Article on a blind teenager that plays video games using sound.
Ben Breen, 19, uses muscle memory to play games like guitar hero,
He's been able to beat his sighted friends at mortal combat games and rockband.
Ben Breen has strong GCSE's and achieved a Degree in the International Baccalaureate.
He went for a computer taster day at the Kent association for the blind and discovered a game called Grizzly Gulch Western Extravaganza. It was a simple sound oriented 4-key adventure game aimed specifically at blind gamers. He began to learn how to use a computer with screen reading software and from then on he started buying games.
He then turned to the Wii and found that if his timing was right at tennis he could return the ball without any major difficulty.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2266516/Meet-blind-teenager-Ben-Breen-cracked-video-game-world-relying-solely-sound.html
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