[games_access] GAconf, hackathons, engine support and more

[Ian Hamilton]

Lots of nice stuff happening at the moment!

First up a SIG thing, GAconf EU announced for October 21st in London -
www.gaconf.com<http://www.gaconf.com>

Native crossplatform screenreader support released as an experimental feature in Unreal Engine 4.23 Preview (search for 'Slate Screen Reader Support'). Between this, the potential progress at Unity and tech like Playfab, CVAA is becoming much easier -
https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/announcements-and-releases/1640558-unreal-engine-4-23-preview

Unreal colourblindness plugin (for handling multiple & custom colour sets) -
https://twitter.com/codekittah/status/1153019782255562752

Two requests for accessibility feedback that had overwhelming response, tons of good stuff here -
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAbraham5/status/1151842173396160512
https://twitter.com/markusfriend/status/1153982224523354113

And this week 150 EA Vancouver employees building accessibility switches, two days previously MS Vancouver did the same -
https://globalnews.ca/video/5686756/b-c-gaming-company-works-on-adaptive-devices

And all week as part of this year's hack week, 40 Microsofters working with people with disabilities to figure out needs, build custom rigs, and share stories -
https://twitter.com/brycej/status/1152640337531195393

Ian

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