I had an initial hunt for online Scrabble for the partially sighted back in September 2021 – before starting to work on my own version.
Year: 2021
I’ve proved that making a previously inaccessible game available to someone with significant sight loss is both possible and highly beneficial to them. So… what
Nowhere near a ‘product’ yet – just aiming for a playable game between me and my father. Back-end A simple server remembers the state of
Could I make Scrabble accessible to someone – specifically my father – whose eyesight has deteriorated badly? Initial Strawman Starting out with a basic user
I live 400 miles from my father – who, due to advanced Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is struggling with his eye-sight – but his mind
Given the range of hardware available to many seniors, what options do we have for deploying some new ideas? Browsers PC, laptop, Smart TV, tablet
Given the range of hardware on which seniors might play games – and the corresponding software platforms those use, what tools should we use to
While they might not, on average, have as many tech gadgets as the next generation, seniors are increasingly likely to already own a range of
Let’s start from the premise that there will be at least two variants of a game: one or more for the elderly/partially sighted (“challenged”) player(s)
Almost everyone has played it at some point – and it’s not hard to learn the rules if you haven’t. You can spend as long