Re: [blind-gamers] Help finding games to use with stirring wheel set

[Heather Seaman]

Oof! Thanks for letting us know. Much appreciated. 
On Dec 30, 2023 11:33 PM, Oriol Gómez  wrote:GTA, gran turismo.. not accessible at all. I wish they were lol El El dom, 31 dic 2023 a las 5:30, Heather Seaman  escribió:What about Grand Theft Auto. There are at least five games in that series that I know of. Another series that would be closer to Forza would be one called Grand Terismo. I think it's spelled something like the above and it's a racing sim, competitor to Forza. I have ne clue how accessible these games are, though. On Dec 30, 2023 9:53 PM, Mich Verrier  wrote:
>
> Hi Forza motor sport for x box comes to mind. I can't think of any other. 
> From Mich. 
>
> -Original Message- 
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> barnes 
> Sent: December 30, 2023 9:02 PM 
> To: blind-gamers@groups.io 
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> Hello, 
>
> I just got an stirring wheel set for Christmas. What Windows and xBox 
> games can I use it with? 
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Re: [blind-gamers] Help finding games to use with stirring wheel set

[Oriol Gómez]

GTA, gran turismo.. not accessible at all. I wish they were lol

El El dom, 31 dic 2023 a las 5:30, Heather Seaman 
escribió:

> What about Grand Theft Auto. There are at least five games in that series
> that I know of. Another series that would be closer to Forza would be one
> called Grand Terismo. I think it's spelled something like the above and
> it's a racing sim, competitor to Forza. I have ne clue how accessible these
> games are, though. On Dec 30, 2023 9:53 PM, Mich Verrier <
> mi...@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Forza motor sport for x box comes to mind. I can't think of any
> other.
> > From Mich.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: blind-gamers@groups.io  On Behalf Of
> michael
> > barnes
> > Sent: December 30, 2023 9:02 PM
> > To: blind-gamers@groups.io
> > Subject: [blind-gamers] Help finding games to use with stirring wheel
> set
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just got an stirring wheel set for Christmas. What Windows and xBox
> > games can I use it with?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [blind-gamers] Help finding games to use with stirring wheel set

[Heather Seaman]

What about Grand Theft Auto. There are at least five games in that series that 
I know of. Another series that would be closer to Forza would be one called 
Grand Terismo. I think it's spelled something like the above and it's a racing 
sim, competitor to Forza. I have ne clue how accessible these games are, 
though. On Dec 30, 2023 9:53 PM, Mich Verrier  wrote:
>
> Hi Forza motor sport for x box comes to mind. I can't think of any other. 
> From Mich. 
>
> -Original Message- 
> From: blind-gamers@groups.io  On Behalf Of michael 
> barnes 
> Sent: December 30, 2023 9:02 PM 
> To: blind-gamers@groups.io 
> Subject: [blind-gamers] Help finding games to use with stirring wheel set 
>
> Hello, 
>
> I just got an stirring wheel set for Christmas. What Windows and xBox 
> games can I use it with? 
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Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah!

[Mary]

Well, I have an iPhone 12 and am playing with it since you mentioned the game 
in the list. I hadn’t heard about it before. I just cannot find the way to 
switch weapons even when I’ve crafted two kinds of them. I guess it might have 
to do with my level…

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> El 30 dic. 2023, a las 21:34, Shaun Everiss  escribió:
> 
> Well maybe a usb connecter and or a lightning to usb hub.
> 
> I have just setup a system for someone with a usb c hub for usb a and c.
> 
> They previded me the cash and I was able to find, and get the system built by 
> someone else and then get the components.
> 
> I did the designs myself and all that.
> 
> A lenovo laptop was the base and then I got externals for just about 
> everything including a modern sd card reader, and cd unit pluss extra 
> external ssds.
> 
> And then software.
> 
> 
>> On 31/12/2023 12:56 pm, Heather Seaman wrote:
>> Can you hook a mouse or trackball to your touchscreen device and use that to 
>> navigate and click on stuff? Or does the game have to support a mouse for 
>> that to work? Because the only other idea I can think of would be to use a 
>> stylus or touch-friendly pen. The problem with that being that a totally but 
>> user wouldn't know where to poke the thing at the screen to do what they 
>> want to do. On Dec 30, 2023 5:28 PM, Jude DaShiell  
>> wrote:
>>> It was zombie fingers!  Apparently I have skin too dry to conduct well on
>>> these touch screens much of the time.  I finally managed to make a sack
>>> and equip the sack and Cora gave me or offered me a journal.  Those of us
>>> with eczema will have dry skin and are also likely to have zombie fingers.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Jude 
>>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
>>> Please use in that order."
>>> Ed Howdershelt 1940.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
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Re: [blind-gamers] Help finding games to use with stirring wheel set

[Mich Verrier]

Hi Forza motor sport for x box comes to mind. I can't think of any other.
>From Mich.

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Hello,

I just got an stirring wheel set for Christmas. What Windows and xBox 
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[blind-gamers] Help finding games to use with stirring wheel set

[michael barnes]

Hello,

I just got an stirring wheel set for Christmas. What Windows and xBox 
games can I use it with?



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Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah!

[Shaun Everiss]

Well maybe a usb connecter and or a lightning to usb hub.

I have just setup a system for someone with a usb c hub for usb a and c.

They previded me the cash and I was able to find, and get the system 
built by someone else and then get the components.


I did the designs myself and all that.

A lenovo laptop was the base and then I got externals for just about 
everything including a modern sd card reader, and cd unit pluss extra 
external ssds.


And then software.


On 31/12/2023 12:56 pm, Heather Seaman wrote:

Can you hook a mouse or trackball to your touchscreen device and use that to navigate 
and click on stuff? Or does the game have to support a mouse for that to work? 
Because the only other idea I can think of would be to use a stylus or touch-friendly 
pen. The problem with that being that a totally but user wouldn't know where to poke 
the thing at the screen to do what they want to do. On Dec 30, 2023 5:28 PM, Jude 
DaShiell  wrote:

It was zombie fingers!  Apparently I have skin too dry to conduct well on
these touch screens much of the time.  I finally managed to make a sack
and equip the sack and Cora gave me or offered me a journal.  Those of us
with eczema will have dry skin and are also likely to have zombie fingers.


--
Jude 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
Please use in that order."
Ed Howdershelt 1940.


  











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Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah!

[Heather Seaman]

If you prefer something with more tactile buttons, you might consider some kind 
of game controller or a gaming mouse. But again, none of these ideas may work 
if the game itself doesn't support anything beyond touchscreen input. Or if you 
can't get the driver for your peripheral to fool the game into accepting the 
alternate input, assuming that's even possible. All this is straight-up 
speculation on my part. On Dec 30, 2023 7:02 PM, Jude DaShiell 
 wrote:
>
> I have nothing with a lightning connector except the charging cable.  No 
> bluetooth mouse either.  Those may be available will have to check on 
> amazon. 
>
>
> -- 
> Jude  
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: 
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. 
> Please use in that order." 
> Ed Howdershelt 1940. 
>
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: 
>
> > Can you hook a mouse or trackball to your touchscreen device and use that 
> > to navigate and click on stuff? Or does the game have to support a mouse 
> > for that to work? Because the only other idea I can think of would be to 
> > use a stylus or touch-friendly pen. The problem with that being that a 
> > totally but user wouldn't know where to poke the thing at the screen to do 
> > what they want to do. On Dec 30, 2023 5:28 PM, Jude DaShiell 
> >  wrote: 
> > > 
> > > It was zombie fingers!  Apparently I have skin too dry to conduct well on 
> > > these touch screens much of the time.  I finally managed to make a sack 
> > > and equip the sack and Cora gave me or offered me a journal.  Those of us 
> > > with eczema will have dry skin and are also likely to have zombie 
> > > fingers. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Jude  
> > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: 
> > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. 
> > > Please use in that order." 
> > > Ed Howdershelt 1940. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah!

[Jude DaShiell]

I have nothing with a lightning connector except the charging cable.  No
bluetooth mouse either.  Those may be available will have to check on
amazon.


--
 Jude 
 "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
 Please use in that order."
 Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Sat, 30 Dec 2023, Heather Seaman wrote:

> Can you hook a mouse or trackball to your touchscreen device and use that to 
> navigate and click on stuff? Or does the game have to support a mouse for 
> that to work? Because the only other idea I can think of would be to use a 
> stylus or touch-friendly pen. The problem with that being that a totally but 
> user wouldn't know where to poke the thing at the screen to do what they want 
> to do. On Dec 30, 2023 5:28 PM, Jude DaShiell  wrote:
> >
> > It was zombie fingers!  Apparently I have skin too dry to conduct well on
> > these touch screens much of the time.  I finally managed to make a sack
> > and equip the sack and Cora gave me or offered me a journal.  Those of us
> > with eczema will have dry skin and are also likely to have zombie fingers.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jude 
> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
> > Please use in that order."
> > Ed Howdershelt 1940.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah!

[Heather Seaman]

Can you hook a mouse or trackball to your touchscreen device and use that to 
navigate and click on stuff? Or does the game have to support a mouse for that 
to work? Because the only other idea I can think of would be to use a stylus or 
touch-friendly pen. The problem with that being that a totally but user 
wouldn't know where to poke the thing at the screen to do what they want to do. 
On Dec 30, 2023 5:28 PM, Jude DaShiell  wrote:
>
> It was zombie fingers!  Apparently I have skin too dry to conduct well on 
> these touch screens much of the time.  I finally managed to make a sack 
> and equip the sack and Cora gave me or offered me a journal.  Those of us 
> with eczema will have dry skin and are also likely to have zombie fingers. 
>
>
> -- 
> Jude  
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: 
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. 
> Please use in that order." 
> Ed Howdershelt 1940. 
>
>
>  
>
>


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Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah!

[Jude DaShiell]

It was zombie fingers!  Apparently I have skin too dry to conduct well on
these touch screens much of the time.  I finally managed to make a sack
and equip the sack and Cora gave me or offered me a journal.  Those of us
with eczema will have dry skin and are also likely to have zombie fingers.


--
 Jude 
 "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
 Please use in that order."
 Ed Howdershelt 1940.


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[blind-gamers] Fw: [TheInnerSanctuary] Touchscreen trouble? It could be zombie finger (fwd)

[Jude DaShiell]

-- 
 Jude 
 "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
 Please use in that order."
 Ed Howdershelt 1940.

-- Forwarded message --
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:06:56
From: addy via groups.io 
Reply-To: theinnersanctu...@groups.io
To: io 
Subject: Fw: [TheInnerSanctuary] Touchscreen trouble? It could be zombie finger

sorry..the link 
is:https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/06/zombie-finger-and-touchscreens/index.htm



 lolI have just found out I have Zombie Fingers, of all things
I got really annoyed...touch worked fine on a typing keyboard, but for some 
freaky reason does not work well for me on the phone keypad. ( does anyone here 
know why the difference ??)
So...I looked it up. Zombie fingers.
There are alternatives we can use...even a real piece of metal ( touch diameter 
of a finger, smooth so it won't scratch) but experiment with all kinds of 
things : D

So...for all of you who never heard of this:
Touchscreen trouble? It could be zombie finger

Here's why capacitive screens don't respond to every touch
 Published: June 02, 2015 11:30 AM
Some smartphone and tablet users are afflicted with a malady. No matter how 
hard they press on the display, they just can't seem to get the device to 
acknowledge their touch. These people may have the same problem with laptop 
touchpads. In layman's terms, they suffer from zombie finger.

"The capacitive touch sensor is—to most people—this kind of magical thing," 
says Andrew Hsu, Ph.D., a pioneer in touchscreen tech at Synaptics, a major 
supplier of the technology to electronics manufacturers. "In an ideal 
situation, you barely touch the surface of the screen and the sensor is able to 
detect the presence of your finger." In some cases, however, that finger 
confounds the technology.

"It's a problem we've been wrestling with for 20 years now," says Hsu. "It's a 
very delicate balance. We spend a lot of time essentially trying to determine 
whether a user has touched the surface or not."

To understand why one finger gets noticed while another is ignored, you need to 
know how a capacitive touchscreen works. Unlike the resistive screens, which 
rely on mechanical pressure to register each touch, a smartphone or laptop 
touchpad generates a small electric field. In fact, you don't even have to make 
contact with the touchpad for the sensor to detect your finger. Because the 
human body conducts electricity, a fingertip in close proximity to the glass 
will absorb the electrical charge and create a measurable disturbance in the 
field, alerting a grid of electrodes on the screen and enabling the phone to 
register the command.

To satisfy consumers, capacitive touchscreens must be nimble enough to 
recognize the dainty finger of a toddler, the bony digit of a an elderly 
person, and the meaty stab of a sumo wrester. What's more, software algorithms 
need to filter out the "noise" generated by grease and grime on the glass, not 
to mention the overlapping electrical fields generated by fluorescent lights, 
poorly designed charging stations, even other components inside the device. 
"It's one of the reasons why the mobile phone has more processing power than 
the computers used to send a man to the moon," says Hsu.

All things considered, capacitive touchscreens offer clear advantages for cell 
phones and tablets. They stand up well to the wear-and-tear of constant use, 
they don't detract from picture quality, and they permit multitouch gestures. 
And for the record: Despite what you might have heard, they perform fine 
whether you've got a hot or cold hand.

In the end, though, capacitive touchscreens are not foolproof. Living, 
breathing people with thick callouses on their fingers—think guitar players or 
carpenters—struggle with these touchscreens because the dead skin on their 
fingertips prevents the flow of electricity. People wearing gloves tend to 
experience trouble. People with very dry hands, too. "I've also heard of women 
with really long fingernails having problems," says Daniel Tower, an engineer 
at Wacom, which makes drawing tablets and styluses. Basically, anything that 
limits your hand's conductivity is a potential pitfall.

So what should you do if you have zombie fingers? You might try licking your 
fingertip or, better yet, applying a water-based moisturizer to your hands. 
And, if you can't bear to give up playing electric guitar or having designer 
nails, think about using a touchscreen stylus to funnel the electricity into 
your mitts.

Don't have one handy? People in South Korea have discovered that a pork link 
will do the job. "There's moisture in that sausage," says Hsu. "So long as your 
body is in contact with it, it has enough conductivity to affect the electric 
field."

Of course, the Slim Jim approach presents other challenges. "That only works if 
you're not hungry," says Tower's Wacom colleague Doug Little.

—Chris Raymond

[blind-gamers] [TheInnerSanctuary] Touchscreen trouble? It could be zombie finger (fwd)

[Jude DaShiell]

zombie fingers could be effecting me in idle iktah.


--
 Jude 
 "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
 Please use in that order."
 Ed Howdershelt 1940.

-- Forwarded message --
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:03:31
From: addy via groups.io 
Reply-To: theinnersanctu...@groups.io
To: io 
Subject: [TheInnerSanctuary] Touchscreen trouble? It could be zombie finger

lolI have just found out I have Zombie Fingers, of all things
I got really annoyed...touch worked fine on a typing keyboard, but for some 
freaky reason does not work well for me on the phone keypad. ( does anyone here 
know why the difference ??)
So...I looked it up. Zombie fingers.
There are alternatives we can use...even a real piece of metal ( touch diameter 
of a finger, smooth so it won't scratch) but experiment with all kinds of 
things : D

So...for all of you who never heard of this:
Touchscreen trouble? It could be zombie finger

Here's why capacitive screens don't respond to every touch
 Published: June 02, 2015 11:30 AM


Some smartphone and tablet users are afflicted with a malady. No matter how 
hard they press on the display, they just can't seem to get the device to 
acknowledge their touch. These people may have the same problem with laptop 
touchpads. In layman's terms, they suffer from zombie finger.

"The capacitive touch sensor is—to most people—this kind of magical thing," 
says Andrew Hsu, Ph.D., a pioneer in touchscreen tech at Synaptics, a major 
supplier of the technology to electronics manufacturers. "In an ideal 
situation, you barely touch the surface of the screen and the sensor is able to 
detect the presence of your finger." In some cases, however, that finger 
confounds the technology.

"It's a problem we've been wrestling with for 20 years now," says Hsu. "It's a 
very delicate balance. We spend a lot of time essentially trying to determine 
whether a user has touched the surface or not."

To understand why one finger gets noticed while another is ignored, you need to 
know how a capacitive touchscreen works. Unlike the resistive screens, which 
rely on mechanical pressure to register each touch, a smartphone or laptop 
touchpad generates a small electric field. In fact, you don't even have to make 
contact with the touchpad for the sensor to detect your finger. Because the 
human body conducts electricity, a fingertip in close proximity to the glass 
will absorb the electrical charge and create a measurable disturbance in the 
field, alerting a grid of electrodes on the screen and enabling the phone to 
register the command.

To satisfy consumers, capacitive touchscreens must be nimble enough to 
recognize the dainty finger of a toddler, the bony digit of a an elderly 
person, and the meaty stab of a sumo wrester. What's more, software algorithms 
need to filter out the "noise" generated by grease and grime on the glass, not 
to mention the overlapping electrical fields generated by fluorescent lights, 
poorly designed charging stations, even other components inside the device. 
"It's one of the reasons why the mobile phone has more processing power than 
the computers used to send a man to the moon," says Hsu.

All things considered, capacitive touchscreens offer clear advantages for cell 
phones and tablets. They stand up well to the wear-and-tear of constant use, 
they don't detract from picture quality, and they permit multitouch gestures. 
And for the record: Despite what you might have heard, they perform fine 
whether you've got a hot or cold hand.

In the end, though, capacitive touchscreens are not foolproof. Living, 
breathing people with thick callouses on their fingers—think guitar players or 
carpenters—struggle with these touchscreens because the dead skin on their 
fingertips prevents the flow of electricity. People wearing gloves tend to 
experience trouble. People with very dry hands, too. "I've also heard of women 
with really long fingernails having problems," says Daniel Tower, an engineer 
at Wacom, which makes drawing tablets and styluses. Basically, anything that 
limits your hand's conductivity is a potential pitfall.

So what should you do if you have zombie fingers? You might try licking your 
fingertip or, better yet, applying a water-based moisturizer to your hands. 
And, if you can't bear to give up playing electric guitar or having designer 
nails, think about using a touchscreen stylus to funnel the electricity into 
your mitts.

Don't have one handy? People in South Korea have discovered that a pork link 
will do the job. "There's moisture in that sausage," says Hsu. "So long as your 
body is in contact with it, it has enough conductivity to affect the electric 
field."

Of course, the Slim Jim approach presents other challenges. "That only works if 
you're not hungry," says Tower's Wacom colleague Doug Little.

—Chris Raymond












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