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Gaming Without Sight: Levelling Up

Introduction For those who don’t know me, I’m SightlessKombat (sometimes shortened to Sightless, Kombat or SK), an accessibility consultant and gamer without sight (GWS) based in the UK. This article serves as a sequel of sorts to a previous article I put together in 2020, where I discussed how I work around the various challengesContinue reading “Gaming Without Sight: Levelling Up”

Silent Steel: Menu Narration’s Earliest Example?

Introduction If you’re like me, you might be familiar with the term FMV, standing for Full-Motion Video. This was a technology typically associated with the 1990s, with releases like The Seventh Guest, Phantasmagoria nd Night Trap (with that last one most famously technically giving rise to the Entertainment Software Rating Board or ESRB, alongside otherContinue reading “Silent Steel: Menu Narration’s Earliest Example?”

Gaming Without Sight: Removing The Video From Videogames

Links: Home Reviews, Guides and Articles The #TranscribingGames Project Winston Churchill Fellowship Report Equipment I use About this site Contact Allow Me To Introduce Myself Hello. I’m SightlessKombat, an accessibility consultant and Gamer Without Sight (GWS). Though I’m from the UK, my work has given me great opportunities to travel to numerous places including theContinue reading “Gaming Without Sight: Removing The Video From Videogames”

How To: Create Multi-Segment Highlights On Twitch With NVDA

Note: This guide was originally written using Firefox under Windows 10 and Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) as my screen reader of choice. Subsequent changes to Twitch’s infrastructure or other factors may not be accounted for in this guide. Introduction For a while now, I’ve been creating single-segment highlights on Twitch. These highlights often go toContinue reading “How To: Create Multi-Segment Highlights On Twitch With NVDA”

Recording Gameplay With Steam’s Built-In Features

Introduction For years, I’ve been streaming with Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), and have used it to record footage that I later edit in Final Cut Pro on my Mac, with a little conversion between the two platforms unfortunately being required (due to the way the two systems handle audio, supposedly). However, when I want toContinue reading “Recording Gameplay With Steam’s Built-In Features”