Yeah, I do that too. I usually modify the prompt to only give my
current hit points, but sometimes, I even leave that out if the mud has
another method to check hitpoints (usually by typing hp), so every now
and then, I'll have my prompt simply as a single greater than sign.
That allows the speech to say something (if the proper punctuation level
is set), and the mud won't spam me with unnecessary content, especially
during battles.
In that case, I'd say you want muds that have screen reader modes, or
blind friendly prompts, or prompts that can be made screen reader
friendly. That's most muds if you're talking about changing the prompt
yourself, but if you want a screen reader friendly interface, the list
gets quite a bit smaller. I know 3k, 3scapes, lostsouls, alter aeon
(and alter aeon's experimental space related mud) all have screen reader
modes. There are other muds I've played over the years that had them
too, but I generally don't keep track of them once I leave the mud, I
only remember lostsouls had one, because I played there so long.
What kind of mud environment are you looking for?
3k has fantasy, science and chaos areas (thus the 3k moniker), As
mentioned, lostsouls is a mud with loads of different guilds and races
to play, that was it's main draw for me, especially since you could have
multiple characters there, (just not more than one at a time logged in),
and of course, alter aeon is about as blind and newbie friendly as a mud
gets, so it's all dependent on what you're hunting for. If you check
out the mud connector (https://www/mudconnect.com), you can find a wide
variety of muds, and you can usually search their list too, though I've
not had much luck finding what I want that way.
Hope this helps
On 2/21/2023 1:31 PM, Lindsay Cowell wrote:
Any mud will do, just need to be able to customize things like the
prompt. I hate it when Jaws is coming out with random words and numbers.
*From:*[email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of
*Travis Siegel
*Sent:* 21 February 2023 14:10
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [blind-gamers] Muds
There aren't many muds with sound packs, mostly because nobody has
taken the time to create one.
If you're working on strictly soundpack muds, alter aeon is your best bet.
If you want something with lots of newbie helpers, and one that has
lots and lots to do, then try 3k.org. It also has a sister mud at
3scapes.org if you like the one, you'll probably like the other one,
since they share many of the same features.
I also log into ancient anguish from time to time, just because it's
been around since the 90s, and I used to play on it back then, so I
still pop in every now and then just to see what's going on.
Occasionally I'll play for a few months, then bow out again for months
to years at a time, but I do tend to drop by again afterwords just to
see what changed.
If you're looking for a huge gaming area, and loads and loads of races
to choose from, then lostsouls.org is probably the one you want,
though I stopped playing there years ago when they expanded the mud to
something like three times it's original size, and their navigation
went out the window. It's probably considerably easier for someone
who never played under the old system, but I quit playing when I
couldn't find anything anymore, and discovered that their expansion
didn't account for things like roads that just ended in the middle of
nowhere, and then you'd find little settlements scattered all over the
plains with absolutely markings to help find your way back to it.
Which, honestly, was a real shame, because I'd played on that mud for
nearly 20 years before leaving that one after those impossible (for
me) changes. It's still a great mud, I just can't handle it anymore.
On 2/21/2023 4:38 AM, Lindsay Cowell wrote:
Hi
I feel like creating a character on a mud that is easy to follow.
I know how to move around in a mud, but I don’t want anything too
complicated, as a lot of them don’t have sound packs.
Lindsay Cowell
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