LDL Survey Results
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1.2 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
1.11 |
1.12 |
1.13 |
1.14 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
3.1 |
3.11 |
3.12 |
3.13 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.1 |
4.11 |
4.12 |
4.13 |
4.14 |
| 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. |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
|
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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. |
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I can consider all of the routes together as a whole, as if I had a map. |
|
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|
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|
|
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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. |
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I can consider all of the routes together as a whole, as if I had a map. |
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20 |
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I found the tutorial somewhat hard to read; often, I would have wished steps to be listed in different order, or explained better. |
No |
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Yes |
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It was easy |
Specifying compass points (for connections on walls) |
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Non-speech audio; Use AQ |
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Moderately helpful |
Above. I |
I liked it moderately |
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No |
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I am not aware of any other tools so cannot compare LDL to them. |
A huge amount |
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11% |
14% |
16% |
8% |
9% |
7% |
7% |
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