On the subjcct of Screen Readers and games, I have found out something quite strange about Treasure Hunt. When I tried to enter the code into the control panel without JAWS loaded, I could not-turned out I had to load JAWS to do it.
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Karl Belanger Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:22 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Q9 and screen readers was: XP Gamer Woes (?) I have never had to turn either Window-Eyes or System Access off when playing almost any game. Yes, you do here some random chatter when you press keys, but that is all. There is no conflict with the keyboard, unless you use a hotkey that the screen reader uses. -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:28 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Q9 and screen readers was: XP Gamer Woes (?) Just as a vaguely informational point, with hal there is never any need to actually shut the program down. The voice can be turned off with ctrl 0, and at that point all commands which do not directly interfere with hal's own commands are absolutely fine to use, --- in fact the only real reason to turn the voice off is to stop random chatter throughout the game. In games which use the number pad, ----- or the F keys when playing on a laptop, and thus conflict with Hal's own commands, it's also necessary to turn Hal's keys off with ctrl 8 after turning the voice off. Sinse ctrl space is needed to enter Hal's control panel, --- it's necessary to do this in Q9 as well, ---- though it's not really a problem. I believe the reason hal can stil run and not conflictwith games etc is something to do with the way hal handles keystrokes being different to the way Jaws (or I believe window eyes), does, ---- but I'm not sure. this is just some extra information, sinse I've noticed a lot of developers automatically instruct players to shut down their screen readers before playing as a matter of course, ---- which obviously isn't as necessary with Hal. Probably because i'm used to it, I admit I like Hal's system, sinse it means I can very literally start a game up, then flick off Hal's voice and possibly keys if needed while the game is running, ---- and don't have the bother of having to setup short cuts or some other way of starting the games without being able to read the screen. btw, this isn't intended as a Hal vs jaws bash, ---- such conversations are rarely useful, ----- particularly with someone like me who's used Hal for so long, I'm incredibly used to the way it does things, ---- and would find different methods slightly confusing, ---- the couple of occasions I've had chance to play with a system with Jaws installed on it were not happy ones exactly for this reason. Beware the grue! Dark. --- 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
