Thomas, you can install Windows using BootCamp which would give you dos support. -Unless I'm misunderstanding you, this would allow someone to play those older games on the Mac, yes?…
Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Apr 29, 2012, at 7:26 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Michael, No. That's the principle problem with emulators like Dosbox or Wine. There is no way to use a screen reader like VoiceOver, Jaws, Window-Eyes, Orca, whatever to read the text on the screen, and because there are a number of special dependencies required to run a Windows screen reader they won't work in Wine either. So if the game or app isn't self-voicing its not very useful for us. For example, I've had some success using Wine for some Windows games like Jim Kitchen's games simply because I can install Visual Basic 6, DirectX 8, and Sapi 5 in Wine, and Jim's games play fine on Mac OS and Linux using Wine. However, something like the De Steno games wouldn't work simply because screen readers can't read the text on the screen when it is being emulated in Dosbox or Wine. Its for that reason something like the De Steno games would have to be rewritten for the specific platform, or have Sapi support etc added for direct speech output. Cheers! On 4/29/2012 10:09 AM, michael barnes wrote: > Hey, Thomas. > What about runing De Steno Games on the Mac? > If I was to get a emulator to run his games, will I be able to use voice over? > Or will it use Windows screen readers? > > > --- > 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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.
