Steven is a freelance tech journalist covering accessibility and assistive technologies, and is based in San Francisco. His work has appeared in such places as The Verge, TechCrunch, and Macworld. He’s also appeared on podcasts, NPR, and television.
it has pledged more accessibility-centric patents and open-sourced more technologies. There are six audio and sound technologies and a photosensitivity analysis plugin—and 23 in total—which are intended to “open gaming for more players,” according to the video gaming Goliath.
“We believe that video games should be accessible to everyone and our brilliant developers are always looking at new ways to bring that goal a step closer to reality,” Kerry Hopkins, Electronic Arts’ senior vice president of global affairs, said in a statement included in the announcement. “By making this technology available to others royalty-free, we want to encourage the industry to work together to make video games more inclusive by removing unintended barriers to access.
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