WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Second Life issues

for

From: Moore, Michael
Date: Sep 17, 2008 6:50AM

Jan,

IBM has been doing quite a lot of work with second life and
accessibility. I recently attended a demonstration of some of the things
that they have been able to do in their second life world.

They have created a program that allows people to add tags to objects
within second life including descriptions of those objects. Anyone using
the plug-in can add tags to objects or add more information about the
object. The software also allows people to explore the world and query
the objects while using a screen reader. Finally they also have a
"follow" that allows someone to have their avatar follow another. It is
basically creating a virtual guide dog.

I would recommend contacting Phil Jenkins at IBM for more information
and to put you in touch with the folks that are working on this. It was
really very cool. If you need Phil's contact info contact me off line.
I have cc'd myself on this email so that you will be sure and get my
email address.

Mike