Hi charles, Thanks for your suggestions. Maybe, a talking chess game is not the solution for me, because I live in denmark, and those, I've seen on the net, are made in the US or England, making it impossible for me to try before I buy. I would think, those beeping ones are more widely available, since they are made for the sighted. I'm just not sure how I should figure out what moves the computer makes, if I try that option. Have you tried any of those devices yourself? Your suggestion about a computer chess program is not bad either. The reason, I didn't mention that option in my previous post is that I would like to be able to play the game while travelling for instance, where power for a computer is not always available. I have a laptop, but it's not much use without constant power anymore, because its battery is old and only lasts half an hour or less at a time. I wouldn't mind trying a chess program though. actually, I have tried one called WinbBoard some years ago. I soon got frustrated and tired of it though, since it had no difficulty settings, which of course meant,I had absolutely no chance of beating the computer. I seem to have lost the installer for it, when I moved to the laptop, so I don't have it anymore. Which programs would you recommend?
Best regards, Susanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Electronic talking chess game | My first thought would be, "How about a chess program for your PC?" I can | send you a free one as an Email attachment, or you can get one that has a | 30-day trial period. As far as a talking chess computer, I think your best | bet would be to, if possible, try it before you buy it. Another thought is | that, maybe, you don't need the computer to talk. Some chess computers have | beeps to indicate when the correct squares are pressed, and you can cut | rubber strip magnets that have adhesive on their backs to the size of the | squares and center them on the squares of the pressure sensitive board. You | can cut pieces of strip magnet to size and stick them onto the bottom of | each chess piece, then mark the black pieces in any way so that you can | distinguish them from the White. Talking chess computers are more expensive | and they have fewer features than these, so you can save a lot of money and | it doesn't take all that long to modify a beeping computer. | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Susanne Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:20 PM | Subject: [Audyssey] Electronic talking chess game | | | > Hi all, | > I would like to buy an electronic talking chess game. I've looked around | > on | > the net for one, and found 4 or 5 different models, if i remember | > correctly, | > with varying prices. However, I find it hard to decide which one to get, | > since the descriptions, I've read, aren't that informative. Also, on one | > site, where I found two different models, there was no comparison between | > the cheap and the expensive one. Therefore, I'd appreciate it, if someone | > could recommend a chess game, they think, is good. The game should meet | > one | > or more of the following criteria: | > 1. Ability to play as a fully blind person. | > 2. Ability to play alone against the game. | > 3. Ability to set difficulty level. (I'm picking the game up again after | > many years, so guess, I'm a beginner). | > | > Thanks in advance, | > Susanne | > | > | > _______________________________________________ | > 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. | _______________________________________________ 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.
