[Audyssey] LWorks score boards?

2017-02-05 Thread Joe Quinn
does aykonw know when the scoreboards reset for super egg hunt and/or judgement day? assuming they even do anymore? I'd like to get trophies by getting #1 on the scoreboard, but can't seem to do it. 320+ on boost blitz? is that even possible? I can't see how if it is... --- Gamers mailing list __

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2014-09-11 Thread Dennis Towne
The actual details of making Alter Aeon accessible were much easier than for most projects, because the game server itself is purely text based and already had low spam modes. Most of the accessibility changes were additional filtering, special commands to display single pieces of information

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2014-09-10 Thread Steven Cantos
Dear Mr. developer of the Alteraeon Mud, You managed to actually make your game accessible. What did it take and why did you decide to do it? In writing this question, I am assuming that you are sighted and are merely sympathetic to the blind. Signed, Steven --- Gamers mailing

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2012-04-25 Thread shaun everiss
. Paulette -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of shaun everiss Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 12:43 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Well the columns are not to bad neither are the ribbons though I am

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2012-04-25 Thread Paulette Vickery
-Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kitchen Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:29 AM To: Paulette Vickery Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Paulette, I can not say that I am a Windows expert in any way, but I get around my

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2012-04-24 Thread shaun everiss
Well while all other screenreaders gw, dolphin, etc fs want to probably include it as another pricy addon. Nvda does some mouse tracking though I have never managed to make it usefull right now. At 08:03 a.m. 23/04/2012 -0400, you wrote: Hi Charles, Well, I can definitely say that Freedom

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2012-04-24 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Paulette, I can not say that I am a Windows expert in any way, but I get around my computer ok. I am totally self taught both on the computer and programming games. Did you know that you can still use the command prompt? And heck I still write and use batch files all the time. Almost

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2012-04-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, As they say whatever works. Although, I must say I find your way of navigation pretty alien to my own experiences. When I play Shades of Doom I bring up a mental image, a map, of how the levels are laid out. I realize on level 1, for example, I start in at (19, 19) which is the

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2012-04-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Relax. There is no need to hate yourself, or beat yourself up because you can't do something. We all have our personal limitations. I have them, you have them, Charles has them. Its a part of life. For instance, I know of guys on here who talk about beating games like Street Fighter

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2012-04-24 Thread dark
Hi Tom. i can understand my method seeming alien. As I said, I find it very difficult to comprehend space, and will frequently walk into an object I've previously seen or felt simply because I cannot judge spacially where it is. I can't for instance judge when I'm upstairs in a building where

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2012-04-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Question. How many times have you called the manufacturer and actually got them to commit to improving accessibility based on your personal suggestions? That's where the rubber meets the road for me. We can call and complain all we want, but short of a lawsuit most companies will

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2012-04-24 Thread Charles Rivard
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Phil, Yes, but again, you have to remember where you are going half the time, which is hard when you've got other things to think about. I can remember phone numbers, but not locations. I've

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2012-04-23 Thread Trouble
: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Damien Pendleton Sent: 22 April 2012 12:56 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Thomas, One blind guy did attempt to show me. In fact, if it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't have got my IPhone set

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2012-04-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Well, I can definitely say that Freedom Scientific is full of crap. Window-Eyes does a fairly decent job of following the mouse and identifying what is under the mouse pointer so I don't see why Jaws couldn't do it. I think its Freedom Scientific's view that following the mouse

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2012-04-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Sure. I love organization as well. If you looked at my Windows 7 laptop, which I'm using currently, you would discover my icons in the start menu are are all sorted and organized accordingly. For example, if you click on All Programs you'll find a submenu called Games. Under Games

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2012-04-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Well, if there is one constant in the universe it is change. nothing stays the same forever. The people who can't change will always be hit the hardest, because they are unable or simply unwilling to change their ways. Although, there are usually some alternative that helps make

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2012-04-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Actually, you can't copy icons to the desktop in Windows 8. The desktop is basically an empty window for displaying your walpaper. The alternative solution is to pin an app or program to your taskbar. On 4/23/2012 12:43 AM, shaun everiss wrote: Well the columns are not to bad

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2012-04-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Cononical the maker of Ubuntu Linux does. A lot of work has gone into the Ubuntu 12 beta to improve screen reader access over the last month of testing and I can say 12.04 is several times more accessible than 11.10 was six months ago. So you could add Cononical to your list of software

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2012-04-23 Thread Paulette Vickery
. Sometimes I wish we were still back with good old dos. Paulette -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of shaun everiss Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 12:43 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Well the columns

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2012-04-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Definitely. When I began developing my own game engine I used the GMA engine as a guide. Obviously, I didn't copy it outright but some of the concepts are the same such as using f1 to bring up a menu of hot keys, similar navigation aids, having markers, and other things like that

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2012-04-23 Thread Charles Rivard
are a close second. - Original Message - From: Paulette Vickery paule...@evickery.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 7:37 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks I also have an iPhone 4 S. I really love it, but I do have problems with Seri responding. Do

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2012-04-23 Thread dark
was itself a lot of fun. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Paulette Vickery paule...@evickery.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Dark, I think that I do my visualizing sort of like

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2012-04-22 Thread Harmony Neil
. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Michael Taboada Sent: 21 April 2012 21:17 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi, This kind of defeats the point of a touch screen. The point of a touch screen

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Correct me if I'm wrong, but I recently heard that Nokia was dropping support for Symbian OS in favor of Windows Mobile. If so I'm sorry to say you won't be in any better shape. The reason I say that is because Windows 8 is designed exclusively for touchscreen devices. If Nokia

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Well, unfortunately as I said in my prior post touchscreen devices are becoming more common. Not just on smart phones and tablet PCs but the next generation of Windows laptops and desktops will begin shipping with touchscreens as well. The way Windows 8 is designed instead of a

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Yeah, touchscreens can be nice once you get use to them. I didn't find them as difficult as I thought they'd be, but there apparently not for everybody. Like everything else in life it all depends on how much effort, time, and energy you are willing to commit to learning the new

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Damien, Well, unfortunately as I said in my prior post touchscreen devices are becoming more common. Not just on smart phones and tablet PCs but the next generation of Windows

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
than I could count. Regards, Damien. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Dark, Yeah, touchscreens can be nice once you get use

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2012-04-22 Thread fred olver
...@blunderfield.plus.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Thomas, Yeah, maybe I did give up. But like I said. That's because I don't believe it is practical to have to sit with a phone spending five minutes trying

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, I understand the fact you don't like touchscreens very much, say you hate them, but I'd like to know why you think Apple is conning the law. Aside from yourself many blind users own and use iPhones with no problems at all and as Cara pointed out on the list a few days ago there

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, Not only that, but I don't think we have much of a choice. I've seen the way Windows 8, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, etc are going and most of the software developers are moving to a touchscreen type user interface. Everyone and their uncle is copying Apple's iOS design and that can only

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Damien, I understand the fact you don't like touchscreens very much, say you hate them, but I'd like to know why you think Apple is conning the law. Aside

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
: fred olver goodfo...@charter.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks I'm not sure if it's been mentioned, but there is a cost saving in not having to build a keyboard for a computer. In fact, I'm not surprised we're

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, Well, I'm sure there will still be keyboards around. After all even though Windows 8 is designed for touchscreen input people who have to type reports, fill in spreadsheets, etc can do that much faster than with a touchscreen. What I think we'll see is a combo of touchscreen and

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2012-04-22 Thread Paulette Vickery
To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hey, Damien. One of the nice thing about the iPhone is that alot of old games are being ported over to the mobile platform. For exsample the old DOS games by Richard De Steno, have been put in a game pack and now people can play those games

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, I think the answer is simply that a touchscreen is generally easier for a sighted user. You know as I do that the mainstream sighted market is 99% of a companies business and nobody including Apple are going to market a special iPhone for the remaining 1% of the population without

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2012-04-22 Thread Trouble
they even have a keyboard that you can dock to the iPad if not wanting to do touch. At 08:55 PM 4/21/2012, you wrote: For Damien: If he really wants to have a keyboard for an iPad, there are wireless keyboards available that can be used to type in items like search fields, addresses and the

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2012-04-22 Thread Charles Rivard
for us to use. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Damien, Well

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2012-04-22 Thread Trouble
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks I'd say that the fact that Apple attempted to develop a way to make touch screens accessible is a big score in their favor, not an attempt to con the law. Are you threatening me? I am the great

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2012-04-22 Thread Charles Rivard
...@blunderfield.plus.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Thomas, Yeah, maybe I did give up. But like I said. That's because I don't believe it is practical to have to sit with a phone spending five minutes trying

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2012-04-22 Thread Paulette Vickery
this one is a bit dated. Paulette -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Damien Pendleton Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 7:26 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Thomas, I think you've hit the nail

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
I will agree with damien's point about access. it is true that even a pc with the best screen reader is not of the same level of access, ie, effortlessness as a sighted user would experience. for example, I am right now checking my mails. I have to look at (ie listen to supernova tell me),

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2012-04-22 Thread Paulette Vickery
You can also use dictation. Paulette -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 8:47 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks You're missing one of the points

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
trends go. Beware the Grue! dark. - Original Message - From: Desiree Oudinot turtlepowe...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:09 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Damien, Well, we're way past the point where devices with keyboards

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2012-04-22 Thread Paulette Vickery
To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Agree with Michael. I hated the iPhone 3gs at first, so went back to a nokia. However, I got my iPhone 4 in June last year, and wouldn't swap it for a nokia any day. Anyway, in terms of accessibility, Apple wins the race. Just a shame

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2012-04-22 Thread Mike Maslo
I am so amazed when I read posts like this We are blind and without us getting our sight back we will never be as or on the same level However feeling sorry for yourself or complaining helps how Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2012, at 7:54 AM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: I will agree with

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2012-04-22 Thread Mike Maslo
with the ability to handle touch-screen commands. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: Damien Pendleton dam...@blunderfield.plus.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Thomas, Yeah, maybe I did give up

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
overview is one I'm less fond of. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Dark, Yeah, touchscreens can be nice once

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Well, what I envision is that the new Windows 8 laptops I've been hearing about will have both a touchscreen and keyboard. The touchscreen will in effect act like a mouse allowing the user to point to and tap on icons, buttons, and other controls instead of pointing and clicking

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
extent at some point. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Mike Maslo mmaslo1...@swbell.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks I am so amazed when I read posts like this We are blind

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, that is where VoiceOver comes in handy. As Charles said if you just touch an area of the screen VoiceOver will speak what you are pointing at and iOS won't activate the item unless you double tap or triple tap the item in question. This allows us to explore the touchscreen

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
is supposed to be hard, whereas simply using a device isn't supposed to be. Regards, Damien. Regards, Damien. - Original Message - From: Trouble troub...@columbus.rr.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks

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2012-04-22 Thread Charles Rivard
! --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Charles, Well, what I envision is that the new

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
:46 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks You're missing one of the points, though. You say that you shouldn't have to spend 5 minutes doing what should take seconds, but, what you're not realizing is that, with practice and familiarity with the device, your speed and accuracy increases, cutting

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2012-04-22 Thread Charles Rivard
: Sunday, April 22, 2012 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks I have never been around so much negativity Don't appreciate what one has Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2012, at 7:32 AM, Trouble troub...@columbus.rr.com wrote: Give it time on those touch screens. Those fat companies are not yet

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2012-04-22 Thread Trouble
@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Thomas, Yeah, maybe I did give up. But like I said. That's because I don't believe it is practical to have to sit with a phone spending five minutes trying to access something when you could access the same thing

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks I am so amazed when I read posts like this We are blind and without us getting our sight back we will never be as or on the same level However feeling sorry for yourself or complaining helps how Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2012, at 7:54 AM, dark d

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
Hi Tom. This was as I thought. interestingly enough, the school where my summer music school takes place have completely flat touchpads on the security locks of the doors. They just require a four digit number to get in, but annoyingly the numbers have no indication at all, however we found

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
:26 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Now, if the touch screen, as a mouse replacement, operates like an iPhone in that touching highlights, dragging can be done with fingers, and a gesture of some kind activates the highlighted icon, wouldn't we have the best of both worlds, as long as icons

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Hmmm...I'm not sure what I can say in your case. It just seems to me that we as blind users have little choice in the matter. A lot of the smart phones my wife and I have looked at are all touchscreen, and those that have keypads aren't much easier to use because the buttons are

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2012-04-22 Thread Charles Rivard
@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Trouble, I've got an open mind for a lot of things. I just get sick and tired of feeling so small every time I don't know how to do something, or know how to do it but can't quite do it well enough for it to work

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2012-04-22 Thread Charles Rivard
: [Audyssey] LWorks I would like to play that pack of old games. Could you please give me the information for downloading the pack? Thanks. Paulette -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of michael barnes Sent: Saturday, April 21

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Well, I do see how that can and is a problem for you. In a game such as Tank Commander you can't just remember directions. You have to improvise as the tactical situation changes. Knowing where everything is in relation to you will help in making choices how to avoid an attack or

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Lol! I like the name columns of doom. Although, I wouldn't go quite that far. The new Windows 8 start screen is a pain to be sure, but it is usable. If I hunt around using NVDA I can usually find the icon I want once I remember where it is on the screen. Plus rather than manually

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2012-04-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, I hope so. Although, at the moment none of the Windows screen readers seem to follow the user input from the touchscreen. Hopefully future updates will allow screen readers to track touchscreen input and will speak the contents of the screen like VoiceOver and then we would have

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2012-04-22 Thread Mike Maslo
. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks You're missing one of the points, though. You say that you shouldn't have to spend 5 minutes doing

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2012-04-22 Thread Mike Maslo
not just blind people. Regards, Damien. - Original Message - From: Mike Maslo mmaslo1...@swbell.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks I am so amazed when I read posts like this We are blind

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2012-04-22 Thread Charles Rivard
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Charles, I hope so. Although, at the moment none of the Windows screen readers seem to follow the user input from the touchscreen. Hopefully future updates will allow screen

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
: Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks If your main concern is doing it fast rather than doing it right, you won't get anywhere. I wish corporations and big business would also learn

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
Hi Tom. I disagree on visualization or spacial awareness, since that is a skill i just do not have. This is why I find a game like battleships, patience/solitare, mine sweeper, chess, or even draughts/checkers nearly impossible to play unless the board is in front of me in either a visual or

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Don't agree This is why the sighted community thinks what they do of us Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Damien Pendleton dam...@blunderfield.plus.com wrote: Hi Mike, There are some things we need

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
Hi Tom. as I have said before, I could probably learn to live with the search box, but I just like the pleasure and convenience of organizing stuff myself, just as I might books or dvds on a shelf, which is why I think for me the columnbs with a touch screen would actually be preferable to

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Tom. I disagree on visualization or spacial awareness, since that is a skill i just do not have. This is why I find a game like battleships, patience/solitare, mine sweeper, chess, or even draughts/checkers nearly

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2012-04-22 Thread Mike Maslo
- From: Mike Maslo mmaslo1...@swbell.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Cc: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Don't agree This is why the sighted community thinks what they do of us Sent

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Damien Pendleton dam...@blunderfield.plus.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Dark, You sound a bit like me, though even that long list

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2012-04-22 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Dark, There are many ways to go to a location in a game, such as in my Sarah game. Coordinate method: From 11, 2,go to 11, 3. From 11, 3 go to 3, 3 from 3,3 go to 3,16 from 3, 16 go to 1, 16 to reach the caretaker's office. Compass method: Go north until you stop, turn west. Go west until

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2012-04-22 Thread dark
are so imprecise in that game. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Phil Vlasak p...@pcsgames.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Dark, There are many ways to go to a location

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
done. Regards, Damien. - Original Message - From: Mike Maslo mmaslo1...@swbell.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks They don't like those who need every aspect of their life done for them Also the poor

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2012-04-22 Thread Damien Pendleton
of the fridge and the freezer. Regards, Damien. - Original Message - From: Phil Vlasak p...@pcsgames.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Dark, There are many ways to go to a location in a game

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2012-04-22 Thread Paulette Vickery
Thanks. I will do that. Paulette -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 11:51 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Using iTunes, do a search for de steno

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2012-04-22 Thread Paulette Vickery
into the first passage. Paulette -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:59 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Damien. it's not association, it's just memory. I don't

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2012-04-22 Thread Paulette Vickery
, 2012 1:30 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Dark, There are many ways to go to a location in a game, such as in my Sarah game. Coordinate method: From 11, 2,go to 11, 3. From 11, 3 go to 3, 3 from 3,3 go to 3,16 from 3, 16 go to 1, 16 to reach the caretaker's office

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2012-04-22 Thread fred olver
PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Thanks. I will do that. Paulette -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 11:51 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks

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2012-04-22 Thread Paulette Vickery
: [Audyssey] LWorks Paulette, if you are serious about games for the iphone, go to http://www.applevis.com lots of stuff there, not just games. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: Paulette Vickery paule...@evickery.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22

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2012-04-22 Thread bpeterson2000
: [Audyssey] LWorks Michael, i very much resent that statement that my post was feeling sorry for anyone. I was actually attempting to highlight exactly what you just said, blindness is a disability, and as such has inherent problems with access especially when considdering corporate motivation

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
. Regards, Damien. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Damien, Well, unfortunately as I said in my prior post touchscreen devices are becoming

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
the window was more than I could count. Regards, Damien. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Dark, Yeah, touchscreens can be nice once

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree with you in part, but not fully. Does anyknow or has anyone researched how long it takes us to catch up period? True ms is giving people a fair go, nvda is already going to the metro system I see it on the list, however, to be honest, for what we pay or are forced to pay for the

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Damien, Well, unfortunately as I said in my prior post touchscreen devices are becoming more common. Not just on smart phones and tablet PCs but the next generation of Windows laptops

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Damien, Well, we're way past the point where devices with keyboards will be as heavily marketed as they used to be. Unfortunately, what most people are saying is true--the demand for touch screens is a lot higher than the demand for buttons and keyboards. Just look at home

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Dark, Yeah, touchscreens can be nice once you get use to them. I didn't find them as difficult as I

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
Ofcause apple and android is good but I must say I don't hold much in ms access after what they did to narator. Sure we have some access but its only in later years when they really tried. So we may have to have our own comercial access again. At 09:54 a.m. 22/04/2012 -0400, you wrote: Hi

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
than I normally would have, since I knew I was on a time limit. Regards, Damien. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks You're missing one

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
My friend has one of those touch security systems. I think for use the finger scanner or voice print unit or some sort of dna scanning would rock. At 04:20 p.m. 22/04/2012 +0100, you wrote: Hi Tom. This was as I thought. interestingly enough, the school where my summer music school takes

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
not to mention the cheapness of the games. At 11:39 a.m. 22/04/2012 -0400, you wrote: Hi Damien, Hmmm...I'm not sure what I can say in your case. It just seems to me that we as blind users have little choice in the matter. A lot of the smart phones my wife and I have looked at are all

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2012-04-22 Thread shaun everiss
on that note, classic shell and programs like it will probably be win8 compatible at some point and will bypass the metro system fully probably. At 05:39 p.m. 22/04/2012 +0100, you wrote: Hi Tom. as I have said before, I could probably learn to live with the search box, but I just like the

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2012-04-22 Thread Darren Harris
but they aren't as difficult as all that. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Damien Pendleton Sent: 22 April 2012 12:56 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Thomas, One blind guy did attempt

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2012-04-22 Thread Desiree Oudinot
are a weird concept but they aren't as difficult as all that. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Damien Pendleton Sent: 22 April 2012 12:56 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Thomas, One

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2012-04-21 Thread Damien Pendleton
Hey, If LWorks is making IOS games, does that mean that there's a chance he may come back to us loyal Windows users? Cheers. Damien. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your

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2012-04-21 Thread william lomas
ios games are going to be simpler though the windows projects will and can be, ore complex i am sure, the archery game i'd complete first go no problems On 21 Apr 2012, at 13:19, Damien Pendleton wrote: Hey, If LWorks is making IOS games, does that mean that there's a chance he may come

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