Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible games
There are a couple of key web sites which people who want to find accessible games ought to know about. One of these is: www.pcsgames.net There, you'll find lists of all known accessible games for Windows, Mac and Linux. Phil Vlasak, a developer himself, keeps a marvelously up-to-date and complete list with game descriptions and links to the various sites. Also, there is another site with lots of reviews and information called: www.audiogames.net There, you can also find issues of Audyssey magazine. It's a free online magazine all about accessible games for blind people. I started it back in 1996. These days, the current editor is Ron Schamerhorn. He's hard at work on the next issue which should be out some time soon. I hope this gets people in search of fun off to a good start. If you want to discuss games further, feel free to contact me privately. Also, you can join the Audyssey discussion group by sending a message to: gamers-subscr...@audyssey.org Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content/life-word-and-sound Creator and former editor of Audyssey Magazine 1996-2004 Check out my blog at: www.michaelfeir.blogspot.com - Original Message - From: Kimsan Song blindgu...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:03 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] accessible games I know I axed this question several moons ago but lost all of the replies. What games do most blind folks play here and what website would someone recommend when wanting to download free but accessible games? Peace For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4770 (20100114) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble With New Netbook and JAWS
I have that happen occasionally on pretty much any computer I've used Jaws on. I skipped over version 8 so I don't have any direct experience with it. However, here are a couple of things I've found helpful. You can try minimizing everything and then going back to internet explorer. That works sometimes. What I found worked most consistantly is to use the jaws links list to move right to the link in question. After that, you route the jaws cursor to the pc cursor and then do a right click. I'm fairly certain that your netbook wouldn't be the problem here. Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 www.blind-planet.com/content/personal-power A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://www.blind-planet.com/content/life-word-and-sound Creator and former editor of Audyssey Magazine 1996-2004 Check out my blog at: www.michaelfeir.blogspot.com - Original Message - From: Tim t...@nwiusa.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 12:30 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Trouble With New Netbook and JAWS I recently purchased a new netbook. It is an Acer Aspire One. It has JAWS 8 with Windows XP Home installed on it. I tried to download several files this evening and neither the Applications key nor the right mouse button would work properly. Instead of displaying the option to download a file, it would merely allow you to save the web page and not the file being linked to. I had my dad, who is sighted, use the touch-screen mouse pad and download several files. He was able to do it without problems. Every time I used the arrow keys, pressing the Applications key or the right mouse button only resulted in pulling down a menu to change the background display. Are there certain netbooks that JAWS does not interface well with? Any help would be appreciated. T. H. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4657 (20091203) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
