LDL Survey Results
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Age Severity Condition Duration AT Text Games Prog HTML XML AQ Other 3D Other IF Desire Mobility Relevant AQ Relevant LDL Ind. Route Ind. Route (other) Multi. Route Multi. Route (other) % VI % Human % XML unfamiliar % XML Strict % Layout Concept. % Spatial % LDL Missing % Others Give up? Why gave up? Expected? Why not expected Compass Room Rel Room Rel (other) Interfaces Interfaces (other) Tutorial Tutorial Imp Rating Additional Similar Simliar (list, used) Similar (list, not used) Compare Potential Improve?
20 Blind Glaucoma Since birth or early childhood Screen Reader It doesn It has a severe effect. Yes Yes Yes 2 years Shades of doom, tank commander, monkey business Zork, 3 seconds Total Excellent Strongly Strongly I can consider the whole route at once, as if it was a map. I can consider all of the routes together as a whole, as if I had a map. 10 50 20 5 5 10 No Yes It came naturally A mix of both XML Totally helpful It is excellent I think all the features that are planned already are the only ones i could really ask for. Yes audio game maker It is much better A huge amount Continued development to realise the potential of this concept.
36 Blind Since birth or early childhood Screen Reader It completely stops me from reading text. It completely stops me from reading text. No No No 3 years tank commander, shades of doom, monkey business. zork trogy, adventure, fall through, shryth. Moderate Average Strongly Moderately I remember a series of instructions to be carried out at specific points. I consider each route as a series of steps and have to remember where they cross each other. 40 40 50 50 50 40 40 No Yes I managed OK A mix of both Natural Language; Dialogue; Use AQ Moderately helpful I liked it moderately No game maker. gma game engine. It is about the same A large amount
37 Blind Since birth or early childhood Screen Reader It has a minor effect. It completely stops me from reading text. Yes Yes No a few months Slight Below average Slightly Slightly I can consider the whole route at once, as if it was a map. Other (please specify below) Yes No It was difficult A mix of both Dialogue; Non-speech audio; Use AQ; haptic Moderately helpful I liked it moderately No I am not aware of any other tools so cannot compare LDL to them. A moderate amount
21 Blind ROP Since birth or early childhood Screen Reader It doesn't have an effect. It doesn't have an effect. No No No 1 year zork Strong Average Moderately Moderately I remember a series of instructions to be carried out at specific points. I consider each route as a series of steps and have to remember where they cross each other. 3 9 No Yes I managed OK Just specifying that two rooms are connected and having LDL work out directions. Dialogue Moderately helpful I liked it moderately No I am not aware of any other tools so cannot compare LDL to them. A large amount
30 Blind Since birth or early childhood Screen Reader It doesn It doesn Yes Yes Yes from late 2005 Moderate Above Average Moderately Moderately I can consider the whole route at once, as if it was a map. I can consider all of the routes together as a whole, as if I had a map. 10 5 30 10 5 No Yes I managed OK Specifying compass points (for connections on walls) XML; Use AQ Very helpful I liked it a lot No I am not aware of any other tools so cannot compare LDL to them. A moderate amount
Blind Glaucoma due to Retinopathy of Prematurity 21 to 25 years Screen Reader It has a moderate effect. It has a severe effect. Yes Yes Yes 2 years - 7 months to my knowledge, there aren't any other true 3d, accessible games for the visually impaired several, too many to list Total Excellent Totally Totally I can consider the whole route at once, as if it was a map. I can consider all of the routes together as a whole, as if I had a map. No Yes It came naturally Specifying compass points (for connections on walls) XML; Natural Language; Use AQ Totally helpful It is excellent ability to design / add balconies / ledges / drop-offs Yes QuArK (only somewhat accessible for the visually impaired) too many to list It is much better A huge amount Add a feature whereby a standard, LDL-created room can then be navigated in real time as in Quake, so further editing / map creation can then be done from the first-person point of view
38 Blind RP Since birth or early childhood Screen Reader It completely stops me from reading text. It completely stops me from reading text. Yes Yes No 3 years Legend of the Red Dragon, Baron Realms Elite, all those BBS-based games; some of the Unix games like Tortwar and MUDs. Total Excellent Totally Moderately I can consider the whole route at once, as if it was a map. I can consider all of the routes together as a whole, as if I had a map. 20 I found the tutorial somewhat hard to read; often, I would have wished steps to be listed in different order, or explained better. No Yes It was easy Specifying compass points (for connections on walls) Non-speech audio; Use AQ Moderately helpful Above. I I liked it moderately No I am not aware of any other tools so cannot compare LDL to them. A huge amount
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