Enabling Accessible Gaming

06/06/2022
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On This Episode: Alex Dunn, James Bilsbrough

A chat with Alex Dunn, CEO of Enabled Play, to discuss how this clever bit of tech based on a Raspberry Pi can make gaming and more accessible to a wide range of disabilities.

Show Notes

As someone who has a visual impairment, and therefore is technically classed as disabled, accessible technology is something that’s incredibly important to me. So, when I saw a retweet about Enabled Play I reached out to Alex Dunn, their CEO, to see if he’d like to come and chat about the technology on the show.

As you’ve probably guessed, he said yes and so we sat down to talk about how important accessible, or assistive, technology is and get a great insight into what Enabled Play is, how it works and how it can make gaming, education, and work accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities, as well as being fantastically cool new tech.

I really hope you find this episode insightful, if you’ve got any stories of accessibility, good or bad, to share we’d love to hear from you, so send a note over to [email protected], leave a comment on the post, or start a discussion in Goodpods.

If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page.

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Chapter Times

00:00:04: Introductions
00:02:03: Why Accessible Tech?
00:10:23: What Is Enabled Play?
00:13:04: On Device Processing
00:16:49: The Cost Of Accessible Tech
00:21:29: Commodity Hardware
00:22:15: Tilt & Expression Controls
00:32:23: Working With Devices
00:45:50: Pricing & Availability
00:52:51: Wrapping Up

Credits

Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW

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