Microsofthas been leaning into accessibility in gaming lately, most visibly with its amazing Adaptive Controller, and a new patent suggests another way the company may be accommodating disabled gamers: an Xbox controller with a built-in Braille display.
As you might expect, it’s already quite hard for a visually impaired gamer to play some games, and although that difficulty can’t be entirely alleviated, there are definitely things worth doing. For instance: the text on screen that s
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An Xbox controller with a built-in Braille display is Microsoft’s latest gaming accessibility play
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Microsoft’s New Service Can Transcribe Multi-User Conversations in Real Time, Without Using Additional Hardware
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2019 BMW G30 Carbon Edition is coming
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Google I/O 2019: Watch Live Video of the Keynote Right Here
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