[Fwd: Wheeling in SL video (text transcript)]

Sun Dec 16 20:24:05 UTC 2007

Daphne,
There are utilities on all platforms that when turned on let you 
modally lock down keys such as shift, control, option etc. so that 
you can press the next key in sequence.

Jutta

At 1:35 PM -0800 12/14/07, Daphne Ogle wrote:
>Thanks so much for sharing this Mike!
>
>It makes me wonder how Judith would use the lightbox.  Can she press 
>down 2 keys at once on the keyboard?
>
>-Daphne
>
>On Dec 14, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Michael S Elledge wrote:
>
>>Hi Everyone--
>>
>>I thought I should send this around from the WAI list. There's a 
>>virtual nightclub in Second Life for persons who use wheel chairs 
>>called "Wheelies." The video 
>>(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBlaiBV_yJs)  about it includes 
>>footage of a woman with cerebral palsy who talks about it. Roger 
>>Hudson and Russ Weakley did the video; the transcription is by Alan 
>>Chuter of Technosite, Madrid. The attached email has more details.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>The transcript follows below:
>>
>>[Caption: Wheeling in Second Life]
>>Judith: I work during the day, so when I come home I've only got 
>>like a couple of hours. So by the time I do my own emails and 
>>correspondence that comes in during the day I might have forty-five 
>>minutes or an hour to do whatever, so
>>Russ: And what's your current really big thing on the Web that 
>>you're into? Judith: Second Life. I've got a wheelchair in Second 
>>Life. You can choose whether you want to be in a wheelchair or 
>>not.You can have crutches, you can have whatever disability you 
>>have in real life in Second Life.
>>Russ: Do you always stay in your wheelchair in second life?
>>Judith: No, no, no.
>>Russ: Are there many other people in wheelchairs in Second Life?
>>Judith: Simon Walsh.
>>Russ: From the UK?
>>Judith: Yes. And he always stays in his wheelchair. Just like in 
>>real life, I find the attitude of people in Second Life is 
>>disappointing. I have run an experiment myself. I've gone to this 
>>[?] website and this able bodied person got out on the dance floor 
>>and danced with different avatars and different people for half an 
>>hour or whatever you call them. Then I've gone away, put myself in 
>>my wheelchair, gone back, the same people were there and they 
>>didn't want to know me.
>>Russ: Are there special places in Second Life where people in 
>>wheelchairs hang out.
>>Judith: Yes, "Wheelies".
>>Russ: And what's Wheelies.
>>Judith: That's a nightclub specially built people, by a man who has 
>>cerebral palsy, in the UK.
>>Russ: Can you take us to it?
>>Judith: yes.
>>[Wheelies was started by Simon]
>>Judith: Unfortunately like real life you've got to go around things 
>>because you can't go through them. You can fly over them. Oh, 
>>there's Simon!.
>>Russ: He's in there is he?
>>Judith: Yes. He was there before, in there [...]
>>[Caption: How many people visit "Wheelies"?]
>>[On-screen dialog: (asking how many people visit Wheelies each week)
>>"Wheelie or norm?" Few 100 I guess.]
>>Judith: When I first started we got a couple of hundred.
>>[Caption: Going up to the dance floor.]
>>Judith: Is that Simon up there? The avatar... [looking to other 
>>screen] that's him in real life.
>>Russ: And he was on big brother?
>>Judith: Yes, in the UK. [turning towards dance floor] And that's 
>>the DJ, that girl in there, green, and she [plays?...] the DJ 
>>there. And she talks to you over that thing in there.
>>Russ: Oh, right?
>>Judith: And [she's] talking to me.
>>Russ: do you think that this will be a really useful tool for 
>>people who are unable to get around, who have problems of mobility 
>>in real life?
>>Judith: Yes, because you can have friends without having to go out 
>>and physically find them.
>>
>>
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>>From: Alan Chuter <achuter at technosite.es>
>>To: w3c-wai-ig at w3.org
>>Subject: Wheeling in SL video (text transcript)
>>Date: Fri Dec 14 10:13:14 GMT 2007
>>
>>[see attachment: "headers1.txt" size: 3322 bytes]
>>
>>
>>Thanks for sharing this. I think it's excellent. However, my
>>colleagues who are not native English speakers had trouble
>>understanding the speech (as would deaf people), so I did a quick text
>>transcript which I share here. It's too long to go in a comment on
>>YouTube. Pity they don't allow for transcripts.
>>
>>[Caption: Wheeling in Second Life]
>>Judith: I work during the day, so when I come home I've only got like
>>a couple of hours. So by the time I do my own emails and
>>correspondence that comes in during the day I might have forty-five
>>minutes or an hour to do whatever, so
>>Russ: And what's your current really big thing on the Web that you're into?
>>Judith: Second Life. I've got a wheelchair in Second Life. You can
>>choose whether you want to be in a wheelchair or not.You can have
>>crutches, you can have whatever disability you have in real life in
>>Second Life.
>>Russ: Do you always stay in your wheelchair in second life?
>>Judith: No, no, no.
>>Russ: Are there many other people in wheelchairs in Second Life?
>>Judith: Simon Walsh.
>>Russ: From the UK?
>>Judith: Yes. And he always stays in his wheelchair. Just like in real
>>life, I find the attitude of people in Second Life is disappointing. I
>>have run an experiment myself. I've gone to this [?] website and this
>>able bodied person got out on the dance floor and danced with
>>different avatars and different people for half an hour or whatever
>>you call them. Then I've gone away, put myself in my wheelchair, gone
>>back, the same people were there and they didn't want to know me.
>>Russ: Are there special places in Second Life where people in
>>wheelchairs hang out.
>>Judith: Yes, "Wheelies".
>>Russ: And what's Wheelies.
>>Judith: That's a nightclub specially built people, by a man who has
>>cerebral palsy, in the UK.
>>Russ: Can you take us to it?
>>Judith: yes.
>>[Wheelies was started by Simon]
>>Judith: Unfortunately like real life you've got to go around things
>>because you can't go through them. You can fly over them. Oh, there's
>>Simon!.
>>Russ: He's in there is he?
>>Judith: Yes. He was there before, in there [...]
>>[Caption: How many people visit "Wheelies"?]
>>[On-screen dialog: (asking how many people visit Wheelies each week)
>>"Wheelie or norm?" Few 100 I guess.]
>>Judith: When I first started we got a couple of hundred.
>>[Caption: Going up to the dance floor.]
>>Judith: Is that Simon up there? The avatar... [looking to other
>>screen] that's him in real
>>life.
>>Russ: And he was on big brother?
>>Judith: Yes, in the UK. [turning towards dance floor] And that's the
>>DJ, that girl in there, green, and she [plays?...] the DJ there. And
>>she talks to you over that thing in there.
>>Russ: Oh, right?
>>Judith: And [she's] talking to me.
>>Russ: do you think that this will be a really useful tool for people
>>who are unable to get around, who have problems of mobility in real
>>life?
>>Judith: Yes, because you can have friends without having to go out and
>>physically find them.
>>
>>
>>best regards,
>>
>>Alan Chuter
>>Technosite (Fundosa Group),
>>Madrid, Spain
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On 14/12/2007, Roger Hudson <rhudson at usability.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Russ Weakley and I recently filmed a friend who has cerebral palsy using
>>>Second Life. The video was part of a presentation we gave at OZeWAI about
>>>Web 2.0 and accessibility.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Judith, who is in the video, and Simon (who built the Wheelies club in SL)
>>>have kindly agreed to me putting the video on Youtube so people who are
>>>interested in accessibility can see it. The video is at
>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBlaiBV_yJs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I hope you find it interesting.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Roger
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Email: achuter at technosite.es
>>Blogs
>>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09119760634682340619
>>
>>
>>--
>>Email: achuter at technosite.es
>>Blogs
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>Daphne Ogle
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