[nabs-l] alternatives to visual games

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
The old Braille Plus had hangman and Blackjack for a while, but then a new 
version made them not work anymore. The Apex has IF and the computer has 
audio games, Muds and browser games.
Please see
audiogames.net
for a list of around 300+ games that are totally accessible. They include 
multiple chess, blackjack, poker, worm and other arcade games, as well as 
FPSes, RPGs and advanced IF games. There are also strategy games and audio 
versions of mainstream games.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: 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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