TextSL: a screen reader accessible interface for second life

Authors:
Bugra Oktay;Eelke Folmer
Affiliations:
University of Nevada, Reno;University of Nevada, Reno
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2010 International Cross Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)
Year:
2010

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Abstract

TextSL is a screen reader accessible interface for the popular virtual world of Second Life that lets the users interact using a command-based interface. Our research identified that it is challenging to make virtual worlds accessible to users with visual impairments as virtual worlds are densely populated with objects while at the same time many virtual world objects lack meta-data.