Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on the infamous Pokémon episode

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chriskanan ◴[13 Nov 24 21:33 UTC] No.42130234[source]▶

I don't understand why in the current era we don't have videos just post-processed by the media player / TV. That seems like it would increase accessibility while not irritating folks who do not have epilepsy.

I tried to search to see if something like a plugin existed for VLC, and I didn't find anything. Seems like it should be solvable at least if the media can be parsed ahead of time or with some delay for a live feed.

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devnullbrain ◴[13 Nov 24 22:50 UTC] No.42131097[source]▶

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That pushes the onus onto the disabled person to avoid places and rooms with TVs that haven't had the setting enabled, repeatedly asking the same questions and revealing their health history to feel safe in public.

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1. small_scombrus ◴[14 Nov 24 03:11 UTC] No.42132770[source]▶

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It does somewhat, but its also weird that its not a feature that companies add to things to expand their potential sales base & give people a reason to buy their stuff.

Obviously it should be on all of us to try and minimise the number of seizures we're causing, but it's also on us (as humanity) to make it possible for people to actively avoid or mitigate things that cause seizures.

Someone else on this thread mentioned that Apple have an accessibility feature specifically for this[1][2] which is kind of ideal.

1 - the comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42129236#42130043

2 - You can find it under motion settings here: https://www.apple.com/au/accessibility/vision

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