A look at Fortnite's brilliant audio accessibility feature
Hello! Today we're taking a look at one of Fortnite's greatest features - the option to visualise sound effects.After a decade of mishearing people in the office, I've been wearing a hearing aid for most of the last year or so. It's been absolutely incredible. I have mild hearing loss, mostly high frequency sounds, which is why I have had trouble with human speech - I can't hear the consonants anymore.
Anyway, one of the things I'd noticed slipping before I got my hearing aid was fast-paced games like Fortnite. It's a game you play with your ears a lot of the time - I wasn't hearing chests or the sounds of people healing or approaching - all sorts of things. My daughter introduced me to the Fortnite Sound Ring - the official term, I think, is the visual sound effects setting - and it's been transformative.
I'm interested that you say you feel uneasy about writing about how clever it is. I think I understand that feeling. In the past I've felt uneasy writing about accessibility features that I don't actually use, or that I felt obviously weren't intended for me. But it's also interesting that as someone who definitely needs the Fortnite Sound Ring, I'm actually delighted that all sorts of people are using it, and for all sorts of reasons.
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