I had no problem playing nethack under dos using artic technologies business vision as my screen reader. Unfortunately, I've had very little luck playing these sorts of games under other operating systems, because of the way cursor positioning is handled. I've been after apple for years to allow same column up/down when in terminal, instead of forcing the cursor back to the start of the line each time you go up/down. If this was an option, then nethack could easily be played under osx, but alass, my pleas have fallen on deaf ears. It would help considerably with compileing programs too, because generally, the error is marked with a ^ (carrot) symbol, and it's always put just after (or under) the error in question, and not having direct up/down capability makes it difficult to tell exactly where the errors are. Since I used to use a dos terminal to my linux boxes, I also had no trouble playing nethack under linux, but since I've switched to osx/linux terminal programs, the aforem entioned issues crop up, and make it nearly impossible to play them now, so it's kind of sad really. On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:40 AM, dark wrote:
> Hi michael. > > roguelike games to give them their ful name are games that use ascii > characters as graphics on the screen. So this makes them nearly impossible to > play with a screen reader but probably playable if you've got a braill > display. > > I've had success with Angband and some of it's versions, but that's mostly > due to low vision access and a set of large game tyles made available in > combination with hal to read the game status messages. > > Angband does have some handy features and even a few access aides, such as a > curser you can wander around the screen and jump to nearest monster etc, > which even now shows the distance and direction from you. if the game had a > directional look command it might even be playable without the graphics > (ascii or otherwise), but I don't think this has been added yet. > > For details see http://rephial.org/ but bare in mind these aren't the most > accessible sorts of games available simply because of the use of ascii > graphics. > > i understand people who own braille displays have had success, but sinse I > don't have one, other than Angband with the low vision issue, the other > roguelikes I've tried such as Adom nethack and dungeon have not worked out > particularly well. > > There is an Angband port for Iphone I believe, but again, the lack of braille > display may get in the way. > > As to rpgs, well the situaton is pretty much the same as when you last asked. > Entombed, Airik, and lots of muds and brouser games. > > i suggest going and looking at the rpg and gamebooks catagories on > audiogames.net for details of brouser games and also gamebooks which might > fit the bill. > > Hth. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
