Hi I am a new subscriber and this is my first message. I have enquired about this chess set previously and I got the impression that unlike tactile boards that have holes in the board to put the pieces into, I thought that this one was magnetic or something. if someone knows different then I would be really glad to hear about it because I am a really keen chess player and have been wanting a computer chess for some time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:49 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Talking chess computer
> Hi all, > I have found an accessible Talking Chess Computer, from a company in the > UK > called Cobolt Systems, who say they manufacture products for the blind. > You > can order online, and look at their catalogue. Shipping, at least to SA, > is > not bad. They also sell the cool talking battleship. Their catalogue also > has other interesting items like a talking colour detector, a talking > pedometer with built-in radio, and even a talking skipping rope! When I > emailed, the staff at Cobolt told me the chess is totally accessible by a > blind person, and it's also not bad in price, about 34 pounds, better than > the one I found from Maxi Aids, which is apparrently not accessible by > totally blind players, and cost about $120 I think. This set though > doesn't > actually teach you the game though, in contrast to the Maxi Aids one. > www.cobolt.co.uk > Ari > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
