[Electronics-talk] alternatives to video games and visual games

[Jude DaShiell]

I've heard about dice world for the IPhone which is supposed to be 
accessible too most recently.  Another game for the iPhone called "what 
happened last night" is difficult to say the least!

It's accessible but difficult needing brain power to solve that game. On 
Wed, 27 Mar 2013, Osman Koroma wrote:

> Does anyone know of a actions games for the iPhone
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 14, 2013, at 5:36, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at shellworld.net> wrote:
> 
> > If you don't mind a little learning curve, http://nethack.org/ has a 
> > game for you.  Unfortunately the accessible version isn't compiled for 
> > any of those portable devices but can be played on pc's.  In windows a 
> > dos command window can be used to play the dos version of the game.  
> > Linux and mac users can play their own native versions of the game.  The 
> > nh-access configuration file sets the game up so everything that would 
> > have been graphical comes up in ascii text.
> > 
> > On Tue, 12 Mar 2013, Tone wrote:
> > 
> >> do you have skype or zello? or if you want email of the list, and I'll  tell
> >> you of some games
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashley Bramlett"
> >> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
> >> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
> >> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:06 PM
> >> Subject: [Electronics-talk] alternatives to video games and visual games
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> Hi all,
> >>> 
> >>> As you know, more and more games are developed on gadgets. Some are
> >>> portable; others are for home use.
> >>> For at home we have the WII, Playstation and xbox. For portable options,
> >>> there are numerous ones. All tablets and smart phones have games. Then you
> >>> have the Kindle, Nook, and more.
> >>> 
> >>> So what technology, if any, do you use as an alternative to these on screen
> >>> games?
> >>> Games range from adaptations of real card or board games to new ones
> >>> developed for these portable book readers and tablets.
> >>> 
> >>> Scrabble, Hangman, monopoly, and word searches are some games.
> >>> I am beginning to feel left out when people talk about all these games. My
> >>> mother, who usually hates technology, has fallen in love with a few games on
> >>> her new Kindle Fire; of course, not accessible to us. My mom is intimidated
> >>> by computers, yet somehow picked up the concept in the kindle okay. She has
> >>> games, music aps, and books on it.
> >>> 
> >>> Perhaps, there are IOS games out there. I suppose there are computer games
> >>> which I just haven?t looked at.
> >>> I?d love to have a version of hangman, word puzzles, and card games for the
> >>> pc.
> >>> 
> >>> There are two games I had as a kid; I don?t know if both still exist as its
> >>> old technology. But one does.
> >>> 1. The Speak n Spell was a handheld thing; like a primative computer. You
> >>> used it as a dictionary and it had academic games on it such as guessing
> >>> partial words, a word scramble where you had to unscramble letters to make a
> >>> word, word matching, and more games.
> >>> 2. The Franklin Language master still exists; I saw it online. Most have the
> >>> pc for a dictionary. But for those who want another portable option or a way
> >>> to expand your vocabulary, this is excellent. It is lightweight with a
> >>> qwerty style keyboard and speaks everything as well as a way to magnify the
> >>> text. You can play word games on it such as hangman, word scramble, flash
> >>> cards, word train, creating anagrams and more. I think there?s ten games on
> >>> it.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> So what else is out there? Maybe something from APH?
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks.
> >>> Ashley
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> > jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
> > Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers?
> > 
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jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers?