Have you ever played nethack? I've never won that game myself. Many years spent playing it though.
Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, Lenron wrote: > I grew up gaming and I will forever be a gamer some how some way. Mist > world is my favorite audio game right now. Started playing manamon 2 > again as well. Have been wanting to get back into swamp it's been a > while. Nvda just works better with games. > > On 1/10/23, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > > jaws is job access with speech so it was never really big into gaming. > > That's especially unfortunate for new computer users since the way new > > computer users gain confidence on computers that are new to them is to > > spend lots of hours playing games. > > The first pcxt I had didn't have jaws on it, that was artic. It came with > > lots of games including infocom titles which was my first introduction to > > those games. The training materials freedomscientific uses aren't even > > games which is why and how jaws even with its training materials is a slow > > and difficult learning curve. Jaws for windows is certainly no better. > > > > > > > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > > > . > > > > On Wed, 11 Jan 2023, Shaun Everiss wrote: > > > >> Hi linsey. > >> > >> Yeah there are not many games anymore. > >> > >> There are the japanese games in general which are good and some of the > >> chinese ones like mist. > >> > >> then there is ksre which is quite old on audiogames forum I forget the > >> link. > >> > >> Its just been redone and its a good story. > >> > >> However the renpy main games page hasn't had a good load of upgrades in > >> ages. > >> > >> Outside that, bar audiogame.store there isn't much. > >> > >> And even their latest game I have reached partly through. > >> > >> Its interest seems to have died down quickly so who knows. > >> > >> Technically there are supposed to be a few more but not much. > >> > >> Sadly I suspect that the audiogames industry isn't as rosy as it was ages > >> back. > >> > >> In 1995 through 2010 there was great optomism for the industry as a > >> whole. > >> > >> But with some mainstreaming, the fact gaming doesn't make cash, and > >> everything > >> else there are less devs. > >> > >> A few games use sapi internal os voices and tts engines, a few are self > >> voicing and a few still exist like sbyw just ticking along but nothing > >> new > >> really. > >> > >> If you mean exactly for jaws that may be your problem. > >> > >> Yes some games have support for jaws but not many. > >> > >> With nvda about and internal support on the os pluss some self voicing > >> themselves, there is probably not going to be actual games for jaws if > >> not > >> ever at least not right now. > >> > >> Jaws has its uses but like dolphin reader, freedomscientiffic is 1 of the > >> last > >> so called access business companies to still be in the market though not > >> really for general use anymore. > >> > >> Put it another way no standard newly blind is going to buy jaws, or any of > >> the > >> other comercials if he doesn't need to. > >> > >> I do test for dolphin so obviously I do need to run the reader to check > >> things > >> out from time to time, but even I have thought about my association for a > >> little. > >> > >> The only reason I don't drop it as such as its another alternitive if I > >> ever > >> find something that needs the extra power. > >> > >> But really nvda will do almost everything any user needs. > >> > >> Listen to music, write email, surf the net with a brouser, even game. > >> > >> It will even do some limited to semi advanced ocr if given the right > >> program, > >> maybe not that well but well enough. > >> > >> The only things against it are. > >> > >> 1. because there are no intercepts it doesn't have as many cursers and > >> virtual modes for advanced work. > >> > >> Of course most of us using standard software doesn't need those modes so > >> its > >> largely mute. > >> > >> 2. being it uses mainstream languages and plugins it needs constant > >> security > >> and other updates. > >> > >> Thats fine and all but some users don't like it. > >> > >> Though if you don't want to you don't need to load any modules bar maybe > >> the > >> windows 10 and the updater if you want to keep things updated. > >> > >> They do help at least for programs you use and there are a few extras you > >> can > >> use to. > >> > >> And if you don't need anything much more over really basic there is > >> narator. > >> > >> Its not the most advanced system obviously and its only updated once or > >> tiwice > >> a year with the major os updates, but its rumored to be scriptable, and > >> will > >> handle chromium in some way, not tested really and will do simple tasks. > >> > >> Its not really a screen reader but if you only need to muck about with > >> microsoft everything its probably not a problem though nvda gives you a > >> little > >> choice. > >> > >> > >> On 11/01/2023 7:51 am, Lindsay Cowell wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi all > >> > > >> > > >> > I feel like I am missing something here guys. Are there not any good > >> > games > >> > for PC and windows in particular any more? I can't seem to find > >> > anything, > >> > and when I do, it is in another language and doesn't work with Jaws. Am > >> > I > >> > missing something here? > >> > > >> > > >> > Lindsay Cowell. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#125664): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/125664 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/96184035/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
