Hi Al, If using Jaws you have to switch to the Jaws cursor to read the screen. there is no PC cursor in Dos apps so that is why trying to route Jaws to PC doesn't work.
However, your problems have made me rethink the wisdom of writing purely text based games. While it is easier to do from a technical standpoint I realize that because of Windows many people don't know or have forgotten how to use purely text based applications. They assume, for example, because every Windows application has a PC cursor that there is one in the text based game they are using and make mistakes like trying to route the Jaws cursor to the non-existent PC cursor, or try to use arrow keys when the app wasn't designed for them. For those and probably potentially other reasons maybe I should make my wrestling game a fully graphical application, self voicing, etc as it would be universally accessible and no one would be left confused looking at an out dated interface. Cheers! On 8/26/13, Allan Thompson <allan1.thomp...@cox.net> wrote: > Hi Tom, > Thanks for that. I guess I am so used to arrow keys and the like that it > never even occurred to me not to use them. > So far, it has been going well...although now my problem is that the > options, you know, to press 1 for this and 2 for that, sometimes doesn't > show up or doesn't get read by the screen reader, I am not sure which. > I thought maybe trying to root jaws to pc would help, but that just screwed > up and made things go back to the constant looping of reading everything, > lol. > > I think I will look forward to playing the one you make. Text is just fine > if that is what you want to do. > Thanks again, > al --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
