Ok. Just tried turning on screen echo - all, and while it sort of works without using the jaws cursor, the main problem is that it keeps on telling you the time passed - LOL!
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: Friday, July 11, 2008 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game >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 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