Hi John
Welcome.
On Dec 7, 2008, at 11:54, John Bannick wrote:
Hi,
My name is John Bannick.
Your group was recommended by Tom Ward, who moderates the Audyssey
group.
I just ported 18 of our (7-128 Software) blind-accessible games to
the Mac.
That being said, I'm a total noobie when it comes to Mac programming.
By way of background, I've been coding professionally for 30 years, in
most languages on most operating systems.
When I worked at Kurzweil, I learned that the reading machine
contained a
copy of the text-based game, Zork. That got me interested in
accessibility
for people who are blind, deaf, motion impaired, and otherwise
specially
challenged.
A few years ago some friends and I formed 7-128 Software, a mainstream
casual computer game company, in Salem, MA. We've got a pretty good
inventory of games: the Inspector Cyndi in Newport detective games,
the
Tyler puzzle games, the Woople Word games, and most recently, the
PizzaGames, which are educational games for kids ages 2 - 7.
Eighteen of these games self-voice and work with JAWS. All of our
stuff
works on Windows, and now on the Mac.
No. They don't work with VoiceOver. Though I do want to see if I can
make
them do that, as well as work with SAPI.
What I hope to find here is answers to Mac related technical
questions.
What I hope to offer is some information on the games industry and
coding,
especially Java, in general.
John Bannick
Chief Technical Officer
7-128 Software
www.7128.com
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