Hi Dark,
That's a very good question. I'm not really sure what the answer is,
but there are ways of getting the news out there if you think of ways
of getting maximum exposure and bypassing the RNIB. For instance, you
might be able to call up one of your popular news papers, one that is
well circu
Hi,
Can someone give me some tips on using the adrift game runner with
either NVDA or jaws 11? Is there a wayto read incoming text
automagically instead of having to fiddle around with the jaws cursor
all day long?
Thanks,
FLorian
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Hi Johny.
sounds familiar, I mentioned my very similar expeirence to yours regarding
the pen friend with mine and the mobile phone.
I actually briefly ran across audio games very early on in 2003 when I was
looking at the whitestick.co.uk site's online games list, but disregarded
trying them
Hi Tom.
What you say about demographics is perfectly true, however there are several
points to considder.
Firstly, even if we assume that all older blind people over the age of 60
(which if I remember rightly is roughly %75 of all blind people), will only
be interested in traditional games,
It is same and true here in BC Canada as well. The CNIB, and all the vision
teachers I've spoken to, have no idea about the majority of what's out there
for blind people- game or otherwise.
In fact, I totally disregarded audio games myself until, on a trip to the
guide dog school, I found Shades
Hi Dark and all.
Yes what you are talking about is a really serious problem, one factor of
course is that blind people need to be told that these games are out there
and where they go is usually to one of these organizations whether you're
talking about the U.K. or the U.S. or anywhere else I'm su
Hi neal.
Great notions, feel free to contact them.
I might see about talking to hagar electronics myself.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The importance o
Hi Tom.
Similar arguements in the case of blackjack can be made about several of
their other games, solitare, scrabble, concentration, mine sweeper, connect
four, battleships, basic sudoku (though they do sell several other
varients), their 54 dollar crossword cds, hangman, and several other o
There is a radio show over here called In Touch that's on every Tuesday. Mind
you, they sometimes go on about and try and promote the RNIB stuff as well at
times.
The link for the listen again thing if you want to hear the latest show is
below. Its normally abut different blind stuff as well and
Know what you mean. They are literally the only games that I've found that
are sold here in the UK. To be honest, RNIB call themselves, a charity
"Helping people with sight loss", but the only thing they do is go on about
how much people have donated or left in a will or something.
I met the person
Dark,
You are right. That is a bit unreasonable given there are a number of
accessible Blackjack games just as good. We have Jim's Casino, and of
course I have been revising USA Blackjack to run on Windows, Linux,
and hopefully Mac if I find someone to do the port. Paying $13 or $14
for a Blackjac
I'm hoping manu will fix the internet business of pontes backgammon soon,
sinse I don't think that was his intention.
In fact my only real problem with pontes backgammon is I've not found anyone
online at all ever despite having the game open many times.
I hope it's working correctly.
Actual
Hi Dark,
Azabat Backgammon does have a distinct advantage in that you can take them
with you; no internet requitred. Although, overall, there isn't much you
would want those for.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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The specific reason I mentioned blind adrenaline Che, is that one of the
games on the azabat vol 1 cd is blackjack.
it seems amazingly unreasonable to me that people who may be interested in
playing card games are being palmed off with a version of blackjack which
can only be played offline, w
Hi Mich.
I'm afraid one problem I do have as a rather atypical visually impared
person (actually I admit I have something of a prejudice against certain
sorts of institutionalized blind people), is that I miss some stuff.
This might be one.
if however you know this podcast service, feel free
Hi Dark as for epople in the uk to contact have you tryed contacting in
touch and peater white? there you might get alot of lisseners since alot of
people from the uk and out side of the uk lissen to there podcasts etc. that
is just a thought. and I know what you meena bout the rnib since the cn
Hi Dark,
I've heard from others the RNIB is a crusty joke as well, though that’s
really all I know of them is hear say.
Regarding blind adrenaline, we've not done nearly as much marketing in the
U.K. as we should, but as soon as I finish our next game for the card room
site sometime in the ne
Hi.
As people might know, I've been doing a lot of work on the
audiogames.net database and something rather odd struck me.
I'm finally adding in descriptions for the azabat games (not the least
because the developer did send me the demo cd about a year ago and I
stil haven't updated them).
Azabat i
Hi.
appologies for something so pointless, but I've had weerd occurrences sending
mail to the list recently, tho8ugh one of my messages just did get through, so
this is, well mmm a test.
Beware the grue!
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Gotta kill him. Only way to do it.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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Behalf Of The Addictor
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 9:05 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: [Audyssey] help with science invasion
Hey all,
how do I get the taxi driver out of the street before the motorcycle driver
kills him? I'm not usually one to ask for spoilers, but I've tried
everything--sicking the dog on the driver, running out in front of the bike to
save the drivers life etc. Thoughts?
Ken Downey
The Addictor
ww
Hi Damien,
I'm just curious. These games are abandoned, like several others. Yet there
is no "copyright" on those. So why do we have to have a copyright on these?
Best Regards,
Hayden
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Hi Charles,
Unfortunately, it isn't quite that simple. You have to hit the ball dead
center, else you...well...you'll be swiging at nothing.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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Behalf Of Charles Rivard
Sent: Tu
Can you tell by the sound of the ball as it travels? Maybe your position on
the court and the angle of the ball as it comes to you could indicate which
way it goes when you hit it? Move to the left of the ball to make it go
right and vice versa? These are either conjectures on how it currentl
If she's that hooked on slot machines, get Jim's game on her computer.
(grin)
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To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:32 PM
Subject: Re
Thanks. One question. I feel stupid for asking it. How do you add the games
you find to vip mud? Thanks so much.
Jess
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From: "Greg Wocher"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] muds and mush games
Hello,
Go t
Actually, by reading this message, I have taken a side that you have
said words that are insulting in one way in another. There are better
ways to ask such a question.
Could you look at the link? Would you mind looking at the link I just
sent you? I just gave you the link for you to look it. I b
Hi,
Well...
What kind of device are we talking about? If there is some kind of
Screenreader for a mainstream PDA I have no idea. Or are you referring to
the PAC Mate Omni?
Best Regards,
Hayden
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Be
Hey all,
I'm looking for any games for the Windows Mobile 6 platform. Currently the
only one I have is Phrase Madness. The Braillesoft site has a lot but none of
them work because JAWS reads differently than this awful Talks program. Any
thoughts? I heard there was a golf game but haven't he
I don't think that the computer chose the direction of the ball--it is
served toward where it was going when it reached a goal.
Ken Downey
The Addictor
www.TheAddictor.com
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From: "Jorge Gonçalves"
To: "Philip Bennefall" ; "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Tuesday, A
Hey Jim,
If you wanna be up to date about slots, you'd just have to talk to my
mother. She knows all the newest games. Course, that'd just make her wanna
gamble and blow all the money she has, so better not lol
Ken Downey
The Addictor
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Hi Burak,
You are confusing a MUD with a Text Adventurer. Text adventures have set
stories and are strictly single player. MUDs are certainly not single player
(multi-user) and are also in realtime.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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Hi Thomas,
One little suggestion for MOTA.
If Angela tries to jump with her weapon in her hand, Shouldn't she say
something like,
Oops.
or
Oh! gotta put that away to jump.
or
Hmm, I can't jump very far holding a weapon .
This would cut down the messages about not being able to jump considerably
HI Michael,
Sorry the the late response. Yes, there are several that don't use an
interpreter. These were usually written in a language like C. You can find
them under the games/PC section of the IF Archive.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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I didn't insult you, but I did pull the link apart witch stated in
both links codefactory.es
So wine some more! Done with this!
At 04:03 PM 4/26/2011, you wrote:
Hi,
What you just said to me is beyond insulting. In the first place, I had not
yet seen the message that said they are doing screenre
Hi Charles,
Lol. You'd have won that bet. I just tried it and it worked.
Lol
Best Regards,
Hayden
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Behalf Of Charles Rivard
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:32 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject
I'll bet that'll make a difference!
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From: "Hayden Presley"
To: "'Gamers Discussion list'"
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] MOTA Problem
Hi,
Hmmm...part of it might've been I didn't have my weapon h
Hi,
Hmmm...part of it might've been I didn't have my weapon holstered. Lol...I'm
going to have to try it again.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:31 AM
T
Hi,
What you just said to me is beyond insulting. In the first place, I had not
yet seen the message that said they are doing screenreaders for phones. In
the second place, I most obviously looked at the link since I was able to
tell yo the page said "android for the blind". So do not tell me I was
Thanks very much for this Yohandy it is great info. I unfortunately have
not got into the rock band thing yet so don't know that I will have much
constructive to say to them but I will probably email them anyway just to
thank them for what they have done and are continuing to do. You are
absolute
Yes I've noticed that about the boards as well from what reading I've done
on there, and I am pretty sure we would not get taken seriously by most of
the people on there so I don't waste my time writing or do much reading for
that matter. I definitely do read the faqs and guides and have written t
Hi all. I need a bit of help please in the game of Airik the Cleric. I managed
to get to the cave and to the room with the tresure chest but I couldn't oapin
the dor with the cubes. i had 10 cubes i think and still no luck. and as for
the tresure chest i couldn't oapin that eather. then when I w
God, you that lazy not to look at the link? well if you would then
you would have seen this,
http://www.codefactory.es
There I spoon fed you the link!
No wonder why there is so much wining on here.
At 11:26 PM 4/25/2011, you wrote:
Hi,
No, it must be you who is out of the loop. I click on that l
www.mudconnector.com
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Behalf Of Jess Varnell
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 12:24 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: [Audyssey] muds and mush games
Hi. I have vip mud and it comes with some game
Hi Hayden,
That's odd. I don'thave a problem with catching the rope or climing it
with my joystick/gamepad. I'll give it a look though. I've got a
similar issue I just fixed for the keyboard where some users were not
able to catch the rope, or if they did Angela immediately let go. It
is my guess
Does anyone play disk world? If so can you contact me off line please? I do
not fully understand aspects of this place.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi Thomas,
I seem to be running into a problem with MOTA. I just acquired a gamepad and
tried it out with MOTA. It seems that the analog jumping is not working
correctly; I could not get back up the rope, no matter what I did.
Best Regards,
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Hi Muhammed,
There isn't. Ryan told us that quite clearly.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Shiny protector
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:33 AM
To: The Addictor; Gamers Discussion list
Subject: R
Hi,
Yes; I believe that would be a good addition to the rules. It's a variant of
a game which is a variant of Tennis, so...
Best Regards,
Hayden
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Jorge Gonçalves
Sent: Tuesday, April 26,
You can find my alter aeon mushClient soundpack specifically written
for the blind at
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2142080/mush-z.exe
Hope you enjoy it.
On 4/26/11, Dennis Towne wrote:
> Because muds and mushes are text based, they're theoretically playable
> by the blind - but not all muds and mushes
yes! yes! yes! Please do it!
saygilar sevgiler.
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From: "Hayden Presley"
To: "'Philip Bennefall'" ; "'Gamers Discussion list'"
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Showdown online?
Hi Philip,
Most definitely. I have always enjoyed Showdown
Also another suggestion:
Instead of the actual game where when you press space, the computer
chooses the direction of the ball, it could be nice if we are able to
choose it for our own. I would suggest 3 keys where you could choose if
you want to send the ball either to the right, centtre or le
Because muds and mushes are text based, they're theoretically playable
by the blind - but not all muds and mushes are easy for blind players.
Most muds are terribly spammy and very hard on screen readers -
without proper spam filtering, it can be almost impossible to tell
what's going on.
That sa
Yeah. I can understand that. But the Mad's probably the most enjoyable
adventure I've played. It includes its fair share of fighting but the
puzzles are quite enjoyable.
We are the Knights who say...Ni!
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Hi Jim,
Yeah, there sure is. If you go to the FMOD Ex web site
http://www.fmodex.com
and download the Windows SDK you'll get libraries source code, and
documentation for a number of programming languages including: C, C++,
Visual Basic 6, and C# .NET. All you have to do is include fmodex.dll
in y
Thanks much for the info. Although I did not ask I am glad to find out
about these sorts of games.
Cheers,
Imbar
Ms Imbar Golt
im...@netvision.net.il
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From: "Greg Wocher"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey]
Hi Philip. I also love showdown and this idea is just amazing.
I am also willing to purchase this game!
I just wanted to remind some correction for the game.
According to the showdown rules, for winning a set you should have two
points of advantage for example if it is 10 10, you should achieve
Hello,
Go to www.mudconnector.com. They have listings for all kinds of muds
and mushes. There is also www.topmudsites.com.
Greg W.
On 4/26/2011 1:23 AM, Jess Varnell wrote:
Hi. I have vip mud and it comes with some games, but where do I go to find
others, both muds and mush games? Any help
I thought that there wasn't an online mode?
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Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Unleash Your Potential!
Hey now,
punching your computer just before you are knocked out does not count as
victor
Ah yeah right. The last thing you'll here is a loud crunch and you'll be
knocked down!
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Hey now,
punching your computer just b
Hi Charles,
Yeah, I hear that one can sometimes find an old coin operated slot machine, but
that they are rare. I haven't been to Laughlin since about 1993. I do believe
that they still had some then.
BTW When I wrote my Windows casino games I had not yet learned how to use DirectX
joystick
possibly somewhat o/t
Hi Thomas,
May I ask, is there an sdk for FMOD like the one for DirectX that I installed?
And then it will be a part of my VB6 like DirectX? And will there then be a
dll or some file that I would need to distribute with the games?
Thank you.
BFN
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