Well if it worked with the APH refreshabraille I would gladly give it a try.
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From: "Valiant8086" <valiant8...@lavabit.com>
To: "Nick Adamson" <n...@ndadamson.com>; "Gamers Discussion list"
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Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title,
Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library
Hi all.
I got to be a beta tester for this game. I like it a lot. For the first
time I can play a game while talking to someone on Skype. Just mute the
sounds and the only problem is the people asking what all that clicking
noise is I'm making as I use the buttons on my first generation Humanware
Brailliant32 to manipulate the shapes. I can't hear very well. I use two
hearing aids at around the range of 90db level. I can talk on skype to
people with good microphones and the right kind of voice and surrounding
environment, but I totally can't talk and do anything else with sounds at
the same time. No audio games, no email, no text chatting. Not gonna
happen. I have the Brailliant around to help me with that, but I find it a
little too clunky to use for reading emails and various other activities,
so generally the expensive display sits forgotten. That was until Dotris
came along. I found that Dotris after I got some practice in became
awfully relaxing to play. It's just enough challenge to keep me alert but
it's one of those games you can just sit back and enjoy, no need to be on
the edge of your seat.
I know the big issue with this game is that you need a Braille Display to
play it. I'm happy that I have one. I'm hopeful that soon the price of
them will drop dramatically, I'd like to see more people having the
ability to play games like this.
I had a good experience testing it. There didn't seem to be hardly any
bugs. If you do have access to a braille display, I surely recommend this
one. It's an all new kind of fun. There is a tutorial in the game that
walks through the basics of playing Dotris, and the braille display goes
through the motions being described. Very neat in my opinion. I would say
hopefully some day we can figure out a way to make an audio capability for
those who don't have the display, but right yet I can't think of how to do
it.
I played so much when I first got my hands on it I was actually thinking
about playing and picturing shapes in my sleep literally. My highest score
is 275, but that was done at a time that the game was a little easier to
play than it is now so don't consider failure to kick my butt in the case
that is so a bad thing.
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On 10/13/2012 5:00 PM, Nick Adamson wrote:
N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the
Clear Vision Library
Hi All.
I'm Nick from N A Soft and today I'm pleased to announce the release of
our first Game for the blind, Dotris.
Dotris is a computer game specifically designed for the blind which is
unique in the Blind Gaming arena as it is the only game currently on the
market that is played using a Braille Display.
Dotris is a puzzle type of game where the object is to build a wall of
dots on the left of the display using shapes which fly in from the right.
Described as strangely addictive by one of the test team users position
and rotate the shapes to build the wall and score points.
Dotris doesn't depend on any particular screen reader and is supported on
Windows XP, Windows vista and windows 7. It supports over 20 different
types of display from the vast majority of Braille display manufacturers
as it uses the same Technology used in the Dolphin Computer Access line
of products to control the Braille display.
I started to develop Dotris as a programming challenge. As a Braille user
I've wondered for a long time weather a game like this would be possible
using a Braille display. Well it can be done and it's a lot of fun to
play.
Rather than release the game for users to purchase or release it as
freeware it is my intention to encourage the use of Braille through the
game. With this in mind Dotris has been released as Donationware. This
means that there is know charge to download the game however users are
expected to make a donation to a charity chosen. Users are asked to value
the game and donate what they believe its worth to the Clear Vision
children's library. A charity which modify printed children's books by
inserting Braille text enabling blind children or parents to read the
books.
Clear vision is a fantastic service which has enabled me to be able to
read to my kids. I worry about the decline in Braille skills and trying
to raise the profile and money for the clear vision library is my attempt
to help slow this decline. As I used to hate reading Braille it's a
complete turn around in my attitude to Braille in the last 10 years.
Huge thanks to my volunteer test team and to the guys at Dolphin who have
allowed me to use there SAM software to control the displays.
To find out more about my love hate relationship with Braille and
information and links to download Dotris visit the N A Soft section of
the www.ndadamson.com website.
N A Soft can be contacted through our twitter account @N_A_Soft or via
the www.ndadamson.com website.
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