Hi Dark,
Just found that Microsoft Mary, Mike and Sam all say "you may playt eh markit if you
own stock, but you dnt!" I have to say that it is probably all my fault.
Left out the apostrophe in don't. I never caught that because I always buy stock. Sure
do miss out on allot of cas
Hi Dark,
Yeah, I have never been able to find sapi5 voice dictionary's. Really haven't
found anything but rate and volume. Sure would be cool if they had some of the
stuff that you can do with the DecTalk32 software version. But truthfully I am
just so happy that my computer can talk with a
Well i usually do buy stock if I can, but sometimes, as happened
with my friends, i just didn't land on the right square for that.
We've actually had far more fun out of the phrase "but you daaant!" than we
could possibly have got if you'd added the apostropphy Jim, so never
min
Hi Jim.
Well, i was never around in the really! early days, but remembering the
appolo external speech box with orphius I had with Hal v3, I sometimes
feel I have no right to complain these days about synths!
And don't get me started on the way talking calculators or thermometres used
t
Hi Jim,
Yeah, AT&T Charles is a pretty good voice. I also like Lorn, but haven't
gotten around to purchasing that voice yet. Perhaps when I get Lorn I
might begin using her in games as I think it might end some of the
controversy over Karen.
Jim Kitchen wrote:
Hi Thomas,
I know one gentlem
Hi Dark,
Oh, now that I know your secret my evil master mind can foil your secret
weapon. In my new game I'll put some necessary commands on control+0 and
control+8 so you can't use those hot keys any more. Hahahahahahaha!
dark wrote:
again though Charles, in hal, there's no need to actually
Hi Dark,
As I said with Window Eyes 7.11 I don't have to unload the screen reader
to play game x. I just tend to do so for personal reasons. I guess the
techie side of me. Although, I am glad to know I don't need to unload
Window Eyes when playing as that does free me up to chat on an instent
Dam you tom!
Well one evil scheme deserves another. How about I redirect all the links to
your games on audiogames.net to point to an ultra virus of doom!
Then, everyone will complain that you wiped their harddrives, --- and you'll
be sued, sent into exile, and probably mutate into someth
Hi dark,
Yeah, when it comes to accessible games the distinction between first
person and third person breaks down because those labels refer to a
completely visual concept that isn't there in our games.
Games like Shades of Doom, Monkey Business, Sarah, you name it are
probably technically fir
It's not just in games Tom that I find this useful.
in winamp or power dvd I can flick Hal's voice on to deal with config, or
selecting a new folder to listen to, then flick it off again and just
use keyboard commands as normal, without Hal saying "X" whenever I start
Winamp playing etc.
I particularly liked how during your BG Hearts podcast it said that your
game had been "ray zumed."
Homer: Hey, uh, could you go across the street and get me a slice of pizza?
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I've always felt tom that audio side scrollers were third person, sinse you
here not what is literally around the character's position, but what is
ahead of and behind them, something which they themselves couldn't
here, or at least, wouldn't here in the same position as the player here's
Yep, he's a mean old man, that ray zumed!
His french son, --- onry zumed isn't particularly nice either!
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] About Th
lol lol lol. and let's not forget the speak and spell...
thomas, yes, lawren is fairly decent. to be honest I'm ok with any voice
from any company, but caren doesn't just sound like the voice I'd want to
hear all day lol
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Sent: Monda
Hi Dark and Jim,
Been there done that as they say. I've played several text games and it
drives me nuts when you get a character like Dr. Watson and it says
Drive Watson instead of Doctor Watson. You might be playing some roll
playing game or mud set in medieval times and it says street instea
Hi Dark,
Well, I wouldn't go as far to say that institutions here do anything
with accessible games. I merely was recounting a case where a couple of
people i spoke to knew of Termite Torpedo as they had seen it in the
Printing House catalogs for software, and assumed, I guess, that I had
gott
Hi Dark,
Hmmm...Perhaps I won't block your favorite control+0 and control+8 keys
after all. I'll just put a virus in my next game download that works as
a seek and destroy bot which will disable Hal forever and install
Window-Eyes on your system. The demo of course. Can't give you the
commerci
I probably don't need to say it, but Hal has a dictionary too
(surprised eh?).
the only problem is as Jim's said, where is sapi's dictionary! this
gets on my wick extremely when I'm playing a mud, and is often the reason I
prefer to actually use non-self-voicing If interpreters with
Hello Tom.
This is unfortunately true. For the last few years I've gone to sight
village each summer. This is basically the uk Vi tech show, where companies,
charities and organizations wrent stalls and show off their stuff, while
lots of people turn up and look.
Not once though have I seen
Hi,
This is a brilliant idea.
The problem is that there's no real form of advertising for these games and
some of them are absolutely fantastic and a ton of work goes into these
games. If audiogames.net did go and represent the gaming community then that
would be a helpful boost I'm sure.
-O
well tom, that is a serious threat indeed!
I think in that case I'll register with the patant office the names tomb
hunter, angela carter and mysteries of the ancients.
Thenk, either you'll have to pay me lots of money to release your
games, or, I'll sue you when they're released, --- an
Thanks darren.
I think audiogames.net in this case would mean me, and Cx2, the other
English mod, if he wished, and was able to come.
I will investigate the possibility though.
For a start, I don't know if there is a charge, and if there is,
whether the game accessibility group wou
Yeah there's a charge. And maybe if this is advertising for accessible games
which will put money in the developers pockets then why can't they
"collectively" put up some money for you? I mean after all it's not going to
benefit audiogames.net to do this. Not financially so there either has to be
a
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Well, I've checked the site village information. It turns out there's
actually an exhibition in edinboughr in march, which is literally only an
hour on the train from where I am (though Bermingham isn't impossible sinse
my parents live in Nottingham).
I've sent as polite an E-mail as I can to
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If you want to
That sounds like a good idea.
I hope it is affordable to do, otherwise I am sure some of us would not mind
giving a few bucks to do that.
Just some thoughts,
al
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Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:23 PM
Subject: [Audyssey]
Hi Dark,
I am surprised you did not think of my Sarah game.
You could say it was inspired by the Harry Potter books and games.
True the voices are mainly Americans doing British accents, but then when I
asked for volunteers to do British voices only Americans got back to me.
Maybe you Brits don'
Hey Dark,
Didn't Agrip do a trip to Sight Village once? I didn't go that year,
just vaguely remember them being at some exhibition somewhere and it
seemed to ring a bell.
Anyway main reason for the post was just to add a bit of support to
the idea. As far as I know the cost varies depending on
Yes phil! we don't want any ill mannered yankies in our propper English
magic school thank you very much! ;D.
being serious now, my one slight issue with sarah as a quick exhibition game
is how easy it is to pick up and play without reading the manual or looking
at any commands.
If I can just
ger
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Hi Scot.
Well I'm not sure, everything's stil in the possibly crazy idea stage
at the moment, and I haven't even spoken to Cx2, or richard or Sander,
sinse I'd like to know the facts from the organizers themselves first.
Once I know what's going on, having an extra person on hand ma
ogram FWIW.
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well
let's just say you could call me a screen reader expert or close to that. I
worked with nearly everything available on windows and had a few experiences
with orca on the gnome desktop.
when I started out I was running wineyes 4.5 and needless to say the control
panel was very! confusing,
Hi Dark,
I thought a British based game would be of some interest in the UK.
For easy demonstrations of the Sarah game, you could,
1, go through the sounds in the game list.
2. go through the spells list and cast one, such as Accio that will get you
a broom at the front door.
3. Apparate to the
I always buy stock even if I can't.
especially if I have unlucky roles early on in the game.
At 02:54 a.m. 1/12/2009, you wrote:
>Well i usually do buy stock if I can, but sometimes, as happened
>with my friends, i just didn't land on the right square for that.
>
>We've actually had far
well thats why I like to use hal over jaws, one thing I like is you can turn
hotkeys and voice off with a couple keystrokes then go through and process say
a game or something yet the speech is there on demand.
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ike creating games without having to
program FWIW.
Stay well
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Hi Folks,
I was sure my update to the Sarah game would be finished by now.
But my wife getting a new Guide dog from the Seeing Eye has slowed down my
game development work.
It's probably like having a three year old visit, strange feeding schedules,
sibling interactions to police, and sleeping a
Hi Phil.
That's really great to hear!
I look forward to playing.
Phil Vlasak wrote:
Hi Folks,
I was sure my update to the Sarah game would be finished by now.
But my wife getting a new Guide dog from the Seeing Eye has slowed
down my game development work.
It's probably like having a three year
HI, I noted at the start of the year we received this update, frm
draconis:
A new year has begun for Draconis Entertainment, and we’ve got tons of
exciting projects in the works. We will be releasing several new
titles, updating existing titles, and developing our next generation
gaming
you need to understand that things do not go as we want sometimes. thats
probably their case. but indeed, dont promise what you cant fullfill
-Mensagem original-
De: william lomas
Para: Gamers Discussion list
Data: Segunda, 30 de Novembro de 2009 22:20
Assunto: [Audyssey] draconis update?
I'd be very interested to hear about Draconis' progress. They were
working on a new registration system over the summer. It was completed
(I haven't witnessed it) and since then I've heard nothing. Last
twitter says "great things are afoot" from mid-august.
On 11/30/09, Mauricio Almeida wrote:
>
not complaining just commenting on this was supposedly a good fruitful
year yet nothing
On 30 Nov 2009, at 22:29, James Dietz wrote:
I'd be very interested to hear about Draconis' progress. They were
working on a new registration system over the summer. It was completed
(I haven't witnessed i
i know will. i didnt intend to be rude either.
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Para: Gamers Discussion list
Data: Segunda, 30 de Novembro de 2009 17:29
Assunto: Re: [Audyssey] draconis update?
I'd be very interested to hear about Draconis' progress. They were
working on a new registr
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Hi all,
I was wondering if
translating the fighting fantasy gamebooks and similar products to be used in
the quest text adventure creater would be legal or not. I think it could be
possible, although I have to sit down and mess with the thing for a while to
get a better idea.
al
"The tru
i suppose so, if you dont say you created them
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De: "Allan Thompson"
Para: "gamers discussion list"
Data: Segunda, 30 de Novembro de 2009 18:14
Assunto: [Audyssey] quest and ff game books
Hi all,
I was wondering if
translating the fighting fantasy gamebooks and simila
Hi Phil.
Nice suggestions, mucking about with spells or being got by peeves
hadn't actually occurred to me as things I could show in a demo.
As for the nationality business, well we get so many american films
books and just about everything else over here, nobody would particularly
I actually prefer both the way hal Handles virtual focus and screen
recognition and interaction myself, I actually found the jaws multiple
modes system rather confusing.
In Hal for example, it's so natural for me to be in virtual focus for web
pages, I'm quite familiar with all it's short
Fantastic update news phil, though I do wonder how to brue felix
felicis as if i remember rightly it took quite a long time.
it's also nice to know Harry's signiature spell has made it into the game.
I'm of course talking about expelliarmus!
My brother made the rather amusing comment that
hmmm I like the way jaws handles the web, just like a standard page, also how
it handles advanced word and excell functions.
However I don't care about how it handles winamp or eudora and some other apps.
At 01:44 p.m. 1/12/2009, you wrote:
>I actually prefer both the way hal Handles virtual focus
Hello Al.
It depends upon what you mean by fighting fantasy gamebooks.
If you mean the original fighting fantasy series published in the 1980's,
and now being republished, the answer is a resounding no, sinse text is
copywrite, they are apparently publishing eletronic versions for
I
Fair enough sean.
I admit, I found the jaws method of totally restructuring web pages not to
be to my taste at all, especially for online games which feature links
in specific places at the top or bottom to be helpful to the player.
I'll also say, it makes things easier when i've got my
I'll keep this message for blackmailing purposes. It'll prove that Thomas
Ward did not do it. It will show who did it. Now, I'm sure we can come up
with a suitable arrangement of payment for my silence? Mwah, ah, ah, ah,
ah!
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From: "dark"
To
Send him a special edition of a game as a Hal oh een? gift. There goes his
screen reader.
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Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Screen Readers and Games
Hi Dark,
Hmmm.
Hmm. This is getting fun!
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Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Screen Readers and Games
well tom, that is a serious threat indeed!
I think in that case I'll register with th
When directly bringing this issue to Draconis Entertainment, what was the
response?
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To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:20 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] draconis update?
HI, I noted at the start of th
hmmm I may have an older version but hal does not always show me everything and
it chooses to crash loads more than jaws.
hal has its uses though.
I suppose I navigate via headdings loads these days.
At 02:29 p.m. 1/12/2009, you wrote:
>Fair enough sean.
>
>I admit, I found the jaws method of tota
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