often lack voiceovers or screen reader support. Adjustable visual presets could make mainstream games more accessible for partially sighted players.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UKindustry\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/countries\/united-kingdom\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">UK<\/a> industry bodies acknowledge progress, but barriers remain for millions of visually impaired players. Communities offer social support and provide feedback to developers to improve games and make them inclusive.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Wouldyou\"><strong>Would you like to learn more about\u00a0AI, tech, and digital diplomacy?\u00a0If so,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.diplomacy.edu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ask our Diplo chatbot<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gamers with vision difficulties emphasise the importance of support groups, social connection, and accessible design features, calling on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,19,17,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-259695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115813873385373994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}