Day Garwood
Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could get some help monitoring the behaviour of an inaccessible handheld game over time?
Jun 20 at 5:20pmWeb
Show threadDay Garwood3d ago
So far I have been using Aira, but it rarely gave any meaningful results.
I know nothing about cameras, but seems it was down to one or more of these four possible reasons:
1. the size of the screen itself (very small, maybe about an inch or so). Not sure if a phone camera is really designed to capture that small a space.
2. No way of holding the phone steady. I can hold it with my other hand, but I always seem to have a tendency of moving it rather unhelpfully.
3. Buttons are right next to the screen, so I end up unintentionally covering it.
4. To top it all off, the game imposes a ten second timeout before being booted out of the screen you're on.
Show threadDay Garwood3d ago
Another thing I thought of, at least to combat the timeout issue, was to somehow record a long video of me playing it (or at least trying to play it), but we still have the questions of screen size and access and camera stability, plus the additional issue of not even knowing whether I'm aiming correctly.
Even if I manage to get something, I'd still need to find some way of getting it transcribed/described.
I do know there are many blind people who are a lot more advanced than me in these sorts of areas.
Does anyone know of any way at all I can pull this off, Or am I in a fantasy world with this?
Show threadScott3d ago
@daygar What are you trying to do, write an accessible spin on it?
Show threadDay Garwood3d ago
@Scott Yup.
Show threadScott3d ago
@daygar What game is it? If it's possible to get hold of another one, maybe having that placed with a set of eyes you can call to collect details would be easier than pissing about with Aira.
Show threadToni Barth3d ago
@daygar Could a capture card work?
Show threadDay Garwood3d ago
@ToniBarth Not a clue. Never even heard of them. Hahaha.
Show threadToni Barth3d ago
@daygar Does the handheld have some means of connecting a screen to it? Either via wi-fi or a USB-c connection or hdmi or something?
Show threadDay Garwood3d ago
@ToniBarth Nope, no connections at all.
Show threadToni Barth3d ago
@daygar What device is it? lol
Show threadDay Garwood3d ago
@ToniBarth One of those digital pet things. Cool Tec Pocket Puppy.
Show threadToni Barth3d ago
@daygar Well that is indeed really tricky. I'm afraid there will no proper way around that except asking a sighted person around you to help with that. Maybe a stand for your phone so you don't need to hold it in your hand would help, and proper lighting would be important as well.
Show threadDay Garwood3d ago
@ToniBarth I feared as much. I don't have anyone sighted around which is why I'm trying to find a more independent way, but seems it is indeed very tricky. Thanks for your suggestions.
Show threadDay Garwood3d ago
@ToniBarth It's from about 1997, if that tells you anything.
Show threadHerbie Allen3d ago
@daygar Sounds like you need a lot of luck. Sounds like you need some way of transmitting the video instead rather than capturing it with a camera.