For the Harry Potter fans, pottermore, the official web game created by JKR herself, is now open for everyone to sign up. Just go to:
http://www.pottermore.com
You need to click the first link under the words "are you magical?" At least with NVDA, that link is an unlabelled graphic of some sort. But once you click that, the rest of the sign up process is accessible in NVDA and firefox. There is a CAPTCHA you will need to complete, but there is a link under the CAPTCHA text box to get an audio version.
Currently, the website is so swamped with traffic, that I haven't yet gotten my confirmation email. So I can't check how accessible the actual website content will turn out to be. But based on the sign up, I am at least hopeful that some of it will be available to us.
I suspect the pottermore website will send the confirmation emails on a first come, first served basis. So if you want in, go to:
http://www.pottermore.com
right now and at least finish the sign up process, in hopes you'll get in some time soon!
My pottermore username is KnightCastle16658. I don't know if the site has a friends or groups feature or whatever, but if it does, feel free to message/friend/look me up when and if you get in. Yeah, that's a strange username, but in order to keep things child friendly, the website gives you a choice of usernames, and you have to pick one. You aren't allowed to just type in any username you want.
The only other tip I can give is that apparently the website is refusing accounts from those under 13. So...make sure...you are 13 when it asks for your date of birth.
Also, for those of you interested, the e-books and audio books of Harry Potter offered by
http://shop.pottermore.com
are confirmed accessible as well. You will need q reader, or some other reading program that supports epub files for the e-books. I think even the booksense and victor support epub now though, so it shouldn't be too hard for you to find one. I know iBooks on the iPhone does.
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According to Mikaela Scuderi at GoodReads, the thing about having to be at least 13 is wrong. More discussion about this is taking place on goodreads at:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/865 … o-everyone
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