[nabs-l] alternatives to visual games

[Desiree Oudinot]

Hi,
For the PC, try going to www.kitchensinc.net. there are a variety of
free card and word games, as well as some others, that are fully
accessible. They are self-voicing. They use Sappi. However, nothing
shows up on the screen while you're playing. I'm not sure if you asked
this question because you would like to have games to play with
sighted people, but that's something for you to take into
consideration if that's the case.
There is also the RS games client, which is free as well. You can find
it at rsgames.org. This has mostly card games, like uno, rummy,
blackjack, and it also has monopoly. These are multiplayer games, so
you need an active internet connection to run the client.
There are others, some are free and some are not, but if you want to
get a better sense of what audio games are available, I would suggest
checking out audiogames.net. They have an extensive database of pretty
much every accessible game in existance. There's also a forum where
not only audio games are discussed, but how people make adaptations to
be able to play certain video games, too.
As a side note, there are quite a few IOS games that are accessible,
from what I understand. However, since I'm not an IPhone user, I know
very little about them, only that there are a whole bunch of them
coming out. Development of PC games has slowed considerably, but it
seems that some of the games on the IPhone are accessible without the
developers intending them to be.

On 3/11/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There is a heavy trend toward developing video games and portable games for
> on screen use.
> From fun games like bowling and basketball to academic games for math and
> science, they are out there.
> 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.
> Perhaps, you all feel that way.
> 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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