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Arilynn · 07-14-2008, 12:37 PM

Hi, everyone. I'm hoping someone here has some suggestions. I recently joined last week. I'm deaf IRL. I had hoped/thought this wouldn't be an issue in SL - not that I wanted to deceive anyone but just that it wouldn't matter. But I was wrong. I've tried asking some Deaf I know IRL, but they all quit with frustration. So here's some specific questions:

- Does anyone know of any new player tutorials that aren't heavily audio? The ones at NCI and the Shelter seem to be.
- Any suggestions for a noob that doesn't involve audio? I tried a movie, but it wasn't captioned. Some other things have had audio that weren't movies - just touchable things in different areas. A lot of published events seem like they are audio-based, like music or people talking/reading/speaking about something. This is just a guess - I don't have enough hearing to tell if something is playing, but a video or whatever starts and makes zero sense to me.

I have joined some SL deaf/hoh organizations, but they don't seem active. I'd also like to not just do things with deaf/hoh in SL. There's nothing wrong with it, but that isn't why I joined. I also don't expect any world, virtual or real, to be 100% accessible to everyone. I think I'm just looking at the wrong places and events.

Any suggestions are welcome.

07-14-2008, 12:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Arilynn is chasing her tail Mind limit Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,544 SL Join Date: Too lazy to look up - July, 2008? Business: Wandering about in a daze. Tabbing out. Blog Entries: 3 My Mood: Awards: 1	A question from a noob Hi, everyone. I'm hoping someone here has some suggestions. I recently joined last week. I'm deaf IRL. I had hoped/thought this wouldn't be an issue in SL - not that I wanted to deceive anyone but just that it wouldn't matter. But I was wrong. I've tried asking some Deaf I know IRL, but they all quit with frustration. So here's some specific questions: - Does anyone know of any new player tutorials that aren't heavily audio? The ones at NCI and the Shelter seem to be. - Any suggestions for a noob that doesn't involve audio? I tried a movie, but it wasn't captioned. Some other things have had audio that weren't movies - just touchable things in different areas. A lot of published events seem like they are audio-based, like music or people talking/reading/speaking about something. This is just a guess - I don't have enough hearing to tell if something is playing, but a video or whatever starts and makes zero sense to me. I have joined some SL deaf/hoh organizations, but they don't seem active. I'd also like to not just do things with deaf/hoh in SL. There's nothing wrong with it, but that isn't why I joined. I also don't expect any world, virtual or real, to be 100% accessible to everyone. I think I'm just looking at the wrong places and events. Any suggestions are welcome.