Hi there brilliant thanks.
I did contact the person who did the hiarcs chess program and the
only very strong program on a mac is hiarcs chess explorer with no
access at all.
Mark Uniage did say though they hope to bring an accessible chess
program out and would I be willing to bata test so you cannot ask
more than that.
thanks for the info then.
cheers.
At 00:16 12/07/2013, you wrote:
Hi John,
The default chess program on the Mac can't really be set for more
complex levels. As far as accessibility goes, you can even set it
up to work with "Speakable Items" if you calibrate the microphone on
your Mac (though I haven't done this in some time), but you can't
change the level of play. I'm not aware of anyone on this list who
uses strong chess playing programs on the Mac. Brandt Steenkamp, a
South African iPhone user who got a Mac about 4-5 months ago, is
probably the only person I can quickly identify who is interested in
playing at a comparable level of chess on the Mac, as opposed to
just using the iOS versions of chess apps like Shredder, etc.
You might be interested that there's a good, accessible iOS chess
clock app: the Merkmatics Chess Clock ($0.99 in the U.S. App
Store). Here's the URL for the developer's web site, where you can
read a complete description of its features:
http://www.merkmatics.com
A description of the app is also posted up at AppleVis:
http://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/utilities/merkmatics-chess-clock
Here's the App Store URL:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/merkmatics-chess-clock/id347870076?mt=8
I bet that if there are any features you want added, you could get
them put in by sending an email to the developer, Mat Merkow, at:
[email protected]
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On 11 Jul 2013, at 01:58, John Gallagher wrote:
> Hi there yes I got the one but I can beat it easerley though you
have to give it a real pluss for accessability thanks though.
> At 12:57 11/07/2013, you wrote:
>> there is a billt in chess game on the mac in your Applications file
>> On 11 Jul 2013, at 12:49, John Gallagher <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> > Wonder if anyone uses a strong chess playing program on the mac.
>> > the normal chess programs on the windows computers are just
about accessible in the way you can get the programs to speak ot the moves.
>> > I use fritz hiarcs and shredder.
>> > there is a brilliant program called hiarcs chess explorer but
it has no access on a mac or windows pc.
>> > last year in india where we played in the olympiad I used my
netbook to look at the chess databases for our study.
>> > I really love my mac learning about safari I have better acces
with my bank site. with window eyes I struggle to loggin but on a
mac I managed it.
>> > I get a bit mixed up when I should interact with some thing
but I really feel I am winning.
>> > thanks for any replies.
>> >
>> >
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