Re: [Audyssey] Copyrighted material

2007-12-21 Thread Tyler Wood
Oh, wow. I can just imagine it. Good loard... stupid website isn't working, i have to take that off my signature, *G'g'g'g'gr'r'r'r'ro''o'o'o'o'o'w'w'w'ww'w''l'l'l'l'l'l* sorry for those of you who weren't using elequence, but that sounds kind of cool. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@a

Re: [Audyssey] chess game

2007-12-21 Thread Charles Rivard
A lot of work has been done to make it so. There is a checkbox that you can check that makes it useable for the user of a screen reader. --- Shepherds are the best beasts. - Original Message - From: "josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007

Re: [Audyssey] Copyrighted material

2007-12-21 Thread GMail
Oh. Well then, disregard my last post. My question was answered. Thanks, Bryan. - Original Message - From: "Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Copyrighted material > Like I said, could you imagine t

Re: [Audyssey] chess game

2007-12-21 Thread Charles Rivard
The evaluation period is 30 days, then you have to buy. --- Shepherds are the best beasts. - Original Message - From: "josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] chess game > is chess elite free or do we have to

Re: [Audyssey] Copyrighted material

2007-12-21 Thread GMail
I'm confused. Why shouldn't a mainstream developer take say Thomas to court because he violated a copyright. All I've heard is that they will lose face by taking a blind person to court over this. Can someone explain that a little bit better? David - Original Message - From: "Bryan" <

Re: [Audyssey] chess game

2007-12-21 Thread josh
was, or is, chess elite designed for blind people to play? was it made to be accessible? - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] chess game > At what skill level does

Re: [Audyssey] chess game

2007-12-21 Thread josh
is chess elite free or do we have to pay for it? It would be cool if there a version of chess elite that was self voiceing and used sapi5. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [Audy

Re: [Audyssey] Copyrighted material

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
Like I said, could you imagine the headlines? It's one thing to sue a rapper for using Pacman sounds in one of his songs since he's likely to have the money, but suing a blind game developer who is just one person is far more likely to attract unfavorable attention than suing some rich rapper du

Re: [Audyssey] Copyrighted material

2007-12-21 Thread Robin Kipp
Hi Bryan, > True, but a big name game designer isn't likely to risk > losing face by > taking a few blind people to court to sue for money they're > unlikely to > have. Imagine the headlines. Well I actually think that could happen. Incredible and weird things have always happened and are sti

Re: [Audyssey] bopit extreme 2

2007-12-21 Thread Yohandy
obviously if it work how I think it does you don't guess, you simply listen if the game performs any commands. - Original Message - From: "william lomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] bopit extreme 2 >

Re: [Audyssey] Copyrighted material

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
True, but a big name game designer isn't likely to risk losing face by taking a few blind people to court to sue for money they're unlikely to have. Imagine the headlines. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: "Robin Kipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Fri

Re: [Audyssey] PC tech woes

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
My thoughts exactly. Then it said You've got Mail! And he freaked. I love his little scream when he did that. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: "Mich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:53 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [Audyssey] PC tech woes

2007-12-21 Thread Robin Kipp
Well yeah, that's really stupid. I have an MP3 file on my comp where someone calls a computer support center asking for help because he doesn't know where the any key is. I'd love to send it, but you won't have much fun with it because it's in German :-( Well then, just press any key to continue or

Re: [Audyssey] PC tech woes

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
oh yeah, simpsons fans would have liked that, a keyboard with an any key on it. At 06:43 p.m. 22/12/2007, you wrote: >A selling gimmick, but a company sold a keyboard on which the numPad enter >was marked "any". A lot of people bought them, some as a joke, and some in >seriousness. Just think o

Re: [Audyssey] PC tech woes

2007-12-21 Thread Mich
never mind they could push something when it said push any key lol. it puts me in mind of homer Simpson when he said any key where's the any key? lol from Mich Verrier from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion

[Audyssey] PC tech woes

2007-12-21 Thread Charles Rivard
A selling gimmick, but a company sold a keyboard on which the numPad enter was marked "any". A lot of people bought them, some as a joke, and some in seriousness. Just think of how many times the computer novice of today would have encountered "Bad command or file name"! Just think what they

[Audyssey] Copyrighted material

2007-12-21 Thread Robin Kipp
Hello all, Because Tom is talking about a new Star Wars game, there's also a Star Trek game and also the accessible Monty game I was just wondering, isn't there some copyrighted stuff in there? Like would Tom be allowed to put the original StarTrek soundtrack in Final Conflict, use original charact

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
True, but you never really know what's gonna happen from one minute to the next where computers are concerned. Yeah, most of the time you can backup your product codes and things like that but there needs to be a contingency on the off chance that your system crashes before you're able to do tha

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
Yeah, I remember there was a Star Wars fighting game or Play Station and you could fight as Mara Jade if you met certain conditions in the game. And you certainly didn't want to be the one fighting her if you were first starting out. She had a lot of the same Lightsaber moves as Luke, but then s

Re: [Audyssey] Other ideas for Monopoly

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, Quote but, I really do get allot of phone calls and Email from shall I say computer novices. End quote Yeah, USA Games hasn't been in the gaming business long, but we have had a few of those kinds of inquaries already as well. Besides USA Games I have done some consulting for people be

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
Yep, those are the ones. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > Hi Tom, > As I did not read theThrawn

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
I do agree that if your goal is to completely eradicate software piracy, then yeah you're just gonna be wasting your time. But I also believe that we should make every effort to make it more difficult for lazy idiots to crack programs. If we make it difficult enough it's going to seriously cut d

Re: [Audyssey] chess game

2007-12-21 Thread Charles Rivard
At what skill level does it barely beat you? I'm working on about 43 percent playing strength. --- Shepherds are the best beasts. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] che

Re: [Audyssey] Other ideas for Monopoly

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, Quote I will remind you at this time that you once said that you could very quickly whip out a Monopoly game in your spare time, I would now like to suggest that you do so. End quote Laugh. I guess I had that one coming to me. Though developing a Monopoly game would be kind of a fun pr

Re: [Audyssey] Final Feedback on rules of Monopoly

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, Quote I guess though that I asked for it when I made it so that people could create a file to change the properties on the board. End quote Smile. Yes. You know the saying give us an inch and we will take a mile. I would apreciate it if you did the changes, but as a developer I also r

Re: [Audyssey] chess game

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles and all, Chess Elite works fine with Window Eyes 6.1 as well. I haven't tried it with NVDA, and that might be something we want to try. Charles Rivard wrote: > I've never heard how well other screen readers do with the program, but > would be interested. In my opinion, a much better

[Audyssey] Ubuntu Linux was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Quote Why aren't people selling cheap computers with ubuntu pre-installed? End quote Some computer manufacturers are selling laptops and desktops with Ubuntu 7 pre-installed. For the best ones out there currently check out http://www.del.com As far as Linux accessible gaming options

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, Yes, I have to agree with the point you raised just because there is a percentage of people who will crack your product doesn't mean a developer needs to be totally lax about security. On the other hand too much security can be a major turn off for some potential customers. So somew

Re: [Audyssey] chess game

2007-12-21 Thread Charles Rivard
I've never heard how well other screen readers do with the program, but would be interested. In my opinion, a much better program with more flexibility and customization options is Kchess Elite from www.arkangles.com It plays a stronger game or a much weaker one, and it is screen reader frien

Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly suggestions

2007-12-21 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Charles, Thank you very much for the official rules as to how many houses and hotels come with the Monopoly game. I was going to ask if anyone knew that information. BFN Jim Full house bar and grille Liquor in the front Poker in the rear [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kitchensinc.net

Re: [Audyssey] Other ideas for Monopoly

2007-12-21 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Dark, Cool, at least just the name of the currency will be easier than also converting the value of it. I do already see problems though. Like I add an s to dollars if it is not 1. Don't know if 500 latinums sounds right. The same for many other currencies. As I said I do see a totally

Re: [Audyssey] Other ideas for Monopoly

2007-12-21 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, Yes, thank you, the only thing is, just like with the tokens, no matter how many currency options I add to the game, it will never be enough. There will always be some one wanting one that I did not add to the options menu. So I think that I will just make it an optional editable t

Re: [Audyssey] Final Feedback on rules of Monopoly

2007-12-21 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Crash, The best accessible game of monopoly, thank you very much for saying so. Though I think that it is the only one. Well other than the dos version by PCS games. But I do thank you just the same. I hate to say this, but if I am going to make all of the changes to the monopoly game t

Re: [Audyssey] flight simulator

2007-12-21 Thread Tyler Wood
Yeah, same here- that is, once I get it installed and all. thanks - Tyler visit my website! http://www.valiant.789mb.com note: Make sure you have your speakers turned on to get a cool-sounding intro! - Original Message - From: "Robin Kipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Gamers Discussion li

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread GMail
Well, there's a new book out called alleigance. I haven't read it yet, but if you can read it, I would recommend it. It might give some good information about Mara. It's set in the empire days with Han, Leia, and I think Chewbacca. That's about all I know. - Original Message - From: "Th

Re: [Audyssey] flight simulator

2007-12-21 Thread Robin Kipp
Hello! Thanks for the link. I just listened to the first section and am really impressed! As I said before, I have a copy of Flight Simulator 2002 myself. However, when I played it I just used to fly around somewhere in the nowhere, I hope I was even flying lol... And well I had fun just crashing m

Re: [Audyssey] flight simulator

2007-12-21 Thread Tyler Wood
Hi Robbin, You can get his podcast at: http://www.blindcooltech.com Well, do you use fs navigator? also, scot talks about some other add ons I haven't heard of. Tyler btw, do you think we can get on skype? (e-mail me off list if this would be at all possible) thanks - Tyler visit my website!

Re: [Audyssey] are they spoiled?

2007-12-21 Thread GMail
You know what? If they can't afford it, then they should try to get a job. I love computer games, but you can really get caught up in them to the exclusion of all else. - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Kuvvosh
Well, I hate to say it, but I think the Dog fight part should be 3D as well, as this would bring realisim into the game. Having to go from 3D to 2D isn't something that is all that fun. There is one game that I wish could be done since it could be done in audio but, werfe talking about a major ga

[Audyssey] chess game

2007-12-21 Thread josh
Hi, I learned that the winBoard and all components are free open source so I guess someone with knowledge of c or c++ if they wanted to and had time could modify winBoard to use sapi5 speech that way you don't need jaws to play it. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want t

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Kuvvosh, Quote Question 1: Will this be a total 3D game in space and on land? End quote As for the FPS portion of the game it will be totaly 3D. As for the dog fight portion it will probably switch to 2D since the game would be easier to play that way. Quote Question 2: Since this going t

Re: [Audyssey] Problem with playing super liam

2007-12-21 Thread Claudio
Hello Thomas! I can't understand why the programm gife this error-message to mee. If i download a program the .dll files are included. The pc has also all files that he need. Why i also get this message? Regards, Claudio. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the lis

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, I love the way Mara killed C'bouth. She took the light saber and ran him through the gut. Anyone want to mess with her in a bad mood? As for the Emperor's Hands there were several, but to date only two have been mentioned by name in the books. Mara Jade is one and Lumiya is the other.

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Brandon, Quote First, how did she become a jedie knight? End quote That is a long story, comprising of several Star Wars books, but the basic short story goes like this. When Mara was 8 The Emperor had picked her to be one of his Sith students he called the Emperor's Hand. We later found ou

Re: [Audyssey] contacting hasbro and possible bop it workaround wasRe: support needed

2007-12-21 Thread Yohandy
This shouldn't matter in the slightest. You're still doing the exact same thing. - Original Message - From: "william lomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] contacting hasbro and possible bop it workaround

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread josh
but since ubuntu seems to be the most friendly version of linux and it even comes with a screen reader, it would be great if it would go mainstream. What's holding it up? It's free. anyone who wants it can get it. So why isn't it mainstream? Why aren't people selling cheap computers with ubuntu

Re: [Audyssey] contacting hasbro and possible bop it workaround was Re: support needed

2007-12-21 Thread william lomas
hi yes but then on later levels it will be a mixture of lighting and non lighting up so it not really fesible On 21 Dec 2007, at 23:23, Yohandy wrote: > I think this is a more appropriate subject line. I like the email > you wrote > to Hasbro, although I doubt they'd do anything about it. If

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Yohandy
awesome! Will have to find this book and check it out. sounds interesting. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop > Hi, > One thin

Re: [Audyssey] bopit extreme 2

2007-12-21 Thread william lomas
as i say download is but you ahve to keep guessing whether it will light up or not, it isn't good enough On 21 Dec 2007, at 23:29, Yohandy wrote: > lol you're so paranoid. As I explained to you over skype, it is > completely > accessible. there's nothing to worry about. And even if download i

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread josh
sounds good to me also. - Original Message - From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > sounds good tom, all of it. > At 09:44 a.m. 22/12/2007, you wrote: >>Hi Everyo

Re: [Audyssey] bopit extreme 2

2007-12-21 Thread Yohandy
lol you're so paranoid. As I explained to you over skype, it is completely accessible. there's nothing to worry about. And even if download isn't accessible, I shall find a way. I play super mario and that isn't accessible. - Original Message - From: "william lomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Audyssey] flight simulator

2007-12-21 Thread Katie Madison
Hi Robbin, To download scott's podcast, go to www.blindcooltech.com. Hope this helps. - Original Message - From: "Robin Kipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] flight simulator > Hi Tyler, > Well actually F

[Audyssey] contacting hasbro and possible bop it workaround was Re: support needed

2007-12-21 Thread Yohandy
I think this is a more appropriate subject line. I like the email you wrote to Hasbro, although I doubt they'd do anything about it. If you get a reply back though, please send it to the list. As I previously stated, I may have a solution for the bop it download accessibility issue even though I

Re: [Audyssey] flight simulator

2007-12-21 Thread Robin Kipp
Hi Tyler, Well actually Flight Simulator isn't accessible. I have a copy of it myself and OK, you can navigate through the menus and start a game, but this is where the accessibility ends. You don't know whether your airplane is flying or not, you don't know the height and speed of your airplane an

Re: [Audyssey] Say What!

2007-12-21 Thread Che
Hi, I too would like a bit more description of this game please. Where do the balls come into play, and what makes it accessible? Does it speak to you as you place the balls or what? Thanks, Che - Original Message - From: "Ron Schamerhorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ken the Crazy

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Che
Well, if the inconvenience to customers was a real problem I would have to rethink my strategy, but as I stated before, it has only been a small issue a handful of times, and a lot of thought went into making it as easy as possible for the customer if a hardware problem exists. I think as lo

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
sounds good tom, all of it. At 09:44 a.m. 22/12/2007, you wrote: >Hi Everyone, >I know it has been a long time since we have discussed the Star Wars >game in production by USA Games so I decided to bring the topic up. I'd >like to announce some of the current changes and ideas for the game as >w

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Michael Feir
That's like saying that people will break into your house whether you like it or not so there's no use fighting it. Do you honestly think we shouldn't at least make it harder for people to commit criminal acts? Perhaps, I should just carry my credit card in a pocket instead of more securely in m

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Tom, As I did not read theThrawn trilogy I found them at NLS in Web Braille and on sound cassette: Author:Zahn, Timothy. Title: Heir to the empire 1992. ( Series:Star wars. Thrawn trilogy ; v. 1 Author:Zahn, Timothy. Title: Dark force

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
I know, I wish linux would go mainstream one of these days, legally that would solve loads of things when it finally did. At 06:09 a.m. 22/12/2007, you wrote: >Hi Shaun, >The law is on the side of the parent company who holds the copyrights >for the software. If you buy Windows Vista for $250 on

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
Yeah I aggree. Its the guys that sell the stuff for a buck in china and such for a dollar that I really hate a load. The rest of us are or are supposed to be honest people or at least we hope so. I don't mind if stuff is reasonable, but having to pay more for a key escapes me. If that were the ca

[Audyssey] flight simulator

2007-12-21 Thread Tyler Wood
Hi, When I instal flight simulator 2002, what do I need to do in order to get jaws to work with it. What manuals should I read and where can they be found? I listened to Scot Shades excellent podcast on flight simulator, I only wish he'd have gone a little more in detail about how he got jaws t

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Kuvvosh
Question 1: Will this be a total 3D game in space and on land? Question 2: Since this going to be a story based game, will it have multiple endings? Question 3: Will this have the option of Multiplayer Space dog fighting online? Question 4: Can there be a nudity code in it like Tomb Rader ha

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
Spoiler Warning! Actually, The Emperor's Hand was Mara Jade's personal title, not the name of her ship. The twist is that the Emperor had dozens of "hands, " each of whom believed that she was the only one. As for how Mara became a Jedi, after the Emperor was killed she spent some time thirsting

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Brandon Armstrong
well, being as i've never read thoughs books i have some questions about that. First, how did she become a jedie knight? Second, how did she get a new ship, i thought jade flew the empers hand? I'd rather focus on something like darth vaders apprintice. Brandon - Original Message - From:

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Daniel
Hi, I agree with Draconis. What I've seen is a Troopanum2 crack, yes. And is it hardware-based? I believe it was. I didn't use it, just... Gained information from jerks who pirate stuff. And Liam, there's stuff going around... My point is that I agree with you totally about hardware keys, don'

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Daniel
Wow, Tom, they talk about this stuff on mailing lists? I agree with Che that he would put a lawyer to work, but piracy can't really be stopped. It's been proven dozens and dozens of times. On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:24:43 -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: >Hi Che, >I think your position is equally valid

Re: [Audyssey] bopit extreme 2

2007-12-21 Thread Daniel
Hi, No, you don't. For example if it says, "bop it!", then just hit either side of the bopit button. This also works in pass it, the one on one doesn't require that you push the side, I really do not know how one-on-one works, but. Well. The Bop It Blast has a light bop mode which is not acces

[Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Everyone, I know it has been a long time since we have discussed the Star Wars game in production by USA Games so I decided to bring the topic up. I'd like to announce some of the current changes and ideas for the game as well as offer everyone a chanse to openly discuss the game. As allot of

Re: [Audyssey] GMA-games, chess and checkers

2007-12-21 Thread Charles Rivard
And?? --- Shepherds are the best beasts. - Original Message - From: "josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "gamers discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:00 AM Subject: [Audyssey] GMA-games, chess and checkers > Hi, > > I wrote to GMA-games and asked about an accessible chess and a

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread josh
also, does anyone know if ubuntu linux is gaining popularity, and if there are games for it that we can play? - Original Message - From: "Draconis Entertainment" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Product

Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games

2007-12-21 Thread josh
and, don't forget the winfrotz interpreter, and adrift. - Original Message - From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games > Hi Catherine, > First, curious, but are you the same Catherin

Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games

2007-12-21 Thread josh
do you have to use the jaws cursor with adrift? I could never get the screens to read automatically. - Original Message - From: "Raul a. Gallegos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games >I p

[Audyssey] GMA-games, chess and checkers

2007-12-21 Thread josh
Hi, I wrote to GMA-games and asked about an accessible chess and accessible checkers games. He made a good free solitaire game so I thought I'd ask about a chess and checkers games. Josh --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTE

[Audyssey] are they spoiled?

2007-12-21 Thread Charles Rivard
A game is not a necessity, so why would a blind person feel that it should be free to those who cannot afford it? --- Shepherds are the best beasts. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:44 AM Subject:

Re: [Audyssey] Problem with playing super liam

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Claudio, Yeah, the translation looks good. It looks like a typical VB 6 error message. In less technical terms what the message is basically saying, "Help! I can not create or use this object variable for some unknown reason." At a guess I am suspecting the program can't find some dependancy

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, The law is on the side of the parent company who holds the copyrights for the software. If you buy Windows Vista for $250 one day and your computer dies the next and you need a product key replacement and microsoft charges $215 for the new key that is their legal right. That is the ac

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, As long as there are developers out there like Jim Kitchen who donates his games for free crackers won't kill the ag market, but they may discover companies who have games they want to play will close up shop and go elsewhere. Allot of developers, like myself, are just writing games fo

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Well, hardware activations are hard to crack for the average gamer. However, if there is a will there is a way. I have already found cracks for Vista ultament and Windows Server 2008, and the question is what did all of Microsoft's security acomplish them? Answer is it didn't change a

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, One thing to keep in mind is that crackers have a mind set if they can't crack it they don't want it sort of attitude. So Either way you look at it you are not going to get that sale weather you have great security or poor security. The only major diference is that poor security makes it ea

Re: [Audyssey] skiving snackboxes

2007-12-21 Thread dark
Nice idea Phil, I like the tearing truffles lol! I'm not sure about the gummies though, that's just not a term we'd use overhere in the Uk, and presumably fred and George weasly wouldn't have used it either. Such sweets would be referred to as Jellies, - Jittering Jellies? appologies f

Re: [Audyssey] Say What!

2007-12-21 Thread dark
AH, APPOLOGIES RON, I DON'T KNOW WHERE i GOT THE IDEA THAT YOU WERE OVER HERE AS WELL. I'll have a chat to Dolphin in the new year and see what happens, sinse afterall showing people alternative and fun things to do with their computers (and Hal in particular), is to their bennifit as well. Be

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Che, I think your position is equally valid. I have seen similar lists of cracks for popular accessible games including discovered a crack for all the GMA Games and the PCS Games. All that piracy is going to do is make developers less interested in developing games, or strengthen security t

[Audyssey] Problem with playing super liam

2007-12-21 Thread Claudio
Hello all! Now, i have translated the message to english. I hope, you can understand. If not, leet mee know: Run time error 91 Objekt variable or With-Blockvariable are not defined Thanks for your helps. Regards, Claudio. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the l

Re: [Audyssey] Say What!

2007-12-21 Thread Ron Schamerhorn
Hi Dark Actually I'm not from the UK. I'm over the pond here in Canada. If you've got a good relationship with Dolphin, I'd say give it a go and let's see what comes of it. The worst that happens is they wouldn't be interested. Happy whatever holidays! Ron - Original Message - F

[Audyssey] skiving snackboxes

2007-12-21 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Folks, I never thought of skiving snackboxes for my Sarah game but I could easily add them for a Christmas treat. >From the books I found, Skiving Snackboxes, Range of sweets to make you ill. Puking Pastilles Fainting Fancies Nosebleed Nougat Fever Fudge I thought some more would be cool so I c

Re: [Audyssey] recording games being played?

2007-12-21 Thread Gary Whittington
Well, I have not done a lot of recording on my new Vista computer and it being a media computer plugging a headphone in the front does split the music and jaws. Jaws goes into the headphone. Which I may need Jaws to help in the instructions of who to do something. Using 2 computers you can con

[Audyssey] Playing Monopoly on FTP

2007-12-21 Thread Gary Whittington
I'll be playing monopoly on For-the-People.com at 3pm ET. ON Saturday Faith "LoveBugs" will be the game host. She will be using the Christmas board. LoveBugs would like more to join her. I hosted last week and don't want to tread on her time when she wants to host the event. I will be in the room

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
Well said Dark. i fully intend to buy Monty at the first financial opportunity, which come to think of it may be soon. If my grandma is true to form and sends me some Christmas money I may treat myself. Then I think Sryth might be long overdue for a donation, especially what with the Christmas

Re: [Audyssey] Product Security was Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread dark
I think with recent trends in technology with people owning multiple computers, or machines that run an Os, hardware based keys may cause trouble in future, and not just for the customer. what happens when we all want keys for our desktop, laptop, and mobile phone. At the same time though, the

Re: [Audyssey] Sales figures was: Loquendo voices

2007-12-21 Thread dark
Publicity is a pest, particularly sinse the majority of vi people are eldily, and games like Railracer Monti would not appeal to that age group, and would not be advertized by organizations to their mostly eldily vi members (I've had similar debates rguarding accessible books). I recently met a

Re: [Audyssey] Say What!

2007-12-21 Thread dark
Hello ron. After christmas I could try having a word with Dolphin, sinse I've had a very good working relationship with them for about 12 years, and know them quite well, - though as your obviously also here in the Uk you might have already looked into things yourself. I won't get onto my

Re: [Audyssey] recording games being played?

2007-12-21 Thread Raul a. Gallegos
Why not just use two sound cards instead? That way speech does not come through on the recording. Don't get me wrong, using two ZPCs is a good idea, but it just seems rather like lighting a candle with a torch is all. Gary Whittington said the following on 12/20/2007 1:21 PM: > Well the straight

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread Raul a. Gallegos
I would like to add that I recently needed extra keys for the vista machine at home where I've installed all my games since getting rid of my last XP machine earlier this month. I successfully received keys for Sarah from Phil as well as the necessary keys from BSC and GMA without a problem wha

Re: [Audyssey] Say What!

2007-12-21 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Ken, I went to amazon. com and found two versions of Say What. Radica$99 and Mattel $14.97 I ordered the Mattel version from Sold by: Discovery Channel Store Thanks for telling me about it, Phil - Original Message - From: "Ken the Crazy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list

Re: [Audyssey] distributing the magazine

2007-12-21 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Ron, Back in 1998,Kurzweil 1000 had an extra stuff folder on their CD that contained demo DOS games and past issues of Audyssey. They eventually put the files on their download site but now have removed the files both from the web site and Cd. It would be great for the blind community if som

[Audyssey] bopit extreme 2

2007-12-21 Thread william lomas
hi do i need the yellow and green bop it sides, in extreme 2 of bop it when playing solo? if so are the colours shouted out or is solo in bop it just, spin it, flick it bop it twist it, pull it? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mai

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
thats all and good as long as you are prepaired to offer keys or a sertain number of keys per month etc free or have some scheme. I do aggree with tom that I'd rather pirate than pay more than the product cost just to get another licence, that really drives me away. i personally don't know what I

Re: [Audyssey] Loquendo voices was Quick question

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
I have a bunch of disks, but I have 2 systems, a 386 which is now rather dead, needs new drives both 3.5 and hard drive, toshiba and a luggable with a broken keyboard and external synth with issues. I have futureboy for christmas so hopefully I can play that. At 11:01 a.m. 21/12/2007, you wrote:

Re: [Audyssey] Keys for my laptop

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
yeah that really sucks. Hardware activations are their own evil, they are hard to crack but they couse the never ending user headake, which is probably why users will get pirated coppies to bypass it. Yet you make it to easy and your software is just passed round and round and round. So what's t

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