[Audyssey] FWD: Interest in your Helpful Resources

2011-10-14 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hello Jim, my name is Marci. I am contacting you because we work with a teacher of the Visually impaired who has written books featuring Abby diamond, a young blind detective who solves mysteries. We would like to create an interactive game which can be enjoyed by blind and sighted students at

Re: [Audyssey] FWD: Interest in your Helpful Resources

2011-10-14 Thread Michael Feir
It's always good to see people trying to bring accessible gaming into the classroom. Thanks for bringing that to our attention, Jim. I hope these people get the help and advice they're looking for. On 10/14/11, Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net wrote: Hello Jim, my name is Marci. I am contacting

Re: [Audyssey] FWD: Interest in your Helpful Resources

2011-10-14 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Hmmm...Not sure, but the message you posted didn't specifically say graphics. All it said is that the game had to be playable by blind and sighted players. There are non-graphical methods such as speech and text which could achieve that same result. On 10/14/11, Jim Kitchen

Re: [Audyssey] FWD: Interest in your Helpful Resources

2011-10-14 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, Right! at least text, as I have found that sighted folks really do not like playing my games that put nothing on the screen and rely soly on sounds and speech. But even better than some text might be graphics like Jeremy, Eleanor, etc can add to a game, I think is what they might be