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Exactly! Not just for the visually impaired. Whoever has tried to plug a HDMI/network cable on the back of a PS4 knows it could use that feature badly.
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I think you can be legally blind and just have really, really bad eyesight, in which case some games are probably still somewhat playable. Also, I'm pretty sure sound design (and probably using headphones) goes a long way.
Not that useful when even I a seeing person has plugged usb sticks into the ethernet port of my laptop. Also, it's extra and doesn't cost anything. Why not
Well its not like some dots, who you as a non blind person probably can't read, are going to help you much. :D
Then I completely fail to see the point. What are dots doing that the shape of the hdmi slot can't do? How does it help against putting the wrong cable into a port, you gonna memorize the corresponding dots in the off chance you'll need to change cables ... what?
Yep, this is a really great design decision in general that needs to become standard. But it's particularly cool that it was a focus in acessibility that lead them to this.
100% true. I'm mostly blind in one eye and have a hell of time reading text that is really small on the TV or computer monitor. Hell, light green font can be a pain in the ass to read for me.
My partner's father is visually impaired, yet he plays video games to this day. Not gonna lie, your comment comes of as rather ignorant. :/
You never tried to plug something into something else after feeling around and finding that you mistook the port? Really?
You can't plug the cable without removing your hand from the port, which can lead to some awkwardness, but you can plug the cable while keeping your other hand over the corresponding shape to guide yourself.
Similar sizes and shapes? There's people here having issues with the usb and hdmi ports.
How do you know what port "two dots" even is? If the cables have them too, then this is genius. Otherwise I don't see the point.
Perhaps there is a manual available in Brail, large format text or audio?
Wouldn't fiddling around be faster then searching for a manual? :D
Props to Sony with the PS4 for putting the ports in angled surface so it's impossible to tell without looking where the hell you're meant to plug things. I've had the console for over 3 years at this point and still gotta check every time I unplug the HDMI.
Assume you'd probably look close at it first, and then feel for the bumps once it was in the cabinet and you were reaching around, trying to find the right port by touch. My current setup is nice and bright and open, but I've had issues figuring out which port was which in the past, just due to the room being dark and the working space being small.
