Entertainment & Sports
Tactile dice
Large print play card
Playing video games with eSight
Assistive Technology for Entertainment & Sports
It is important to keep in mind that people with visual loss will need to learn to play games with a sense other than sight. Many games and toys help to develop cognitive skills such as recognizing shapes, numbers, textures etc. It also promotes the development of social skills such as interacting with peers, participating in group activities.
The following are some of the games that can be played by most people or children with visual loss with no special adaptation
Simon memory game
Cootie game to develop fine motor
Hot potato game for social interaction
There are numerous adaptation games that will allow blind and visually impaired people or children can play. Few examples of adaptive games are:
Peg boards, Tactile dice
Audible balls
Large print with Braille cards, Braille chess, Large print paly cards
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Further Reading:
The 10 Best Adapted Games for the Blind or Visually Impaired, Orcam, 2021
Games and Activities, AFB
Games and gaming, RNIB
India national blind cricket team, Wikipedia
About this page
We take a look at some of these games grouped as:
Board and Card Games:
3D and Tile Games:
Mobile Games:
Video / Computer Games:
We also take a round of DOTS RPG Project that innovates to create visual impairment support to several common games.
International Braille Chess Association (IBCA)
All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB)
Board and Card Games
Many people with blindness, low vision, and vision loss want to continue enjoying Bingo; card games, such as bridge and poker; board games, such as Monopoly, Scrabble, checkers, and dominoes; and audio computer games. In this section, we’ll introduce you to a wide range of adapted card and board games that will enable you to continue with your favorite leisure pursuits.
Braille edition of the classic Tic Tac Toe game.
Board has 3X3 holes
Each X and O piece is differently shaped
Each piece has a peg to go into the hole
Available in India
Ludo is a classic board game that traces its history back to the time of the Pandavas (remember Shakuni & his Shadyantras!). The board game was then known as Chaupar, infamous for the tussle between the Pandavas & Kauravas in the Mahabharata.
Made of solid wood, this Ludo board game comes with
metallic Braille dots
metallic Braille dice spinner
Available in India
Made of solid wood, this board game comes with
metallic Braille dots
metallic Braille dice spinner
Available in India
This draught board game is specially designed for the blind.
English draughts or checkers, is a form of the strategy board game. It is played on an 8×8 checkerboard with 12 pieces per side. The pieces move and capture diagonally forward, until they reach the opposite end of the board, when they are crowned and can thereafter move and capture both backward and forward.
Draughts is played by two opponents, alternating turns on opposite sides of the board. The pieces are traditionally black, red, or white. Enemy pieces are captured by jumping over them.
Available in India
This brainvita board game is specially designed for the blind.
Peg solitaire, Solo Noble or Solitaire is a board game for one player involving movement of pegs on a board with holes. Some sets use marbles in a board with indentations. It is also called Brainvita in India.
Available in India
Puzzles have always been an part of the Brain development process but the visually impaired folks have not been able to experience the beauty of the game for long. This classic puzzle game is specially designed for the blind people. With proper markings on the puzzle pieces, this braille wooden puzzle game is guaranteed to make the experience great.
Available in India
Chess or Shatranj or Chaturanga is a classic board game that traces its history back to 6th century India .
Braille chess includes
pieces shaped differently and having tactile dots on top, for easy identification
board with raised and lowered squares, allowing the player to easily move the pieces across
each piece has a peg design that allows it to snugly fit across the board.
Available in India
Sudoku (Number Place) is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9 × 9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3 × 3 subgrids that compose the grid contain all of the digits from 1 to 9. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid, which for a well-posed puzzle has a single solution
Available in India
The playing cards deck is brailled on two sides - top left corner and bottom right corner.
The braille system of indication helps identify each playing card, that is, the number of the card and the suit that it belongs to.
Available in India
The playing cards deck is brailled on two sides - top left corner and bottom right corner.
The braille system of indication helps identify each playing card, that is, the number of the card and the suit that it belongs to.
Available in India
Scrabble is a classic wordplay game. The objective of the board game is to score the maximum points by creating various words, using the available letters on the scrabble board.
This scrabble board game is perfectly equipped with the power of braille touch. The use of braille system in this board game assures that people having low eyesight or visual challenges are able to enjoy the game too. The game board, therefore, is embedded with tactile and braille markings and an overlay grid to keep the pieces from shifting.
Available in India
Large Print Crossword Puzzle Book
What is an antonym for the word gentle? What do you call ice cream on a stick? Answer these thought-provoking questions and more in the Large Print Crossword Puzzle series. Each book offers page after page of exciting crossword puzzles that will stimulate your mind and have you begging for more. You will boost your vocabulary skills while having fun at the same time!
Available in India
This is a set of 25 shape and texture tiles having 25 unique combinations of 5 shapes and 5 textures.
Take Two Rules:
Place all tiles face down on table.
On your turn, choose 2 tiles.
If either the shape or the texture on the tiles match, you keep the tiles. If neither the shape nor the texture on the tiles match, you put the tiles back in the pile, face down.
It is the next person's turn.
When all tiles are gone (or only 1 remaining), the game is over.
The person with the most tiles wins the game!
Monopoly Business Game for Visually Impaired
Monopoly is a multi-player economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties, and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy. Money can also be gained or lost through Chance and Community Chest cards, and tax squares. Players receive a stipend every time they pass "Go", and can end up in jail, from which they cannot move until they have met one of three conditions. The game has numerous house rules, and hundreds of different editions exist, as well as many spin-offs and related media.
This set is designed specially for players who are blind or have very limited vision. The set has a number of features to make playing chess enjoyable.
The 12" square wood chess board offers alternating depth squares to help with tactile identification of the square.
In the center of the squares are holes for pegs beneath each piece.
The Staunton design plastic pieces with 3" every piece has peg on its base to fit into the 64 holes of the chessboard, keeping them steady in place.
The black players pieces have rounded pegs on top for easy identification
The white queen and bishop have their ball removed to prevent accidental mis-identification.
Color contrasted game for those with low vision
Game includes 2 cups, 2 regular dice, 2 tactile dice and more...
Protective carrying case
Felt game board
Backgammon is a two-player game where each player has fifteen pieces (checkers (US) or men) that move between twenty-four triangles (points) according to the roll of two dice. The objective of the game is to be first to bear off, i.e. move all fifteen pieces off the board.
Get back in the game with these easy to use braille Bingo cards! Now you can enjoy a fun-filled evening of Bingo with your friends and family without the hassle of vision impairment. These braille bingo boards measure 8 1/4 X 8 1/4 inches. Feature braille and black, raised numbers. Markers included. 1 Single Board
Bingo Call Number Playing Cards with Braille
Bingo is a game of probability in which players mark off numbers on cards as the numbers are drawn randomly by a caller, the winner being the first person to mark off all their numbers. It is also known as "Housey-Housey".
Terrific to play Bingo anywhere
Contents: 75 coated cards
Numbered B-1 through O-75
Size: 3.5 in. x 2.5 in.
Large black dice with white dots are easier to see than standard sized dice.
Know the value rolled by touching the raised / tactile dots. Great for the blind and those with low vision as well as those with arthritis and limited manual dexterity.
1-1/4" square with rounded corners for a smoother roll. Includes one pair (2 dice).
Bananagrams - Word Game with Braille Tiles
Race to form crossword grids with letter tiles
Have fun forming words with your letter tiles
Braille tiles with bold black print
For 2 to 8 players, ages 10 and up
Includes 144 tiles and carry case
3D and Tile Games
Tactile Rubiks Cube For Visually Impaired
The Rubik's Cube (Magic Cube) is a 3-D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.
On the Rubik's Cube, each of the six faces is covered by nine stickers, each of one of six solid colours: white, red, blue, orange, green, and yellow - white is opposite yellow, blue is opposite green, and orange is opposite red, and the red, white, and blue are arranged in that order in a clockwise arrangement. An internal pivot mechanism enables each face to turn independently, thus mixing up the colours. For the puzzle to be solved, each face must be returned to have only one colour.
Braille Polyhedral Gaming Dice Set
DOTS RPG Project's regular polyhedral dice set containing 8 dice (the number marks the number of faces) - contains D20, D12, D10, D10 blunt-tipped, D8, D6 with curved corners, D6, and rectangular D4.
Find more variety here.
Easy-to-see tactile dominoes with raised dots
Set of 28 double six easy-to-see and tactile dominoes – ideal for any keen player and great for playing by sight or by touch.
These white plastic dominoes have raised black dots and a tactile ridge dividing the two halves.
May be used to play blocking as well scoring games.
How to Play Dominos, Howcast, 2010
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set
It is a hands-on, cross-curricular STEM solution that engages students by providing the resources to design, build and program their creations while helping them develop essential skills such as creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication.
The system includes the EV3 Intelligent Brick, a compact and powerful programmable computer that makes it possible to control motors and collect sensor feedback using the intuitive icon-based programming and data logging software that is delivered with the set.
The set is delivered in a sturdy storage bin with a sorting tray, three Servo Motors, five Sensors (Gyro, Ultrasonic, Color and 2x Touch), a EV3 Rechargeable DC Battery (with charging cable) and connecting cables.
DOTS RPG Project
The DOTS program is designed to bring gaming materials such as books and character sheets and dice and everything else that you need to the visually impaired.
History
The DOTS RPG Project was created when Jack wanted to find a way to make tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs) easier for his blind friend, D. Jack realized the need not only for rulebooks, but various gaming aids like HP trackers, markers, and of course dice. Jack spent months learning braille so he would be able to produce these items himself. Working closely with D every step of the way, they got started on how to best design braille and tactile dice for blind and visually impaired players. Thanks to many different individuals who have volunteered countless hours of their free time to this project, it finally became a reality.
Unfortunately D passed away in January of 2018, before DOTS made it out to the public. The DOTS RPG Project is his legacy and we continue on in his memory, working towards improving accessibility in gaming for all individuals.
Present
In August 2018, Jack stepped down from the daily workings and handed the DOTS reins over to Jess Dempsey. Following in Jack's footsteps, Jess was inspired by the work he did with D and vowed to continue their mission. DOTS has changed course slightly, opening the focus to include all types of gamers with disabilities, not just the blind and visually impaired. The efforts of DOTS spreads around the world with different publishers, developers, and of course members of the DOTS Family.
DOTS is learning, growing, and improving every day. Working closely with experts in TTRPGs, disability, and accessibility, we are able to collaborate and work through challenges disabled gamers face. Much of what we do is being addressed for the first time, and there are learning curves to just about everything. Thanks to the support of the wonderful community around us, we are helping improve the tabletop gameplay experience one disability at a time.
Mobile Games
Audio Game Hub 2.0 introduces 4 new games to the award winning Audio Game Hub with a fresh instalment of new features and sensational sound-effects!
Race against the clock and disarm bombs in Bomb Disarmer, follow Simon as he leads you through unlocking complicated patterns in Super Simon, or sit at the round table and enjoy a casual game of Blackjack.
Audio Game Hub is a set of experimental arcade audiogames that use audio as their primary interface – making them accessible for both sighted and non-sighted users.
Audio Game Hub provides a medium to develop and improve motoric, auditory and memory skills by training them in a fun and stimulating way!
Audiogames
Animal Escape
Bomb Disarmer (10 player)
Super Simon (10 player)
Blackjack (Casino)
Slot Machines (Casino)
Archery
Hunt
Samurai Tournament (4 player)
Samuari Dojo (4 player)
Labyrinth
Animal Farm (Memory)
Blocks (Bejeweld)
Runner
Blindfold Games is a series of audio games for visually impaired people, with dozens of games for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. Enjoyed by tens of thousands of people worldwide, the games are so popular because they are fun, appeal to all ages, and they just feel “right”.
ObjectiveEd exists to help teachers, parents and schools adapt to the new era of gamified learning.
ObjectiveEd continues to provide the Blindfold Games as a service to the visual impaired community.
Objective Ed: How it works, AFB, 2020
Blind Cricket is first accessible cricket simulator with realistic sounds, easy user interface and accessibility features.
Play on your own or with teammates to make it to the top from school level to international cricket
The game is aimed not just at visually impaired people but also at anyone who loves gaming.
More: www.audiogamehub.com
Blindfold Solitaire
Blindfold Games are entertainment apps provided as a service to the visually impaired community by Objective Ed.
Solitaire is a fully accessible Solitaire card game for both sighted and visually impaired people, designed for rapid audio play.
The cards are not visible; instead, you play by listening. You can flick left or right, or up or down, to hear the cards. You move a card from one pile to another by tapping on the screen twice to start the move, and then tapping twice again to complete the move. A complete guide to the gestures is included in the help.
iOS (5.0)
It is a collaborative project of an audio-only action/adventure game for mobile phones created by DOWiNO. It’s based on a very innovative technology: binaural sound. In this game, the players are guided only by 3D sound and live the adventure by controlling their hero with multi-point tactile gestures. A Blind Legend” is above all a story: an adventure from the Age of Chivalry, to which we want to give epic scope.
The game is aimed not just at visually impaired (VI) people but also at anyone who’s hungry for an original sensory experience with a trailblazing video game.
For us, the game achieves two objectives:
giving VI people access to high-quality video games, but
also raising public awareness of this type of disability.
Blindfold Racer
Blindfold Racer was created for blind and visually impaired folks with help from the students in the app club at Cushman School, Miami FL. Thanks to the students at Lighthouse for the Blind Miami and Broward and the veterans at the VA Med Center for their suggestions. And thanks to the dozens of children and adults that told us that Blindfold Racer a great game for everyone.
Gamers from AppleVis have given us dozens of great ideas for the game - and we've added them! We actively participate in AppleVis - if you have an idea for a new level, let us know.
Blindfold Racer is fully compatible with voice-over, but is not limited by voice-over gestures when you are driving.
iOS (3.3)
Blindfold Sudoku
Sudoku is a fully accessible Sudoku game for both sighted and visually impaired people, designed for rapid audio play.
Sudoku comes with 5 Sudoku 9-by-9 puzzles - easy, medium and difficult - and is controlled through gestures. It doesn't require voice-over but is fully compatible with voice-over.
The Sudoku puzzle board is not visible; instead, you play by listening.
iOS (5.0)
This initiative is promoted by the International Braille Chess Association and All India Chess Federation For Blind.
It acts as an companion for blind chess players. It has all the resources require to make a professional chess player.
It has support of my chess application, there are six chess playing mobile application integrating with it:
Chess moves: Players can play online with engine.
Analyze this: It helps to analyse the game.
Follow chess: It helps to view the live broadcasting of game.
i chess: For puzzle solving.
Radio chess: Where episode related to blind chess is getting broadcast which will help blind chess player to keep themselves updated.
Simply reading: To read the accessible chess content.
Android (5.0)
Video / Computer Games
Most video games available these days are designed and marketed for able-bodied individuals with clear vision, but that hasn't stopped blind gamers from playing and enjoying them. There are currently a surprising number of games out there friendly to the vision impaired – some, like the phone game Night Jar, designed specifically for audio navigation, others with audio feedback cues which people with poor vision can deftly interpret.
Gamers with blindness, color blindness, or other issues of sight want to play the latest hit video game as much as their sighted colleagues, and to that end many vision-impaired gamers navigate through video games using audio cues, vibration feedback from their controllers, or special patches and mods that improve sound quality, increase the interface size, read game text out loud, and more.
The better the sound quality and sound feedback of a mainstream video game, the more vision-impaired gamers can interact with with and genuinely enjoy them. This highlights how important sound design is to the development of video games – more importantly, it shows that game developers don't need to spend big bucks to make their games accessible to people with vision-impairment or other disabilities. They need only make small changes, but these small changes can make a big difference to people in the gaming community who are too often overlooked.
Source:
Audio-Centric Games
Games built around audio navigation and blindness as a theme
Blind Legend, an iOS / Android game released in 2016, is a hack'n'slash fantasy about a blind knight and his daughter navigating and fighting their way through a danger-filled castle.
Night Jar, an iOS game released in 2011, a science-fiction horror adventure narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, is about an astronaut trying to escape a spaceship plummeting into a black-hole, in which players use sound cues to navigate the ship corridors and avoid a stalking alien.
Text Adventure Games
Games built using text commands - can be played by the blind using a text-to-audio interface or digital braille displays
Zork is an interactive fiction computer game originally developed by founders of Infocom in 1979 for mainframe.
Zork distinguishes itself both the quality of the storytelling and the sophistication of its text parser, which can even recognize some prepositions and conjunctions ("hit the troll with the Elvish sword").
Planetfall (planet + landfall) is a SciFi themed interactive fiction video game written by Steve Meretzky, and the eighth title published by Infocom in 1983.
It has been re-released in Solid Gold versions including in-game hints. Planetfall uses the Z-machine.
Racing Games
Newer racing car games have been popular among gamers with impaired vision. The main audio cues seen in most racing games – the roar of the engine, the screech of brakes, the shriek of cars grinding together – are useful cues that vision-impaired gamers can use to feel out the racetrack.
Mario Kart is a series of racing games developed and published by Nintendo. Players compete in go-kart races while using various power-up items. It features characters and courses from the Mario series, plus Nintendo franchises such as The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing and Splatoon. The series was launched in 1992. More than 150 million copies in the series have been sold worldwide.
Need for Speed (NFS) is a racing video game franchise published by Electronic Arts and currently developed by Criterion Games, the developers of Burnout.
The series generally centers around illicit street racing and tasks players to complete various types of races while evading the local law enforcement in police pursuits.
Fighting Games
The sounds effects of fighting games are tied directly into the tactile motions of the dueling martial artists. Attacks like punches, kicks, and fireballs all have clear audio cues indicating whether they hit, miss or get blocked, letting a vision-impaired player judge the effectiveness of their inputs and feel out the distance between themselves and their opponent.
Street Fighter is a Japanese competitive fighting video game developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987.
Street Fighter is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and is one of Capcom's flagship series with total sales of 47 million units worldwide as of September 2021.
Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise centered on a series of video games, developed by Midway Games in 1992.
Mortal Kombat series has a reputation for high levels of graphic violence, including, most notably, its Fatalities which are finishing moves that kill.
Accessible TV
Most mainstream televisions available today have accessibility features and tools built into them which help to make these devices accessible for people who are blind or partially sighted. While manufacturers like Panasonic, Samsung, and LG include a built-in Voice Guidance feature manufacturers like Sony have the Android preinstalled accessibility with like TalkBack. However, when you have a common digital TV, you can add low-cost add-ons like Amazon Fire TV Stick and Apple TV with various Voice Guidance and Voice Control features.
Further reading
Low Vision Aids on this site
Fire TV Stick 4K streaming device with Alexa Voice Remote
TV with Accessibility Settings screen showing VoiceView is enabled
Amazon Fire Stick & Fire TV
Amazon Fire TV offers accessibility features such as closed captions, the VoiceView screen reader, a screen magnifier, Text Banner, and high contrast text to support access by customers who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and or have low vision. This allows customers to enjoy movies, TV shows, music, apps, and more.
How to use accessibility features?
Accessibility features can be turned on from the Accessibility menu found in Settings.
More information: Accessibility for Fire TV
VoiceView Quick Start Instructions
VoiceView is available on all Fire TV devices and can be enabled during setup.
Plug your Fire TV into your television, then power.
Insert included batteries into the remote. When you hear a single tone sound, your Fire TV and remote are ready to pair.
Press the Home button to pair your remote. Home is the middle button in the top row of three small buttons.
Once the remote is paired you will hear a different two tonetwo-tone sound.
To enable VoiceView, hold the Back and Menu buttons for 2 seconds. Back and Menu are the left and right buttons in the top row of three small buttons.
When VoiceView is enabled for the first time, the VoiceView tutorial will automatically start. You can revisit that tutorial at any time, through VoiceView Settings.
More information: VoiceView for Fire TV or the VoiceView for Fire TV User Guide
Blind and low vision
TV with Accessibility Settings screen showing VoiceView is enabled is shown on left.
VoiceView
Our new screen reader, VoiceView, provides spoken feedback to describe actions that take place on your screen using Amazon's natural language text-to-speech voices.
You can control how fast VoiceView speaks by adjusting the reading speed to one of ten different speeds of your choice. The Fire TV VoiceView tutorial will automatically start the first time you enable VoiceView to help you master operating your Fire TV, and can be revisited any time through the VoiceView settings panel. Review Mode allows you to explore text and content on your Fire TV screen by navigating details item-by-item.
Text Banner
Text Banner is an assistive technology designed for customers with a narrow field of vision. Text Banner consolidates onscreen text into a compact, customizable, written banner that appears in a fixed location on the screen. Text Banner works with text in the Fire TV user interface and text in compatible apps, including Prime Video, making it easier for customers to enjoy movies, videos, and more.
High Contrast Text
Make it easier to navigate your Fire TV by using the High Contrast Text setting to change the majority of text to black or white, based on the original color, and add a border.
Screen Magnifier
Take a closer look with Screen Magnifier. Easily activated by holding the Back and Fast Forward buttons, Screen Magnifier allows you to zoom in, zoom out, and pan around the screen. Usage instructions are displayed when Screen Magnifier is enabled.
Movies and TV shows with Audio Description
You can enjoy movies and TV shows with Audio Description on Amazon Video.
Source
Further reading
Amazon Fire TV App
Amazon Fire TV mobile app for iOS/Android/Fire OS enhances the Fire TV experience with simple navigation, a keyboard for easy text entry (no more hunting and pecking), and quick access to favorite apps and games
Features
Voice search (not available in all countries)
Simple navigation
Playback controls
Keyboard for simple text entry
Quick access to your apps and games
Compatibility
Multicast-enabled router required
Designed for simple navigation and playback control of Fire TV streaming media players
For gameplay, use the remote included with your Fire TV or the optional Amazon Fire TV Game Controller
‘Show and Tell’ for blind Echo users
Amazon introduces ‘Show and Tell’ for blind Echo users
In September 2021, Amazon announced the launch of ‘Show and Tell,’ a new feature of its flagship digital home assistant device designed to help users with vision loss more effectively navigate their own cupboards. Amazon notes: “With Show and Tell, blind and low vision customers can hold up an item to the Echo Show camera and ask, ‘Alexa, what am I holding,’ and Alexa helps identify the item through advanced computer vision and machine learning technologies for object recognition.”
Devices like Alexa already make great accessibility companions in the home, as they can connect to devices, like iPads, or quickly and easily relay important information to the user. This will make them even better!
Apple TV
Apple TV is a digital media player and micro-console developed by Apple. It is a small network appliance hardware that plays received media data such as video and audio to an television set or external display. An HDMI-compliant source device, it has to be connected to an enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen television through an HDMI cable to function. It can be controlled remotely, and is either through Apple Remote and Siri Remote or some third party infrared remotes.
Accessibility Features
VoiceOver: Apple TV supports VoiceOver, Apple’s screen reader. Available in all the languages supported by Apple TV, and with support for Braille displays, VoiceOver tells you exactly what’s on your TV screen and helps you choose commands. See Use VoiceOver on Apple TV.
Zoom: Zoom is a built-in magnifier that works anywhere on the Apple TV screen. With magnification adjustable up to 15 times the normal size, Zoom can help with a range of vision challenges. See Use Zoom to magnify the image on Apple TV.
Display: Change parameters on Apple TV for bold text, contrast and display accommodations. See Display bold text on Apple TV.
Reduce Motion: With Reduce Motion, some screen actions — such as moving between app icons on the Home Screen and launching apps — are visually simpler. See Reduce screen motion on Apple TV.
Audio Descriptions: Audio descriptions provide an explanation of important onscreen action and content in movies and TV shows. See Use audio descriptions on Apple TV.
Switch Control: Control Apple TV using a connected Bluetooth® device or other platform as a switch. See About Switch Control on Apple TV.
AirPods: Set AirPods controls for press responsiveness, noise and spatial audio. See Set AirPods controls on Apple TV.
Hearing: Apple TV supports closed captioning, so those who are deaf or hard of hearing can fully enjoy new TV episodes and thousands of movies. Just look for the CC or SDH icon when you’re browsing movies or TV shows on the iTunes Store. You can even customise captions with special styles and fonts and adjust other hearing controls for mono audio and balance. See Set hearing controls on Apple TV.
Type to Siri: Type Siri queries using the on-screen keyboard on Apple TV, a connected wireless Bluetooth keyboard or an iOS or iPadOS device. See Type instead of speaking to Siri on Apple TV.
Siri: The Siri Remote lets you use your voice to bypass onscreen navigation. See Talk to your Apple TV and Use Siri dictation on Apple TV
Sources
Apple TV, Wikipedia
Apple TV App
Get all your favorite TV, all in one app. Watch critically acclaimed Apple Original series and films from Apple TV+. Buy or rent new and popular movies. Access everything from popular streaming apps. Subscribe to premium channels. Follow all your favorite sports teams. All curated and personalized for you.
Features
Watch new, exclusive Apple Originals every month on Apple TV+
Buy or rent new release movies or explore the catalog of over 100,000 movies and shows
Try Apple TV channels and Discover shows and movies from over 100 video streaming apps
Sign in with your pay-TV subscription to unlock on-demand shows and movies as well as live sports
Find the Apple TV app on Apple devices, smart TVs and streaming devices.
Accessibility Features
Closed Caption and SDH support: The Apple TV app supports closed captioning, so those who are deaf or hard of hearing can fully enjoy new TV episodes and thousands of movies. Just look for the CC or SDH icon when you’re browsing movies or TV shows. You can even customize captions with special styles and fonts. See Use subtitles and captioning in the Apple TV app.
Audio Descriptions: Audio descriptions provide an explanation of important onscreen action and content in movies and TV shows. See Use audio descriptions in the Apple TV app.
Bold Text: Choose Bold Text to make text easier to read throughout the Apple TV app interface. See Display bold text in the Apple TV app.
VoiceOver: The Apple TV app supports the VoiceOver screen reader. Available in the languages supported by your smart TV’s screen reader, VoiceOver tells you exactly what’s on your TV screen and helps you choose commands. See Use VoiceOver in the Apple TV app.
Increase Contrast: Increase contrast on the screen by reducing the transparency of background elements on movies and TV show pages, menu tabs, and more. You can also use a high-contrast cursor to better delineate the focused content. See Increase Apple TV app screen contrast.
Reduce Motion: Turn on this setting to visually simplify some screen actions such as screen animations. See Reduce screen motion in the Apple TV app.
Sources
International Braille Chess Association (IBCA)
FIDE (Federation Internationale Des Echecs) is the apex body for chess amongst the sighted. Similarly the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) is the apex body of chess for the blind and visually impaired and is in turn affiliated to FIDE.
The International Braille Chess Association originated informally in 1951 with the organization of the first international correspondence chess tournament for blind players, by Reginald Walter Bonham; the tournament included 20 players representing 10 countries. It first organized an over-the-board tournament in 1958, with representatives from seven countries. Today, it has grown to encompass over 50 member nations around the world. The IBCA hosts two major competitions: the Blind Chess Olympiad and the Blind World Chess Championship.
Rules
Mostly as sighted chess, with a few modifications:
Either player may demand the use of two boards, the sighted player using a normal board, the visually handicapped player using a board that is constructed as follows:
All the black squares are raised about 3–4 mm above the white squares on the chessboard. By feeling the squares, the player is able to determine whether the square is a black or a white one.
Each of the squares on the board has a hole in the center so that the chess pieces can be fixed in these holes.
Each of the pieces has a downward projection (nail) at the base, which fits into the hole in the squares on the board, thereby fixing the piece securely on the board.
All the black pieces have a pin fixed on their heads helping the player distinguish between a white and a black piece.
After making every move, each player is required to announce their move aloud to their opponent. Instead of writing the moves on a chess score sheet, the visually impaired player writes the moves in braille or records the moves on a tape recorder.
Radio Chess - Internet Radio specially for the chess for blind
All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB)
The All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB) is the governing body for the game of Chess among visually impaired in India. It was formed in 1997 with a view to promoting the game of chess among the visually impaired all over the country.
The AICFB is affiliated to the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) in 1998 and All India Chess Federation. Through this affiliation the AICFB has been able to integrate India with the rest of the blind chess-playing world.
Objectives
Forming state associations in all the states in the country
Providing playing opportunities to all players all over the country.
Publishing and provide Braille books on chess to help players develop their game.
Building an audio-cassette library, which provides information and analysis of chess games.
Making available computers, relevant software etc.
Organizing seminars and coaching camps.
Interacting with the government and introduce chess as a subject in blind schools.
Organizing local, regional and National level tournaments.
Sending teams to participate in International chess tournaments.
Affiliating to the International Braille Chess Association and represent India on International forum for blind chess.
Organizing international tournaments, seminars etc.
Identifying the talent at early stage and groom them to represent the country at world championships.
Design system to transform chess for the blind in the country and serve the vision of making India one of the top three countries in the world for chess for the blind.