Anicet Mbida 6:54 a.m., November 10, 2021

Every day, Anicet Mbida makes us discover an innovation that could well change the way we consume.

This Wednesday, he is interested in the invention of controllers for video games adapted to people with reduced mobility.

The dialogues will also be transcribed in sign language.

The innovation of the day is the handicap which is starting to be taken into account in video games.

After the controllers adapted for people with reduced mobility, we will soon have a transcription of the dialogues in sign language.

This is a first all the more important since it does not come from an obscure indie game that no one is playing.

We owe it to Forza Horizon 5, a very big game came out yesterday.

It is even the head of the gondola to sell new generation consoles.

For those who do not know, this is a car racing simulation, with a story mode where you can improve your car and buy more.

In all scenes with dialogues, an interpreter may appear in a corner of the screen to translate everything said into sign language.

Why sign language and not just subtitling as we often see?

Because many people who are deaf or hard of hearing find it difficult to follow captions.

Some are also dyslexic, which further complicates matters.

Finally, tone and emotion cannot always be conveyed with text.

While the interpreter, he gets there easily with his face.

However, this is not the only accessibility option of the game. You can also adapt the display to color blind, increase the contrast for better visibility and even slow down the game to adapt to the larger world.

In fact, the entire game was designed from the start to be playable by people with disabilities.

Is it an isolated case, or something that will generalize?

We are at the start of a trend.

Again, this is a game produced by a big studio.

A benchmark franchise.

So it will definitely be copied.

Age of Empire IV, another game released this month, also offers quite a few accessibility options.

There are over 400 million disabled players around the world.

It is high time we took an interest in them.