[nabs-l] alternatives to visual games

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi Ashley,

have you heard of RS games?  It's a free client you download to your
PC.  They have accessible games including Monopoly, Uno, 1,000 Miles,
Apples to Apples, Farkle (a dice game), Rummy, and Battleship.  Not
quite word games like what you're thinking of, (well, maybe Apples to
Apples to an extent), but they're still pretty good.

On 3/11/13, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> Ashley:
>
> God is saving you from blowing your dollars on frivolities! (grin)
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 5:12 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] alternatives to visual games
>
> 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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Kaiti