An anonymous reader writes "A visually impaired gamer has sued Sony because game products allegedly violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. 'According to the suit, Sony ignored repeated requests through postal mail and e-mail to come up with reasonable modifications to its games to make them more accessible.' This suit seems to be a combination of National Federation of the Blind v. Target, which complained of inaccessibility to the visually disabled (which settled for $6 million) and Martin v. PGA Tour, Inc., where the US Supreme Court ruled a disabled golfer was entitled to a golf cart where one was not already allowed as a reasonable accommodation. If the plaintiff wins, Sony will have to make 'reasonable accommodations' which are not an 'undue financial burden.' In my humble opinion, providing access for the disabled is not only the right thing to do but it will generate more profit for Sony."
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I am anosmic, I wonder if I can sue all food manufactures for violating the ADA. While I am at it, I should go after the cologne makes as well.
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I don't think it's stooping low, Sue, but it does raise an interesting question: how to you make an activity that's heavily reliant on "normal" visual acuity--like a video game--equally as entertaining or functional for those who are partially or fully blind?
What if you somehow make the modifications to the videogame but it's still not as entertaining or fully-functional for the sight-impaired? Do you file a class action suit because now you're discriminating against a group of people protected by certain federal rights? How would you quantify "entertainment"?
It's a tangled web anyway you *pardon the phrase* look at it.
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I am anosmic, I wonder if I can sue all food manufactures for violating the ADA. While I am at it, I should go after the cologne makes as well.
Trust me , when it comes to colognes, perfumes , and laundry detergents , you are better off than the rest of us . BTW , did you know that "masonic" is an anagram for "anosmic" ?
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I don't think it's stooping low, Sue, but it does raise an interesting question: how to you make an activity that's heavily reliant on "normal" visual acuity--like a video game--equally as entertaining or functional for those who are partially or fully blind?
What if you somehow make the modifications to the videogame but it's not as entertaining or fully functional for the sight-impaired? Do you file a class action suit because now you're discriminating against a group of people protected by certain federal rights?
It's a tangled web anyway you *pardon the phrase* look at it.
I grew up being taught to adapt to my surroundings, as evidenced by the nose prints on my computer monitor.
From someone who has worked in the electronics business with partial sight I can tell you that most adapatations come with a considerable trade-off.
The other issue is the cost of such adaptations, for my electronics work it cost right around $250.00 in magnifying loops. (good all metal and glass ones)
For the distribution manager's job I had at the publishing company the glasses frame mounted magnifier for reading invoices and transcribing information into the computer cost $1,700.00. It was for all intents and purposes a four power telescope that would focus down to 12" and to infinity.
I use to play a game called Quakeworld, there were several parameters the player could change to alter the appearance of the game including increasing the console message font size. As a matter of fact most all of ID software's games allowed this degree of flexibility. You had to know how access the console and build configuration files however you could customize the the user experience to a great degree.
It has also been my experience that when things are too small on the monitor using some external magnifying device always works better than the software solutions, cost usually is what drives most partially sighted persons to using software based solutions for accessibility to computers. These solutions are marginal at best and usually cumbersome to use and slow down the host computer.
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An anonymous reader writes "A visually impaired gamer has sued Sony because game products allegedly violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. 'According to the suit, Sony ignored repeated requests through postal mail and e-mail to come up with reasonable modifications to its games to make them more accessible.' This suit seems to be a combination of National Federation of the Blind v. Target, which complained of inaccessibility to the visually disabled (which settled for $6 million) and Martin v. PGA Tour, Inc., where the US Supreme Court ruled a disabled golfer was entitled to a golf cart where one was not already allowed as a reasonable accommodation. If the plaintiff wins, Sony will have to make 'reasonable accommodations' which are not an 'undue financial burden.' In my humble opinion, providing access for the disabled is not only the right thing to do but it will generate more profit for Sony."
Golly gee whiz. I can't do Olympic Pole Vaulting because I'm an old fart.. I guess I should sue the Olympic committee. for not having more accessible pole vaulting for old farts.
Eeesh! It's not like it's a handicapped ramp or a Braille label on an elevator...its a GAME. You don't HAVE to play.
O well.
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