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Hakuba (left) is a visually impaired e-sports player, but his job is to be a visually impaired game streamer. Just when he was blind, Hakuba, like many visually impaired people, went to learn massage, and after years of hard work, he slowly changed from a masseuse to a small owner who owned his own massage shop. But he eventually gave up massage and chose a new and unfamiliar live streaming industry to start from scratch.
In the company conference room, Hakuba (left) discusses with colleagues how to carry out live broadcasting. Because he is a visually impaired person himself, Hakuba especially understands the needs of this group, "Blind people have too few ways of leisure and entertainment, in addition to listening to music, that is, through the screen reading software bubble forum." ”
Hakuba hopes to let more visually impaired people know about their own games through their own live broadcast rooms.
Accompanied by a guide dog, Hakuba returns to the live studio set up at home to prepare for the day's live broadcast.
"Compared to the masseuse profession, live streaming allows me to make more friends and reach out to the wider world." In the live broadcast room, Hakuba sometimes teaches the visually impaired how to play games, and sometimes sings a song to enliven the atmosphere.
The white horse that ended the live broadcast work used the screen reading function to buy toys online for guide dogs.
In the afternoon, Hakuba's teammates came to their homes to train offline in preparation for the upcoming race.
Hakuba and his teammates listened to the audio while skillfully operating their phones. There are many visually impaired people around Hakuba, and they often share their "game experience" together, but the common feeling is that "there are too few games for blind people to play."
"In fact, what we really want is to play games like ordinary people, and even compete with them." Hakuba said.
Hakuba (third from left) lifted the estrophy for the third place in the Visually Impaired Esports United. (Courtesy of the interviewee)