Thomas, here's the developer page on the playstore for what are meant to be
some accessible games - only issue seems to be with explore by touch,
android accessibility feature interfering with game's interfaces:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=e-UCM
Here's a version of colossal cave adventure IF game, with TTS support
available:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ecsoftwareconsulting.adventure430
Then, there are also specifically some games like audio archery, lock pick,
etc. that are also specifically meant to be played by blindies, etc., but
anyway.
Am also still trying to find an accessible/usable IF/infocom game
interpreter that's accessible, but, no luck as of yet - but, honestly
haven't looked/tried all that much as of yet...<smile>
My reason for going for android is open-source approach, tweakability of the
operating system, and, side note is already have both a python and a PHP
code interpreter installed on my android unit, which runs jellybean 4.1.
Lastly, am CC'ing your direct email address, since think my outgoing mail
server might currently have issues with audyssey.org domain.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 05:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Any Accessible Android Games
Hi Ryan,
I really appreciate your detailed post. That's the kind of information
I'd like to hear from people such as yourself who have and do use
both. However, are there any accessible games for Android or is
accessible games almost exclusively for iOS right now?
Cheers!
On 11/9/13, Ryan Strunk <[email protected]> wrote:
Tom,
I'm going to touch on just one facet of your post, but I think it's a
pretty
major one.
Quote:
"to be honest I think what has happened here is that Apple got to the
accessibility first. All the blind users ran out, purchased Apple
iPhones, and now any time someone goes looking for a smartphone they
say iPhone, iPhone, iPhone. However, now that Google is closing the
gap, the accessibility is improving, people such as yourself already
have an iPhone and refuse to switch or even follow changes in Android
accessibility since it does not apply to you. Am I right?"
End quote:
In some cases you are absolutely right, but in others, it's a clear case
of
Talkback just plain not being as good as VoiceOver. This says nothing
about
Android versus iOS. That's beyond the scope of my point. I use an Android
on
a daily basis in my work. I'm required to make sure our sites and apps
are
accessible for both Android and iOS, so I'm required to be fluent in both
systems.
The bottom line is that, while Talkback is improving, it's nowhere near
as
polished as VoiceOver, and it won't be for some time. For example,
VoiceOver
has given users the ability to navigate by various HTML elements for
several
years. This feature was added to Talkback around a month ago, and it's
still
not as fluid or thorough as VoiceOver's navigation. Perhaps most telling,
however, is the fact that all standard apps on iOS can be utilized by a
VoiceOver user instantly, where the same cannot be said for Talkback
users.
iPhone users can navigate apple maps by touch and fully utilize the iOS
camera app. VoiceOver will even tell the user when a face is centered and
describe the taken picture in broad strokes. Talkback users, on the other
hand, can't even use the built-in calendar.
One could argue--and probably will--that you can just install a different
file browser, a different calendar, a different whatever on Android if
you
want accessibility. But therein lies the crux of the issue--the reason
why
Apple still wins hands-down. On iOS, you don't *have* to do that to use
it.
It just works.
I'm sure Google will catch up some day, and I'm very much looking forward
to
that day. I greatly appreciate their approach to open-source software,
and
I
think they're an all-around more impressive company. Right now, though,
it's
not a case of blind people refusing to change; it's an issue of Talkback
just not being there yet.
Ryan
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