Re: [Audyssey] A Hero's Call, an Accessible Windows game Under development.

2017-01-13 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] why i build the games the way I do

2016-04-18 Thread Michael Feir
Hi Dark. Excellent points there. You and I agree in most respects. One can indeed create great games without needing to incurr vast expense. I think there's a very real game between what's possible with one or two individuals to create and make accessible versus the expectations. As blind people

Re: [Audyssey] why i build the games the way I do

2016-04-18 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] iDevice game thoughts - Re: Why I build the games as I do

2016-04-13 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] About games rolling out in a matter of a couple of months, or weeks?

2016-04-13 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Question About The Get Lamp Text Adventure Documentary

2016-03-30 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] ji sum IOS?

2016-01-15 Thread Michael Feir
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[Audyssey] splendid news for any game developers

2015-10-14 Thread Michael Feir
oubtless, there are more books of interest on CRC Press and likely other places which use the Vital Source bookshelf too. Having a book like this really elevates one's thinking about games. I hope that some of you would-be developers will have a lok at it for yourselves. -- Michael Feir Crea

Re: [Audyssey] Katie

2015-09-22 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Podcatcher for the IPhone

2015-05-14 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Two items from weekly top tech titbits relating to gaming

2015-01-08 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] New games for windows not being produced any more?

2014-03-05 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Hardware keys was: Re: An Announcement Regarding BSCGames

2013-04-25 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Giving Away Free Games was Announcement AboutBSCGames

2013-04-25 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] An Announcement Regarding BSC Games

2013-04-23 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] An Announcement Regarding BSC Games

2013-04-23 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] A Possible Offer To Consider

2013-04-21 Thread Michael Feir
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[Audyssey] a murder mystery virtual getaway weekend

2013-04-07 Thread Michael Feir
ation with your media player of choice and interact via Twitter and email to take part. -- Michael Feir Volunteer at The Dam http://www.thedam.org 2011-- Twitter: mfeir Skype: michael-feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People

Re: [Audyssey] Inquiry From Popular Mechanics

2013-03-27 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Inquiry From Popular Mechanics

2013-03-27 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-22 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-22 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] King of dragon price?

2012-11-18 Thread Michael Feir
game that could've been made for me! :D. > > And there goes sleeping tonight. > > beware the grue! > > Dark. > - Original Message - > From: "Michael Feir" > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 1:15 AM > S

Re: [Audyssey] King of dragon price?

2012-11-17 Thread Michael Feir
mentioned a couple of issues such as with the explore button and some >> other aspects, do they still have an affect on things? >> >> Beware the Grue! >> >> Dark. >> - Original Message - From: "Michael Feir" >> >> To: "Gamers Discussion

Re: [Audyssey] King of dragon price?

2012-11-17 Thread Michael Feir
list' > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] King of dragon price? > > May I have the link to your podcast please? > Christina > > > -Original Message- > From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Michael Feir > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012

Re: [Audyssey] King of dragon price?

2012-11-17 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] What the sparcle?

2012-09-30 Thread Michael Feir
ice dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week." > -Original Message- > From: Michael Feir > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 8:13 AM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What the sparcle? > > This is precisely why we haven't been discuss

Re: [Audyssey] What the sparcle?

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] pre-order super egg hunt plus

2012-08-17 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] A good fiction novel about computer games

2012-04-28 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Playing the Spaceship Game

2012-04-05 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Game Help, Please

2012-04-02 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] The Future of MOTA

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] A gift for all.

2011-10-31 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Darkruise Question

2011-10-19 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] FWD: Interest in your Helpful Resources

2011-10-14 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] USA Games Halloween Project

2011-09-28 Thread Michael Feir
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[Audyssey] Hey Gamers

2011-05-22 Thread michael . feir
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Re: [Audyssey] the spirit of game production -Re:bringsbackmemories - Re: Fw: BlindSoftware.comBlog Feed

2011-05-19 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] gaming magazine wanted

2011-05-18 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] the spirit of game production - Re: brings back memories - Re: Fw: BlindSoftware.comBlog Feed

2011-05-18 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Question for Michael Feir

2011-05-13 Thread Michael Feir
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Re: [Audyssey] Luminals, version 1.6b

2011-05-13 Thread Michael Feir
ve 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@aud

Re: [Audyssey] a good publicity opportunity

2011-04-22 Thread Michael Feir
l Message - > From: "Michael Feir" > To: > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 5:57 PM > Subject: [Audyssey] a good publicity opportunity > > >> ot.com/2009/01/personal-power.html >> >> A Life of Word and Sound >> 2003-2007 >> http://michael

Re: [Audyssey] the fun of slot machines - Re: USA Blackjack

2011-04-22 Thread Michael Feir
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[Audyssey] a good publicity opportunity

2011-04-21 Thread Michael Feir
to email her saying that their games may be used in the segment. -- Michael Feir Volunteer at The Dam http://www.thedam.org 2011-- Owner of Silver Smiles Join and share the silver lining in your life. Group homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/silver-smiles 2010-- Twitter: mfeir Skype: michae

Re: [Audyssey] Quick MOTA Announcement

2011-03-03 Thread Michael Feir
Hey Tom. Marriage comes first. Take good care of that wife and family of yours. People who can't understand that just aren't worth consideration. We'll enjoy Mota all the more when it's ready when you're ready. Take your time and do it right. Hope she gets well soon.

Re: [Audyssey] Super Egg Hunt

2011-02-24 Thread Michael Feir
Nifty! Revenge is sweet. Just for an added twist, how about having the chicken respawn after one minute and keep track of the number of chicken kills players achieve. It would certainly add value to the clocks as players tried to extend game time to kill more chickens. Michael Feir Volunteer

Re: [Audyssey] Super Egg Hunt

2011-02-24 Thread Michael Feir
I have yet to even come close to two hundred eggs. One of my twitter followers just said that the "killed the chicken." I didn't think that was possible. Has anybody else managed to do that? If so, spill the beens. How is this achieved? Michael Feir Volunteer at The Dam www.

Re: [Audyssey] my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.

2011-02-07 Thread Michael Feir
he least of which is figuring out how to render so much detail in audio form in a way that's intuitively understandable. Michael Feir Volunteer at The Dam www.thedam.org 2011-- Owner of Silver Smiles Join and share the silver lining in your life. Group home page: http://groups.google.com/group/

Re: [Audyssey] Windows screen reader software?

2011-01-28 Thread Michael Feir
You can get a free one called NVDA at www.nvda-project.org Michael Feir Volunteer at The Dam www.thedam.org 2011-- Owner of Silver Smiles Join and share the silver lining in your life. Group home page: http://groups.google.com/group/silver-smiles 2010-- Twitter: mfeir Skype: michael-feir Author

Re: [Audyssey] Backgammon

2011-01-28 Thread Michael Feir
That's the one. Strange, isn't it? We must have four different versions of sudocu, many takes on Space Invaders, two takes on Pacman, a couple Monopoly and Chess, but only one Backgammon. Michael Feir Volunteer at The Dam www.thedam.org 2011-- Owner of Silver Smiles Join and share

Re: [Audyssey] Backgammon

2011-01-28 Thread Michael Feir
t Ian Humfreys from Spoonbill Software will eventually create a good free version like he has with Scrabble. Michael Feir Volunteer at The Dam www.thedam.org 2011-- Owner of Silver Smiles Join and share the silver lining in your life. Group home page: http://groups.google.com/group/silver-smiles

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Levels

2011-01-20 Thread Michael Feir
you consider how much time has already been invested? Instead of just taking the easy way out, Tom offers us something better and all he asks in return is some patience. I for one am more than happy to give him that time. Michael Feir Owner of Silver Smiles Join and share the silver lining in

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Levels

2011-01-20 Thread Michael Feir
ion. You'll likely take flack either way unless people have been paying attention and have learned something of patience and respect over the past while. I hope you'll find the strength and persevereance to go that extra mile. Either way though, you've won me over as a supporter.

Re: [Audyssey] River Raiders

2010-12-25 Thread Michael Feir
I've always found it near the bottom left way down deep. That's quite the fun little atmospheric game. Michael Feir Owner of Silver Smiles Join and share the silver lining in your life. Group home page: http://groups.google.com/group/silver-smiles 2010-- Author of Personal Power: How

Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS

2010-11-04 Thread Michael Feir
it looks better. He indicated to me that he was too busy to work on a better solution for us. The current version of his windowsfrotz does have the ability to read text as it is output but is like Winfrotztts in that it doesn't let one review the text properly or deal with the help menus well

[Audyssey] journalism article help wanted

2010-10-19 Thread Michael Feir
riday and they wanted to contact some game developers. Would any of you care to take part in this? If so, please send me your contact info and I'll see that they get it. I don't know that this article will go anywhere beyond their professor's desk but one never knows. Michael Fei

Re: [Audyssey] Q9 upcoming patch

2010-10-16 Thread Michael Feir
Having different sounds for special items might add something to the game since players could decide what was worth taking risks to get. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal

Re: [Audyssey] Q9 upcoming patch

2010-10-16 Thread Michael Feir
over the pit and fall in. It should be a risky thing to try and do. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content

Re: [Audyssey] using the sword in mota beta14

2010-10-11 Thread Michael Feir
The sword is a very useful weapon. I have no trouble using it. The trio of hand-swung weapons works out quite nicely. The whip gives extra range, the sword gives extra power, and the dagger gives speed of attack. I like it. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can

Re: [Audyssey] legac help

2010-09-06 Thread Michael Feir
I got it to work once I had updated my flash and shockwave players and used Internet Explorer version 8. Haven't tried it again since that one successful time though. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.

Re: [Audyssey] Panning Weapon Sounds in MOTA

2010-06-22 Thread Michael Feir
That would be pretty neat. I've often thought that you should hear the direction of your shots and swings. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Beta 12 Released

2010-05-10 Thread Michael Feir
I would definitely go for an on/off setting approach here. I would tend not to use them myself. That intro gets pretty annoying after the fourth of fifth time you hear it. Will we be able to skip that in the full version? Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can

[Audyssey] Fw: [GMAGamesTalk] Public Beta

2010-03-19 Thread Michael Feir
Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content/life-word-and-sound Creator and former editor of Audyssey

Re: [Audyssey] Entombed officially released!

2010-02-25 Thread Michael Feir
issues. A very nifty way to register a game. The only issues I can see him running into are people whose firewalls interfere. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Li

Re: [Audyssey] Entombed officially released!

2010-02-24 Thread Michael Feir
n older version successfullly ran on my computer so I figured I was pretty safe in buying it. Hope others are having better luck and a solution for my system can be found. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-pla

Re: [Audyssey] The future of Blastbay Studios

2010-01-13 Thread Michael Feir
l customer pool and drastically increases the likelyhood of piracy. I'd far rather have less money from more honest customers. It'll be very interesting to see how Entoomed does when it's released. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal L

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Michael Feir
isation or Heros of Might and Magic if these could be made fully accessible. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.c

Re: [Audyssey] Q9 and cracks

2009-11-26 Thread Michael Feir
mes feel more like you're renting games and don't actually own your copy. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-pla

Re: [Audyssey] speaking of Audyssey Magazine

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Feir
while to sort out. He's in the process of re-subscribing to this list and I have no doubt we'll hear something from the man himself fairly soon. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/c

Re: [Audyssey] q9 on netbook

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Feir
have similar facilities. The only upgrade I have on my netbook is 2 gb of ram instead of the one it came with. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound

Re: [Audyssey] Just a thought on Q9.

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Feir
ng a review for Audyssey. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content/life-word-and-sound Creator and f

Re: [Audyssey] Just a thought on Q9.

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Feir
snacks which could be consumed when needed in order to increase strength. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com

Re: [Audyssey] Q9 action game, my opinion.

2009-11-17 Thread Michael Feir
currently doesn't have to worry about. I haven't heard of any parents other than perhaps some vegetarians who would object to all the animal killing. Lets not forget that this game is aimed at people as young as fourteen. It just so happens to be fun for us older folks also. Michael Fei

Re: [Audyssey] My Opinion of Q9

2009-11-15 Thread Michael Feir
I second Tom's opinion having just purchased the game. Very well done indeed. The combat works quite well and so do the bonus items. You've thought your game mechanics through rather nicely indeed. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Persona

Re: [Audyssey] Blastbay Studios - upcoming sidescroller

2009-11-11 Thread Michael Feir
game, I expect there to be somewhat more to it. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content/life-word-and-sou

Re: [Audyssey] Blind Adrenaline was Announcing All inPlay Blackjack!

2009-11-10 Thread Michael Feir
y put some serious time and effort into. I felt bad for the two developers who made commercial versions. Spoonbill Software's free version would pretty much satisfy nearly anybody's liking for that kind of puzzle. Here's hoping for something truly unique in the near future

Re: [Audyssey] 80's games suggestion

2009-10-28 Thread Michael Feir
n earned my respect and admiration. All that remains to do at this point is wish Tom the very best of luck. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound

[Audyssey] Fw: [JAWS-Users] Free advanced Chess program for Windows - WinBoard 4.4for JAWS

2009-09-09 Thread Michael Feir
Hello everyone. I came across this and figured it might be of interest to Chess players in the blind community. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and

Re: [Audyssey] The real Game Circle

2009-08-14 Thread Michael Feir
games can be to people who play them. I also am passionate about creating a game which delivers a deeper well of thoughtful fun and does so in a way which is infinitely replayable. Whether that's enough to see me through to completion of the project is anyone's guess. My creative eng

Re: [Audyssey] a Giganticbug in alien outback!

2009-08-02 Thread Michael Feir
Make certain you have the latest version of Alien Outback. It has been updated a number of times since its original release. I have no problem saving games. If you choose a level to start from, you don't get to go onto the mother ship level. It states that clearly in the manual. Michael

[Audyssey] torchlight text based version available

2009-06-29 Thread Michael Feir
Hello everyone. I've just checked over at: www.arborell.com and found that the long awaited text version of Torchlight Tabletop adventure has been released. I haven't dug into it yet but figured people on here would be interested. Lots of luck with it everyone. Michael Feir Author o

Re: [Audyssey] MOTA Beta 5 Released!

2009-06-10 Thread Michael Feir
Hi Tom. I've tried twice to download the new mota beta but it won't complete. It'll get to 99 percent and just stop. I haven't had that problem with other files I've snarfed down today so you may want to take a quick look. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How

Re: [Audyssey] klango and muds

2009-06-01 Thread Michael Feir
g like an audio arcade game or more of the simpler puzzle-style games. I've enjoyed being proved wrong before though. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word

Re: [Audyssey] MOTA Arcade Mode

2009-05-01 Thread Michael Feir
I very much prefer the arcade mode. Please keep that in there if possible. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind

[Audyssey] legends of zork is live

2009-04-01 Thread Michael Feir
It's a lot like Legend of the Green Dragon in that regard. I hope those who are interested will try out this new browser based online game and take the time to send feedback to the developers. Happy adventures, everyone. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enh

Re: [Audyssey] MOTA Mouse Support

2009-03-25 Thread Michael Feir
I certainly don't need mouse support at all. You're doing terrific with the game overall Tom. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003

Re: [Audyssey] MOTA Silencing Speech Output

2009-03-09 Thread Michael Feir
The control key sounds fine to me Tom. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content/life-word-and-sound

Re: [Audyssey] Windows/Linux Interactive Fiction Interpretors

2009-03-05 Thread Michael Feir
ut that won't work with zblorb and Malinche games. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content/life-word-and-sou

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mainstream Games

2009-03-01 Thread Michael Feir
No. I'm over here in Canada. Both Ron and I live in what's known as the Greater Toronto Area. Glad you found my remarks to be of assistance. If I can help in any other way, just ask. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind P

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mainstream Games

2009-02-28 Thread Michael Feir
sy to access built-in hints and help. It would also have to support all current Zcode, Tads and other popular game formats. That has proved to be problematic with my screen-reader and the various interpreters available for free today. Yes, folks. I would pay for something I used to be able to do eff

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mainstream Games

2009-02-28 Thread Michael Feir
the blind community, it's very unlikely we'll see their efforts directed at us. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://

Re: [Audyssey] Avoiding attacks was: Mota demo, my thoughts

2009-02-28 Thread Michael Feir
ou'll show everyone what a superb sidescroller can be. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content/life-word-and

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mainstream Games

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Feir
can become impossible to accomodate. You could have a trivia game with questions all read aloud and no visual questions but it wouldn't be You Don't Know Jack. The same goes for such elements in many video games. We're simply too small a market to be worth a company's while.

Re: [Audyssey] issue when using the view command in mota

2009-02-25 Thread Michael Feir
MOTA. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content/life-word-and-sound Creator and former editor of Audyssey Mag

Re: [Audyssey] mota demo

2009-02-25 Thread Michael Feir
out as right as possible while still being fairly simple and sensible. Free hands means a better chance at surviving a leap, especially a longer one. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/pe

Re: [Audyssey] mota demo

2009-02-24 Thread Michael Feir
there should perhaps be more of an indicator that one is in a dark place. Perhaps, a spooky undertone or something of that sort would work there. It should be recogniseable as a darkness indicator without overpowering what you could still hear around you. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power

Re: [Audyssey] mota demo

2009-02-24 Thread Michael Feir
otion that way. This is going to be a stupendously excellent game when Tom gets it all worked out. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007

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