RNIB Blind Date: an accessible game

RNIB Blind date has been designed so that blind people, who use speech synthesis software to "hear" the web, can play it too.

RNIB Blind Date is accessible with Flash 6 using Jaws 4.5 and Window-eyes 4.2. The Flash version has been developed to demonstrate how Flash technology can be used in an accessible way and there are two characters to choose from.Play the Flash game.

If you do not have Flash installed please download the Flash 6 player.

If you are using an older version of screenreader software, there is also a fully accessible HTML version.This version has been developed to allow all users to play RNIB Blind Date and there are four characters in the game. Play the HTML game.

RNIB Campaign for Good Web Design

The web isn't just for people who can see!

Did you know that many of the UK's 2 million blind and partially sighted people enjoy using the web to shop, bank, read the news and even play games?

Technology has been developed that can turn web pages into synthesised speech, so that someone who is blind can hear the text that is displayed on the screen. This technology is called a 'screenreader'. You can hear how this page sounds in a screenreader (600k mp3 file).

RNIB Blind Date has been designed for everyone to enjoy, whether you can see the screen or if you are using a screenreader. Some partially sighted people use screen magnification software to make the text bigger. They will be able to read this site easily too.

But screenreaders and screen magnification only work properly when web designers code web sites following the guidelines published by the Web Accessibility Initiative. RNIB's Campaign for Good Web Design aims to make web designers aware of the guidelines and encourages anyone who creates a web site to keep the guidelines in mind when building their site.

As you can see, web sites don't have to be boring to be accessible. After all, the web is supposed to be for everyone!

Find out more about the RNIB Campaign for Good Web Design.

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