Huge news for our hearing impaired TESTies

[NaffNaffBobFace]

@NKato I remember we had discussions earlier in development about how the game can incoporate stuff for hearing impared players:

America Sign Language emotes are being made into the game

View: https://youtu.be/76fpL2RQDmI?t=813

 

[Printimus]

@NKato I remember we had discussions earlier in development about how the game can incoporate stuff for hearing impared players:

America Sign Language emotes are being made into the game

View: https://youtu.be/76fpL2RQDmI?t=813

I dont believe the above mentioned member is a part of our org any longer. But yes, great news for those who use sign language!

 

[CosmicTrader]

America Sign Language emotes are being made into the game

Wonderful News...........

 

[Metal-Muffin]

Can you speak up please?

 

[DirectorGunner]

I dont believe the above mentioned member is a part of our org any longer

I just asked today in discord how he was (since ATV mentioned sign language, reminded me of him), was very glad to hear he's doing well.
Will miss him, his rants made discord spicy.

 

[Vavrik]

This is good news, if they can incorporate it in the game it's great news. The gaming industry in general has little accomodation for any disability, so any thing is a major victory.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

I dont believe the above mentioned member is a part of our org any longer. But yes, great news for those who use sign language!

Shame they left - diversity makes us stronger, but their choice

I hope they see this thread and it gives them a smile that whenever I see anyone using the signing I'll be remembering them.

 

[Montoya]

Shame they left - diversity makes us stronger, but their choice

He didnt leave, he was banned for being an fucking asshole.

Don't worry, we have many more deaf members if you makes you feel better, including the lovely lady that made Cosmic's sig you see above.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

He didnt leave, he was banned...

I was unaware of this.

I'm sure a few warnings must have been given prior, one must live with the consequences of ones actions - In a roundabout way, if someone gets banned for their behavior following warnings, it is indeed their choice.

However, the sentiment still remains: Hurrah for having some deaf friendly implementation.

It's clear I am enthusiastic about this, but I am only partially deaf in my right ear (about 50%) so as far as imparment goes I am not actually effected as I can get buy okay. I would be interested to get the opinions from a few hearing impaired TESTies on this - do they game to get away from the hum-drum of every day and this is dragging them back to it, or is this a welcome development that can only lead to good things?

 

[August]

It’s a good start but I think they probably need more signs, or a way to chain them together to allow basic conversation - otherwise they’re just random emotes.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

Kudos that peeps get banned and the gentry don't have to hear about it nor the details like some old-wives group. It's emotionally satisfying to know there is some discipline happening and yet we don't get bothered with the details.

I'm curious now how this sign language might be used as a "thieve's cant" or indecipherable language known to a few that enables them to communicate covertly even in the presence of others. The US Army and many others employ a similar system in order to communicate silently at short range--their "hand signals":

It seems to me any player that goes the extra mile in learning how to communicate in manners such as this ought to have an in-game reward; like being able to comminicate silently even in closest proximity to others.

 

[DirectorGunner]

^ this is beautiful, thanks for sharing @Shadow Reaper

 

[Vavrik]

It's clear I am enthusiastic about this, but I am only partially deaf in my right ear (about 50%) so as far as imparment goes I am not actually effected as I can get buy okay. I would be interested to get the opinions from a few hearing impaired TESTies on this - do they game to get away from the hum-drum of every day and this is dragging them back to it, or is this a welcome development that can only lead to good things?

I have about 20% hearing in my left ear, and there are both low and high frequencies that attenuate a lot faster than my right. I'm able to compensate using the audio balance and tone settings features of most headset earphones. This is due to what is now a very old injury, and I'm used to it.

But this summer, I had another problem that affected part of the visual field of both eyes. This makes it very difficult to read text in SC's current wandering color scheme, and I can't fathom why the HUD display is the same color as the background more than half the time and we have no control of it. But at the same time those are annoyances, I also realize that CIG has actually done a pretty good job of making the game playable for people with visual issues, even if totally by accident.