{"id":7524,"date":"2022-08-05T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7524"},"modified":"2022-08-19T12:36:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T17:36:30","slug":"apple-iphone-ios-voiceover-compatible-games-it-may-be-a-mouthful-but-this-facebook-group-is-resource-plentiful-meet-mobile-game-enthusiast-and-writer-aaron-spelker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7524","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPhone iOS Voiceover Compatible Games, it may be a Mouthful but this Facebook Group is Resource Plentiful! Meet Mobile Game enthusiast and writer, Aaron Spelker."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3265\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7524-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/AaronSpelker.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/AaronSpelker.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/AaronSpelker.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcast Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?page_id=7553\">Full Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaron Spelker is a Mobile Game enthusiast&nbsp;&nbsp;and writer. Aaron joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to share the resources he has created and the articles he has published as well as a novel. Aaron lost his sight suddenly and picked up the pieces by learning JAWS and has not looked back. His passion for gaming led him down a dead end street so he decided to build his own platform across multiple social networks and bring awareness to accessible gaming. His efforts have bridged developers and influencers to gamers to open the conversation about accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are some helpful links provided by Aaron Spelker:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to read long-form reviews of accessible mobile games or hear interviews with game developers and influencers about accessibility, then join the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/492714638815312\/\">Apple iPhone iOS Voiceover Compatible Games\u2019 Facebook group<\/a>.&nbsp; If you have any games or content related to accessible gaming, feel free to promote it to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/492714638815312\/\">Facebook community<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in daily accessibility gaming news, follow Aaron on Twitter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amspelker\"><u>Mobile Accessible Games (@amspelker) \/ Twitter<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read articles about accessible gaming, check out Aaron&#8217;s list of articles he has contributed to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pocketgamer.com\/\"><u>PocketGamer.com<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocketgamer.com\/staff\/000336\/aaron-spelker\/\"><u>Articles by Aaron Spelker | Pocket Gamer<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to see interviews with game developers and accessibility influencers about the state of accessible gaming, subscribe to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCkhHMlgPSRTy1H9U3b2MeUw\">Aaron&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to read a novel about a global SARS pandemic that was written before COVID-19 happened, check out Aaron&#8217;s book \u2018The Bubonic Reorder\u2019&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/e3agrUJ\">Amazon<\/a>&nbsp;and on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookshare.org\/browse\/book\/4403080\">Bookshare<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact-your-state-services\"><strong>Contact Your State Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Pre-ETS Program and Transition Services Manager Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a>email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a>email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093 we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3267\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7524-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/AaronSpelker.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/AaronSpelker.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/AaronSpelker.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/AaronSpelker.mp3 Podcast Summary: Full Transcript Aaron Spelker is a Mobile Game enthusiast&nbsp;&nbsp;and writer. Aaron joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to share the resources he has created and the articles he has published as well as a novel. Aaron lost his sight suddenly and picked up the pieces by learning JAWS and has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,467,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-technology","category-transcribed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1Xm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7459,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7459","url_meta":{"origin":7524,"position":0},"title":"Blind Boys of Alabama &#8211; Meet Ricky McKinnie, and like he says, Don&#8217;t Miss It When the Boys are Back in Town!","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"July 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Podcast Summary: Our guest today on Blind Abilities is Ricky McKinnie. 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