{"id":1152,"date":"2021-10-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/news\/making-video-games-more-accessible-for-the-blind-visually-impaired\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T16:38:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:38:56","slug":"making-video-games-more-accessible-for-the-blind-visually-impaired","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-gb\/news\/making-video-games-more-accessible-for-the-blind-visually-impaired","title":{"rendered":"Making video games more accessible for the blind, visually impaired"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\" id=\"block_0778b004a2f7eb0be565bbdfc10739e6\">\n    <div><span><\/span><\/div>\n    <p>\u201cI feel like I have done something that matters, like I have literally changed the world.\u201d<\/p>\n    <cite class=\"blockquote__attribution\">\n                    <span class=\"blockquote__name\">BRANDON COLE, ACCESSIBILITY CONSULTANT, AQUENT GAMES<\/span>\n                    <\/cite>\n<\/blockquote><!-- #block_0778b004a2f7eb0be565bbdfc10739e6 -->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Columbus, OH, based, Brandon Cole, lost his vision when he was only two months old. He was always interested in toys or games that could talk or make sounds because he could still interact with them, even if he was blind. As time went by he started to \u201cmess around\u201d with video games. He discovered that he could learn sound effects and patterns and had some success playing the games. He says that when he approached game developers about making games blind-accessible, they laughed at him. But he didn't give up and is now an Accessibility Consultant for Aquent Games, working with video game developers like Naughty Dog Studios to make gaming more accessible for the visually impaired and blind. Brandon also has Twitch and YouTube channels where he streams himself playing video games and interacting with followers. He says he makes the videos to educate other gamers that are sighted or blind, and don't know what they can do with the game systems. Brandon has left his mark on the gaming industry by giving more people a chance to play.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Cole, an Aquent Games talent, works with the gaming industry to make video games more accessible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1377,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"class_list":["post-1152","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brandon Cole, an Aquent Games talent, works with the gaming industry to make video games more accessible.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-gb\/news\/making-video-games-more-accessible-for-the-blind-visually-impaired\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro 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