[nabs-l] alternatives to visual games

Tue Mar 12 01:32:30 UTC 2013

Hi Desiree,

I'm interested in both types; games for me that can be only audible.
But also games for multiple players. Are card games for more than one player 
or do you simply play against the computer?
If you've played the card games, how does it work with jaws?
Does jaws speak the card you are on and you press buttons to flip cards 
around? I've seen solitar being played and they use the mouse to flip and 
drag the cards around.
I have a little vision.
When you say self voicing, does this mean you use a built in speech 
synthesizer?
Also, is rs games free?
I'll have a look at these links.
Thanks.
Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Desiree Oudinot
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:21 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] alternatives to visual games

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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