I haven't seen any. Maybe turning on "say all" in jaws would help? --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email: parham90 at GMail dot com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 12:24 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game
> Ok, yet another comment. > > I now need to find a game script that'll work with this tads engine that > they recommend for VI guys, but we'll get there... > > Stay well > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game > > >> Ok, and again, now while looking around those sites, I found this page, >> which is specifically aimed at/related to getting these game engines to >> work >> with screenreaders: >> http://www.tads.org/vision.htm >> >> Stay well >> >> Jacob Kruger >> Blind Biker >> Skype: BlindZA >> '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game >> >> >>> Ok, for interests sake, after in fact allowing the IFDB.org ActiveX >>> installer to install yet another game engine for another game, I can now >>> play this version of the original hobbit game (although the author in >>> fact >>> admits that he starts you off in a slightly different place). >>> >>> The other game interpreting engine is called: >>> windows Frotz >>> >>> It can handle the game scripts called something along the lines of z1-z8 >>> apparently, and that version of the original hobbit game is a .z5. >>> >>> Stay well >>> >>> Jacob Kruger >>> Blind Biker >>> Skype: BlindZA >>> '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Parham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 1:53 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> Here is the IFDB page you need. It has come up in search of "Hobbit". >>>> It >>>> can >>>> be a good reference when you are looking for an IF (interactive >>>> fiction) >>>> game. Other websites include, >>>> http://www.if-archive.org >>>> which is also an FTP. I'm writing my own IF game for the 2009 >>>> compitition. >>>> :) >>>> And, here is the URL to the Hobbit!: >>>> http://ifdb.tads.org/search?searchbar=hobbit&searchGo.x=0&searchGo.y=0 >>>> Have fun hobbit-ing! >>>> --- >>>> Contact info: >>>> Skype: parham-d >>>> MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com >>>> email: parham90 at GMail dot com >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:22 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game >>>> >>>> >>>>> 'The hobbit' >>>>> >>>>> Based on JRR Tolkien's book, and there were originally versions for >>>>> Commodores, ZX Spectrums etc. etc., but this is the DOS version. >>>>> >>>>> Stay well >>>>> >>>>> Jacob Kruger >>>>> Blind Biker >>>>> Skype: BlindZA >>>>> '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Parham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:21 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Jacob, >>>>>> Would you tell me the name of the game? I might be able to retrieve >>>>>> an >>>>>> Infocom or Tads version possibly, which would be playable under any >>>>>> operating system, given the correct programs. >>>>>> --- >>>>>> Contact info: >>>>>> Skype: parham-d >>>>>> MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com >>>>>> email: parham90 at GMail dot com >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:26 AM >>>>>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi there >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I got hold of almost the very first game I ever played on a PC as >>>>>>> such, >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> while it's meant to run in the command line, and basically you type >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> commands/answers etc., it just seems to hang if now run under >>>>>>> Windows >>>>>>> XP >>>>>>> Pro, and although I tried playing with various settings in the >>>>>>> properties >>>>>>> dialogue, under the program tab, which seems to be basically focused >>>>>>> on >>>>>>> some >>>>>>> properties specific to command line apps, even when then trying to >>>>>>> run >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> from the then created 'shortcut', it just 'hangs', and if I try >>>>>>> virtualising >>>>>>> the window using Jaws key + Ctrl + W, it still returns nothing, so I >>>>>>> think >>>>>>> it's literally just hanging. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I suppose I could try create a virtual machine using an installation >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> something like MSDos 6.0 (which I think was the last standalone of >>>>>>> DOS >>>>>>> or >>>>>>> thereabouts), and see if that would then work, but what then about >>>>>>> screenreading? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyway, know this isn't mainstream, but just thought I may as well >>>>>>> ask, >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> for interests sake, this game is the text-based adventure game of >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> Hobbit >>>>>>> from around the late 80s, and it was literally one of the first >>>>>>> games >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> really played on a PC (where had already been playing others in a >>>>>>> Commodore >>>>>>> 64). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Stay well >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jacob Kruger >>>>>>> Blind Biker >>>>>>> Skype: BlindZA >>>>>>> '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>>>>>> http://www.jaws-users.com >>>>>>> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >>>>>>> http://www.blind-computing.com >>>>>>> Address for the list archives: >>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >>>>>>> subject >>>>>>> or body of a blank message to: >>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >>>>>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >>>>>>> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a 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