[Audyssey] Free Chess Program for the Blind - Winboard 4.5 for JAWS
Hello Friends, I am pleased to announce the release of the first state of the art Chess program for the blind called Winboard 4.5 for JAWS. This is a modification of the popular WinBoard/Xboard program. This program is for the blind, low visioned and persons who can not use a mouse and is free software under the GNU Public License. The program uses the JAWS screen reader to recite the moves, positions and other board conditions and is completely keyboard accessible. It can connect to Internet Chess Servers such as FICS (Free Internet Chess Server at freechess.org) where members and guests play in real time. Available languages in addition to English are German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Russian and translators are welcomed to the project. The program provides Chess engine opponents and can output positional analysis with today's strongest Chess engines. The Houdini engine is just released and IS the world's strongest chess program and is free and may be added to Winboard as can any Winboard or UCI protocol Chess engine. The program is provided with two Chess engines, the immensely strong Fruit engine, for standard chess and analysis, and FairyMax, that plays some variant types of chess. Many other variants are compatible, some for the very first time in any Chess GUI. These include Chinese Chess, Shogi, Fischer Random, Losers, Atomic, Crazyhouse and 8 by 10 boards for Capablanca, Gothic and Janus variants. Winboard 4.5 for JAWS uses the standardized PGN format into which all the games of the today and of the great master may be found. Winboard 4.5 for JAWS is free and available at the Winboard forum at the link at the very end of this paragraph. The download link to the program follows the first link on the page which directs readers to the Freedom Scientific Site in case they need a demo version of JAWS, which is fully functioning for 45 minutes and then required a system reboot. I am eager to answer all questions and provide personal help to use the program. Best Regards, Dave Acevedo http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19t=51528start=1 --- 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 subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
[Audyssey] Winboard 4.5 for JAWS - Other Reader Support
Hello Thomas, The subject of other readers of course came up immediately. The programmer H.G. Muller, ever up for a challenge, dove into the issues and made progress. He is a very busy guy this is for sure and even though the Winboard for JAWS source sort of fell, well it did fall into our laps, he saw the day when further reader support would be required. I have already re-introduced the subject with him as other post by me about the update have had a very similar feedback. JAWS must have lost some market in these last two years to the other readers. H.G. Muller is Head Admin at the Winboard forum and as long as he is not out of town supporting his latest engine in a tourn, his response is always instantaneous to questions and suggestions in the Development section. As I say I will keep talking to him about the Hal and Window Eyes, etc. readers. We had a discussion about SAPI support once and something made it prohibitive for Winboard through no fault of Winboard, I forgot. I would not minimize your very own input in this regard in detailed and painfully technical posts at the Winboard forum. Please register at the Winboard forum and post for the quickest response. Sincerely, Dave Acevedo --- 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 subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] Free Chess Program for the Blind - Winboard, 4.5 forJAWS
He he, I smell an collusion here. Not only that, an agenda . That's cute that men still do that even when they are all grown up, he he, that's cute. You and Audiogamers take your Major KChess and Major BGChess and use them, they have SAPI support and can save a game. That's all you need to play chess over email or instant message we admit. Oh and by the way, you have JAWS, ...don't tell me you don't. Further, I have NVDA. I introduced NVDA to a blind friend for the first time. I didn't expect this, especially here among programmers. This is an advanced Chess program. I'm not asking you to buy JAWS, get Winboard and go become a Grand Master with all of the first of its kind Chess functions it has for the blind for the very first time. I'm asking you to spread the word. There has been NOTHING like it on the Whole Earth in ALL of time since Adam until before we released it on September 9, 2009.Here is the source. You're programmers, I am not. I only conceived of the project to repair the broken father code called WinBoard for JAWS. Winboard 4.5 for JAWS is now an extremely perfect chess tool for the blind and low sighted and those who can not use a mouse and JAWS is still the most used screen reader, for now and it certainly was when we started. We have nothing to do with Freedom Scientific. They did not conceive of WinBoard for JAWS, a Winboarder did, we are Winboarders :). I have talked to the programmer about NVDA, HAL and Windows Eyes and SAPI, or he talked to me about it, I forgot. However it's obvious he is very busy with some other Winboard or chess related stuff. He has been handed all future development of WinBoard by the author Tim Mann but he will respond to anyone at the Winboard forum. But if you want to make it sound like we purposely are denying Windows Eyes and the other reader users advanced chess he will make you look silly real fast. He's sharp. He's a master programmer and a research physicist and one of the world's foremost chess engine and chess client programmers. Do remember please that Winboard 4.5 for JAWS is free, this is not a competition. Talk to H.G. Muller or advertise the KChess or? What? yes... fix Winboard yourself the way you like it :). Everybody I talked to today was grumpy! Here is the source for WinBoard and the JAWS version which is inside of it, Boy! http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/?C=M;O=A --- 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 subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
[Audyssey] Unsuscribe me please
Hi Guys, I am having trouble getting unsuscribed from the mail list. Mails to Gamers-unsubscribe and at the website page for this same function dont seem to be having results. Could someone get that done for me please? Thank you Best Regards David Acevedo --- 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 subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
