[Electronics-talk] Video Games

Mon Apr 23 17:16:21 UTC 2012

here is some info:
<goog_586536976>Free Online games for blind or autistic
children<http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/free-online-games-blind-or-autistic-children>
Denise

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Kaye <kayezimpher at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi, Can any of those games be played with other users? I am looking for a
> game that I can play with other friends or even people across the world. I
> wish words with friends was accessible but unfortunately, it is not. I like
> the idea of playing with people I may not know.
>
>
>
> Kaye Zimpher
> Check out my facebook at www.facebook.com/**thekeeperoftime<http://www.facebook.com/thekeeperoftime>
> I will show you the first time, and help you if you mess up the second
> time. But the third time you are on your own, because that is the way the
> world is.
> -----Original Message----- From: Linda Bloodsaw
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 6:26 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Video Games
>
> You can find recommendations for accessible games at www.applevis.com
>
> Some of the games I play on iPad are AudioRun, Moxie, Blind Memory, Moose,
> 7 Words, Mind Sweeper, Stem Stumper Lite, Tic Tac Free, Word Quest.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> On Apr 21, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Jolynn Page <linnie1516 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I do have an iPad 2 I haven't been very lucky in finding games that
>> are accessible with voice over.
>>
>> On 4/21/12, Linda Bloodsaw <lbloodsaw2018 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have an iPad? I play games on my iPad.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 21, 2012, at 3:59 PM, "Brett Boyer" <bboyer202 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi. Is this a video game though? does it use graphics and sounds? Or is
>>>> it
>>>> like a text adventure.
>>>> thanks
>>>> bb
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell"
>>>> <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 9:48 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Video Games
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  nethack was the original top down view video game and can be played on
>>>>> text-based systems with the text interface like Linux and dos at least
>>>>> a
>>>>> 386 computer for dos and is a free download from nethack.org.  Use the
>>>>> enter link when you get there if you decide to download that one. There
>>>>> are people that spend their entire lives and never win nethack.  Its
>>>>> support list is rec.games.roguelike.nethack on usenet.  If you play
>>>>> with
>>>>> accessibility defaults it uses ascii for screen display and that makes
>>>>> it possible.  A mac in terminal mode can do this too.  The game maps
>>>>> are
>>>>> randomized so never the same between games.  If you use the (?)
>>>>> character inside the game you get to all of the game's help.  Use of
>>>>> (/)
>>>>> will allow you to move the cursor to a character and when you hit enter
>>>>> have the character under the cursor described.  Best I ever did was
>>>>> experience level 12 out of 30 and I usually get killed off on
>>>>> experience
>>>>> level 7 these days.  Cursor movement is done with arrow keys or letters
>>>>> on keyboard  hjkl left down up right and variants.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Jolynn Page wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hello,
>>>>>> I am looking for any video games that may be played by a blind
>>>>>> person even if not made for blind people just something that wouldn't
>>>>>> be too difficult for a blind person to play.  My son has been asking
>>>>>> me to play games with him and I have been doing some research online
>>>>>> and there are articles about blind people playing different games but
>>>>>> I haven't had any luck finding out what those are.  If you have any
>>>>>> ideas of any video games and what system they are for I would really
>>>>>> appreciate it.  Thanks so much for any help you can give me
>>>>>> Linnie
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