Welcome to the "Blind Pilots Project"!
This is a project that is being continued, from a few years back, to enable blind and visually impaired persons to access flight simulators, and fly (either alone, or with a virtual airline) to their hearts content.
This is done via Microsoft Flight Simulator, (2002 is the most accessible via screen reader, but 2004 can be used with NVDA) a screen reader, and a few plugins for FS such as FSNav.
This small blog, I hope, will serve as a place other BVI persons can find out about the project, and get in conteact with eachother to share tips, flights, and have a good time.
Abit about myself will do. My name is Harun, and I'm 23. I'm low-partial (RoP IV) and in college. I enjoy translating and flight simulation.
RESOURCES:
-Here are some very important resources to get you started. Please listen to them, and leave comments if you'd like to share other audio content or flight tips.
1. Scott Shade on BlindCoolTech podcast. -- This is the series that started me on this crazy journey. Scott introduces the concept, and explains requirements and demonstrations.
PART 1 LINK: http://media.libsyn.com/media/bct/bct1134FlightSimulator.mp3
PART 2 LINK: http://media.libsyn.com/media/bct/bct1141FlightSimulator2.mp3
2. Aaron (or Harun) demonstrates a Semi-auto takeoff method to be used in FS2002.
PART 1 LINK: http://www.sendspace.com/file/r4nofn
PART 2 LINK: http://www.sendspace.com/file/vu4ffe
3. RECENT updates to the Blind Pilots Project. THESE ARE EXPERIMENTAL audio, so please leave feedback.
PART 1 (First semi-manual landing!) LINK: http://www.sendspace.com/file/9px9qi
PART 2: (Giving Voice Commands to FS) LINK: http://www.sendspace.com/file/gzu5l7
I hope this will get other BVI folks interested in flight simulators. Please feel free to leave comments.