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Xbox Series X Has "Tactile Indicators" For the Rear Ports to Aid Accessibility | XboxAchievements.com

The Xbox Series X has tactile indicators on each of its ports, such as small raised bumps on the rear USB ports, in order to aid accessibility. ...

www.xboxachievements.com

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Good idea. Helps with everyone.

Who wants to blindly try to plug in a cable? The way my media stand is set up, some plugs aren't long enough if I take the entire console out of the media shelf, so I end up trying to thumb around plugging the cord into the spot blindly. HDMI is the toughest to do.

 

[Tarkus98]

About time someone is doing this . Fucking brilliant.

 

[ipukespiders]

I'm impressed that they actually use white lettering and pictures instead of "black on black" that I see so often on electronics. Man, I hate that shit so much.
Fake edit: looking at the back of my original XBOX One, I see they had white on black there too.

 

[captainraincoat]

thats actualy pretty cool And not a useless feature

i remember on one of my ps4 pro consoles i actully removed the warranty sticker as I was trying to plug in the optical port which sits right next to it

I could not pull out the console as it had a monitor on top

 

[Kagero]

I really love this aspect of Microsoft. They are all in, when it comes to accessibility and it’s really admirable, especially considering there isn’t really any capital gain to be had by doing this. Mad respect.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

This is not an accessibility feature, I need these too because when I play around with the cables at the back I am blind too.

 

[Zok310]

wait, how does a blind person play a video game?

 

[ManaByte]

The Xbox One S and Xbox One X had this too.

wait, how does a blind person play a video game?

It's not for that. It's so you don't have to yank out the console to plug stuff in. Was helpful when going from the S to X as it used all the same cables and you could just swap the box.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

I haven't had this type of problem since I was 17.

 

[Yams]

wait, how does a blind person play a video game?

There are gradations of blindness. Someone may not have enough sight to read a port label but have enough sight to make out what is happening on a screen.

I have a friend who is blind. He watches and enjoys movies all the time, but relies on other people to describe small details. Any reading requires either massive type, spoken transcriptions, or a Braille display, which is a device that converts computer text something he can feel.

 

[Tarkus98]

wait, how does a blind person play a video game?

Nevermind that, how are they posting on a forum, LOL.
Seriously though I believe he just means he can't see the back of the console, but what do I know.

 

[Iced Arcade]

Actually surprisingly useful

 

[TranscendentDee]

Engineering genius tbh