[Nfbf-l] accessable games?

Mon Jul 11 13:53:41 UTC 2011

Hi Bill,

Here is a good place to get a lot of computer games.  I can't think of any
that are multi player games but there may be some.

http://audiogames.net/listgames.php

Thanks,
Jim

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Thanks Kirk

Bill Kociaba
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] accessable games?

> Bill, here are some:
> From: "D. O'Connell" <navy1vet at verizon.net>
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> Subject: [BattingTheBreeze] Fw: New!-7-128 Computer Games For 
> Blind/Visually
> Impaired Gamers
> Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010 2:05 PM
>
> FYI
>
> Here is a new product from
> 7-128m Software Simply Entertainment---
> Borealis Edition for Blind and Visually Impaired Gamers
> There  are 8 text based Games included in this edition that use large 
> print.
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> and  games work with JAWS  or ZoomText.
> Background music can be turned off.
> Installation programs are accessible too!
>
> Eight fun, engaging blind accessible games, which are self-voiced using
> your computer's SAPI voice, and compatible with JAWS screen reader.*
> You get 2 Inspector Cyndi in Newport  interactive mystery-solving games,
> which cast you as a detective with the Newport, RI police department circa
> 1890.
> Your job is to solve the crimes, with the help of clues from Inspector
> Cyndi.
> Two puzzle games, Orchestra and Snowflake, challenge your memory and
> pattern-matching skills.
> 4  word games to challenge your vocabulary.
> Lots of fun for blind gamers and sighted friends and family.
> System Requirements:  Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7;    Pentium 166MHz or
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> resolution 1024 X 768 or greater;  CD ROM or DVD if installing from CD
> *Note:  The JAWS screen reader does not work under 64-bit Windows 7 or 
> Vista
> with any software that is written in Java language, including our games.
> However, all of our games self-voice using your computer's SAPI voice.
>
> Game Descriptions:
>
> Inspector Cyndi in Newport Games
> Newport, Rhode Island in the 1890's is the summer home to the Astors,
> Vanderbilts, and Morgans, the Worthingtons, Statelys, and the Huffingtons.
> You are a Detective with the Newport Police. Inspector Cyndi is a world
> famous crime solver on loan from Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
> here to
> assist you.
> Travel around Newport questioning witnesses. Meet the wealthy families who
> inhabit the mansions on Bellevue Avenue, their servants, and the Irish
> immigrant
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> Identify the Culprit. Determine their Motive, Opportunity, and Method. 
> Solve
> the crime.
>
> Inspector Cyndi in Newport - The Unfinished Symphony
> Ages 10 to Adult
> Mrs. Worthington's toy symphony was going along splendidly until the 
> trumpet
> player keeled over into the potted palm. Constable Duffy suspects foul 
> play!
> Was it Miss Alice Chalmers, the French teacher? Or one of the unhappy 
> hired
> musicians. Was it the Graphin Josepha von Vogelhuber? And just what is a
> Graphin,
> anyway?
>
> Inspector Cyndi in Newport - When Irish Spies are Smiling
> Ages 10 to Adult
> Who stole Mr. Holland's submarine? Was it those Irish nationalists, up to
> their tricks again?
>
> You'll have to ask Fineus the Fiendish Fenian, if you can find him. Murphy
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> And then there's the question of who was singing down at the Torpedo 
> Station
> the night of the 23rd.
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>
> Tyler Games
> Challenge your memory, your pattern matching skills, your spatial 
> strategy.
> Master the Tyler puzzles - Entertaining mind exercises that challenge your
> brain, not your twitch.
> Easy to play, at the first level. Maddening at the tenth level.
>
> Orchestra
> The instruments play when you select them. But can you remember their
> original order?
> Orchestra challenges your spatial memory.
> There are ten levels, each with an increasing number of objects to 
> remember
> and place in their original sequence.
> Of course, you could select the Easy button and reduce the number by half.
>
> Snowflake
> Ages: 7 to Adult
> Strengthen your memory.
> In this game a Snowflake is an ordered set of images or numbers.
> You memorize the Snowflake.
> Then you select the Snowflake you memorized from a set of Snowflakes.
> It's easy when there are just two small Snowflakes.
> But can you do it when there are FIVE very complex but similar Snowflakes 
> to
> choose from?
> And can you do it against the clock?
>
> WOOPLE Games
> Word games to challenge your mind and vocabulary.
>
> Scrambled Sayings
> Ages: 10 to Adult
> Our culture has a lot of sayings. You'll find old favorites here, as well 
> as
> many you've never heard before.
> Unscramble each word to find out what the saying is.
> Then you get another saying.
> You never know when something you learn here might be useful.
>
> The Definition Game
> Ages: 10 to Adult
> How sharp is your knowledge of what words mean?
> The Definition game will improve your understanding of the meaning of 
> words.
> Select the definition that best fits with the displayed word.
> If you guess wrong, the game lets you try again until you get it right.
> Though you do lose points.
> Speed and accuracy will give you the highest score
>
> Longest Word
> Ages: 10 to Adult
> How many words can you make with the eight letters you are given.
> Longer words give you more points and you can use each letter more than
> once.
> This is a race against that clock.
>
> Word Builder
> Ages 10 to Adult
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> How many words can you make with those letters?
> And the clock is ticking down!
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Kociaba" <williamkociaba at comcast.net>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 8:24 AM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] accessable games?
>
>
> Hi all,
> As some of you know I am very new to this list and the NFB as well.  I 
> have
> a question that I am sure some of you can help me with.  What is available
> in multi person games, board type games or any other kind in some kind of
> accessable form?   Before I totally lost my sight I used to enjoy playing
> battle ship, manopoly etc.  It was something I enjoyed shairing with my 
> wife
> that I can no longer do. I also have two grand sons who are getting old
> enough to do similar things with which I obviously would love to do.  Are
> there audible games for game consoules like the We or play station? Is 
> there
> an audable basketball backboard/hoop and some kind of beeping basketball 
> or
> a ball with a bell in it like for Goal ball? Any suggestions would
> wonderful.
> Thanks in advance.
> Bill
>
> Bill Kociaba
> CRUISEONE
> Bill at Ycruise.com
> 954 227 7772 or Toll Free 877 227 7775
> 7600 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33067
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