Hi tobias.
I personally find winfrotz fine with supernova's virtual curser or the in
built sapi, but there are alternatives.
Several jfw users have mentioned they prefer the filfre interpreter with
jaws.
Here's a link to the audiogames.net db page for it:
http://audiogames.net/db.php?id=Filfa
As for win frotz, well to be honest the only thing it really needs are
decent sapi controls to make the sapi speech a bit more user friendly, and
the developer is working on that. Other than that I'm not sure how you'd
alter it access wise sinse it's already just a simple display of text
output which is why the best way around I've found is with a virtual
curser, but if your not a fan of that option it's probably best to try
another interpreter, and as I said, i have heard a lot of Jaws users speak
well of filfre.
Hth.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tobias Vinteus" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Question About Playing Smugglers 5
Thanks, Kelly. I am mainly a braille user, and would prefer not to rely on
speech output. I know there are two frotzes for Windows, namely Winfrotz
(the older one) and Windowsfrotz (the newer one). It would have been nice
to be able to run games on the newer interpreter. I've also seen a few
other Windows-based interpreters on the IF Archive. I think I'll try out
those too, and see what I can get out of them in terms of accessibility.
It might also pay off for me to try Windowsfrotz with NVDA, since at times
it seems to surpass Jaws in certain areas. And maybe I'll throw a mail at
the Windowsfrotz dev and see if that person is willing to make the program
more Jaws friendly.
On Fri, 12 Oct 2012, Kelly Sapergia wrote:
Hi,
I've been reading about the Smugglers games for awhile now, and finally
got some time to check out the Smugglers 5 demo. So far, it's not bad,
but I'm wondering if there's anything that can be done to improve the
accessibility, other than turning on the "compatibility mode for visually
impaired players", which I've already done. I find it annoying listening
to various columns of information, at least during the tutorial. Also,
there were some occasions where JAWS couldn't see the word "guns" when I
tried moving to it in order to use them during a battle. Any suggestions,
or is all this normal behavior?
Thanks.
Yours Sincerely,
Kelly John Sapergia
Show Host and Production Director
The Global Voice Internet Radio
www.theglobalvoice.info
Personal Website: www.ksapergia.net
Business Website: www.kjsproductions.com
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