Peer reviewed
Direct linkERIC Number: EJ826788
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Dec
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X
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Design and Usability Testing of an Audio Platform Game for Players with Visual Impairments
Oren, Michael; Harding, Chris; Bonebright, Terri L.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v102 n12 p761-773 Dec 2008
This article reports on the evaluation of a novel audio platform game that creates a spatial, interactive experience via audio cues. A pilot study with players with visual impairments, and usability testing comparing the visual and audio game versions using both sighted players and players with visual impairments, revealed that all the participants played the audio platform game successfully. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Cues, Visual Impairments, Testing, Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Games, Computer Graphics, Video Games, High School Students, Blindness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana; Iowa
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