Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library
Hi. I can't see any mention of this display in the documentation but I'll find out for sure. Thanks Nick On 14 Oct 2012, at 05:25, Roger devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com wrote: Well if it worked with the APH refreshabraille I would gladly give it a try. - Original Message - From: Valiant8086 valiant8...@lavabit.com To: Nick Adamson n...@ndadamson.com; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library Hi all. I got to be a beta tester for this game. I like it a lot. For the first time I can play a game while talking to someone on Skype. Just mute the sounds and the only problem is the people asking what all that clicking noise is I'm making as I use the buttons on my first generation Humanware Brailliant32 to manipulate the shapes. I can't hear very well. I use two hearing aids at around the range of 90db level. I can talk on skype to people with good microphones and the right kind of voice and surrounding environment, but I totally can't talk and do anything else with sounds at the same time. No audio games, no email, no text chatting. Not gonna happen. I have the Brailliant around to help me with that, but I find it a little too clunky to use for reading emails and various other activities, so generally the expensive display sits forgotten. That was until Dotris came along. I found that Dotris after I got some practice in became awfully relaxing to play. It's just enough challenge to keep me alert but it's one of those games you can just sit back and enjoy, no need to be on the edge of your seat. I know the big issue with this game is that you need a Braille Display to play it. I'm happy that I have one. I'm hopeful that soon the price of them will drop dramatically, I'd like to see more people having the ability to play games like this. I had a good experience testing it. There didn't seem to be hardly any bugs. If you do have access to a braille display, I surely recommend this one. It's an all new kind of fun. There is a tutorial in the game that walks through the basics of playing Dotris, and the braille display goes through the motions being described. Very neat in my opinion. I would say hopefully some day we can figure out a way to make an audio capability for those who don't have the display, but right yet I can't think of how to do it. I played so much when I first got my hands on it I was actually thinking about playing and picturing shapes in my sleep literally. My highest score is 275, but that was done at a time that the game was a little easier to play than it is now so don't consider failure to kick my butt in the case that is so a bad thing. Sent with Thunderbird 14 Portable On 10/13/2012 5:00 PM, Nick Adamson wrote: N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library Hi All. I'm Nick from N A Soft and today I'm pleased to announce the release of our first Game for the blind, Dotris. Dotris is a computer game specifically designed for the blind which is unique in the Blind Gaming arena as it is the only game currently on the market that is played using a Braille Display. Dotris is a puzzle type of game where the object is to build a wall of dots on the left of the display using shapes which fly in from the right. Described as strangely addictive by one of the test team users position and rotate the shapes to build the wall and score points. Dotris doesn't depend on any particular screen reader and is supported on Windows XP, Windows vista and windows 7. It supports over 20 different types of display from the vast majority of Braille display manufacturers as it uses the same Technology used in the Dolphin Computer Access line of products to control the Braille display. I started to develop Dotris as a programming challenge. As a Braille user I've wondered for a long time weather a game like this would be possible using a Braille display. Well it can be done and it's a lot of fun to play. Rather than release the game for users to purchase or release it as freeware it is my intention to encourage the use of Braille through the game. With this in mind Dotris has been released as Donationware. This means that there is know charge to download the game however users are expected to make a donation to a charity chosen. Users are asked to value the game and donate what they believe its worth to the Clear Vision children's library. A charity which modify printed children's books by inserting Braille text enabling blind children or parents to read the books. Clear vision is a fantastic service which has enabled me to be able to read to my kids. I worry about the decline in Braille skills and trying to raise the profile and money for the clear
Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library
Hi Roger. I've just done some more reading online and its been a little inconclusive but the indications look like the refreshabraille is supported. I did a search for refreshabraille with dolphin screen readers and there were some results which indicated it would work. As Dotris uses the same software to communicate with Braille Displays that the Dolphin line of screen readers does the easy answer is if its supported by Dolphin then it'll work with Dotris. I'd give it a go, see if SAM can find your display. Thanks. Nick. - Original Message - From: Roger devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 5:25 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris,in support of the Clear Vision Library Well if it worked with the APH refreshabraille I would gladly give it a try. - Original Message - From: Valiant8086 valiant8...@lavabit.com To: Nick Adamson n...@ndadamson.com; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library Hi all. I got to be a beta tester for this game. I like it a lot. For the first time I can play a game while talking to someone on Skype. Just mute the sounds and the only problem is the people asking what all that clicking noise is I'm making as I use the buttons on my first generation Humanware Brailliant32 to manipulate the shapes. I can't hear very well. I use two hearing aids at around the range of 90db level. I can talk on skype to people with good microphones and the right kind of voice and surrounding environment, but I totally can't talk and do anything else with sounds at the same time. No audio games, no email, no text chatting. Not gonna happen. I have the Brailliant around to help me with that, but I find it a little too clunky to use for reading emails and various other activities, so generally the expensive display sits forgotten. That was until Dotris came along. I found that Dotris after I got some practice in became awfully relaxing to play. It's just enough challenge to keep me alert but it's one of those games you can just sit back and enjoy, no need to be on the edge of your seat. I know the big issue with this game is that you need a Braille Display to play it. I'm happy that I have one. I'm hopeful that soon the price of them will drop dramatically, I'd like to see more people having the ability to play games like this. I had a good experience testing it. There didn't seem to be hardly any bugs. If you do have access to a braille display, I surely recommend this one. It's an all new kind of fun. There is a tutorial in the game that walks through the basics of playing Dotris, and the braille display goes through the motions being described. Very neat in my opinion. I would say hopefully some day we can figure out a way to make an audio capability for those who don't have the display, but right yet I can't think of how to do it. I played so much when I first got my hands on it I was actually thinking about playing and picturing shapes in my sleep literally. My highest score is 275, but that was done at a time that the game was a little easier to play than it is now so don't consider failure to kick my butt in the case that is so a bad thing. Sent with Thunderbird 14 Portable On 10/13/2012 5:00 PM, Nick Adamson wrote: N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library Hi All. I'm Nick from N A Soft and today I'm pleased to announce the release of our first Game for the blind, Dotris. Dotris is a computer game specifically designed for the blind which is unique in the Blind Gaming arena as it is the only game currently on the market that is played using a Braille Display. Dotris is a puzzle type of game where the object is to build a wall of dots on the left of the display using shapes which fly in from the right. Described as strangely addictive by one of the test team users position and rotate the shapes to build the wall and score points. Dotris doesn't depend on any particular screen reader and is supported on Windows XP, Windows vista and windows 7. It supports over 20 different types of display from the vast majority of Braille display manufacturers as it uses the same Technology used in the Dolphin Computer Access line of products to control the Braille display. I started to develop Dotris as a programming challenge. As a Braille user I've wondered for a long time weather a game like this would be possible using a Braille display. Well it can be done and it's a lot of fun to play. Rather than release the game for users to purchase or release it as freeware it is my intention to encourage the use of Braille through the game. With this in mind Dotris has been released as
Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library
I have been playing this game (as a beta tester) and I have had a lot of fun playing it. Even though I am not all that good at the game (my own issues and not the game itself) I have truly enjoyed playing the game. This reminds me of a very old braille speak game that did something very similar where one had to navigate through a maze using the braille display. This game is very well written and uses some unique methods of using dots in the display. I am still excited to have found this game! -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Nick Adamson Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 5:00 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library Hi All. I'm Nick from N A Soft and today I'm pleased to announce the release of our first Game for the blind, Dotris. Dotris is a computer game specifically designed for the blind which is unique in the Blind Gaming arena as it is the only game currently on the market that is played using a Braille Display. Dotris is a puzzle type of game where the object is to build a wall of dots on the left of the display using shapes which fly in from the right. Described as strangely addictive by one of the test team users position and rotate the shapes to build the wall and score points. Dotris doesn't depend on any particular screen reader and is supported on Windows XP, Windows vista and windows 7. It supports over 20 different types of display from the vast majority of Braille display manufacturers as it uses the same Technology used in the Dolphin Computer Access line of products to control the Braille display. I started to develop Dotris as a programming challenge. As a Braille user I've wondered for a long time weather a game like this would be possible using a Braille display. Well it can be done and it's a lot of fun to play. Rather than release the game for users to purchase or release it as freeware it is my intention to encourage the use of Braille through the game. With this in mind Dotris has been released as Donationware. This means that there is know charge to download the game however users are expected to make a donation to a charity chosen. Users are asked to value the game and donate what they believe its worth to the Clear Vision children's library. A charity which modify printed children's books by inserting Braille text enabling blind children or parents to read the books. Clear vision is a fantastic service which has enabled me to be able to read to my kids. I worry about the decline in Braille skills and trying to raise the profile and money for the clear vision library is my attempt to help slow this decline. As I used to hate reading Braille it's a complete turn around in my attitude to Braille in the last 10 years. Huge thanks to my volunteer test team and to the guys at Dolphin who have allowed me to use there SAM software to control the displays. To find out more about my love hate relationship with Braille and information and links to download Dotris visit the N A Soft section of the www.ndadamson.com website. N A Soft can be contacted through our twitter account @N_A_Soft or via the www.ndadamson.com website. --- 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://mail.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. --- 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://mail.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] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library
N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library Hi All. I'm Nick from N A Soft and today I'm pleased to announce the release of our first Game for the blind, Dotris. Dotris is a computer game specifically designed for the blind which is unique in the Blind Gaming arena as it is the only game currently on the market that is played using a Braille Display. Dotris is a puzzle type of game where the object is to build a wall of dots on the left of the display using shapes which fly in from the right. Described as strangely addictive by one of the test team users position and rotate the shapes to build the wall and score points. Dotris doesn't depend on any particular screen reader and is supported on Windows XP, Windows vista and windows 7. It supports over 20 different types of display from the vast majority of Braille display manufacturers as it uses the same Technology used in the Dolphin Computer Access line of products to control the Braille display. I started to develop Dotris as a programming challenge. As a Braille user I've wondered for a long time weather a game like this would be possible using a Braille display. Well it can be done and it's a lot of fun to play. Rather than release the game for users to purchase or release it as freeware it is my intention to encourage the use of Braille through the game. With this in mind Dotris has been released as Donationware. This means that there is know charge to download the game however users are expected to make a donation to a charity chosen. Users are asked to value the game and donate what they believe its worth to the Clear Vision children's library. A charity which modify printed children's books by inserting Braille text enabling blind children or parents to read the books. Clear vision is a fantastic service which has enabled me to be able to read to my kids. I worry about the decline in Braille skills and trying to raise the profile and money for the clear vision library is my attempt to help slow this decline. As I used to hate reading Braille it's a complete turn around in my attitude to Braille in the last 10 years. Huge thanks to my volunteer test team and to the guys at Dolphin who have allowed me to use there SAM software to control the displays. To find out more about my love hate relationship with Braille and information and links to download Dotris visit the N A Soft section of the www.ndadamson.com website. N A Soft can be contacted through our twitter account @N_A_Soft or via the www.ndadamson.com website. --- 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://mail.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] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library
Hi all. I got to be a beta tester for this game. I like it a lot. For the first time I can play a game while talking to someone on Skype. Just mute the sounds and the only problem is the people asking what all that clicking noise is I'm making as I use the buttons on my first generation Humanware Brailliant32 to manipulate the shapes. I can't hear very well. I use two hearing aids at around the range of 90db level. I can talk on skype to people with good microphones and the right kind of voice and surrounding environment, but I totally can't talk and do anything else with sounds at the same time. No audio games, no email, no text chatting. Not gonna happen. I have the Brailliant around to help me with that, but I find it a little too clunky to use for reading emails and various other activities, so generally the expensive display sits forgotten. That was until Dotris came along. I found that Dotris after I got some practice in became awfully relaxing to play. It's just enough challenge to keep me alert but it's one of those games you can just sit back and enjoy, no need to be on the edge of your seat. I know the big issue with this game is that you need a Braille Display to play it. I'm happy that I have one. I'm hopeful that soon the price of them will drop dramatically, I'd like to see more people having the ability to play games like this. I had a good experience testing it. There didn't seem to be hardly any bugs. If you do have access to a braille display, I surely recommend this one. It's an all new kind of fun. There is a tutorial in the game that walks through the basics of playing Dotris, and the braille display goes through the motions being described. Very neat in my opinion. I would say hopefully some day we can figure out a way to make an audio capability for those who don't have the display, but right yet I can't think of how to do it. I played so much when I first got my hands on it I was actually thinking about playing and picturing shapes in my sleep literally. My highest score is 275, but that was done at a time that the game was a little easier to play than it is now so don't consider failure to kick my butt in the case that is so a bad thing. Sent with Thunderbird 14 Portable On 10/13/2012 5:00 PM, Nick Adamson wrote: N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library Hi All. I'm Nick from N A Soft and today I'm pleased to announce the release of our first Game for the blind, Dotris. Dotris is a computer game specifically designed for the blind which is unique in the Blind Gaming arena as it is the only game currently on the market that is played using a Braille Display. Dotris is a puzzle type of game where the object is to build a wall of dots on the left of the display using shapes which fly in from the right. Described as strangely addictive by one of the test team users position and rotate the shapes to build the wall and score points. Dotris doesn't depend on any particular screen reader and is supported on Windows XP, Windows vista and windows 7. It supports over 20 different types of display from the vast majority of Braille display manufacturers as it uses the same Technology used in the Dolphin Computer Access line of products to control the Braille display. I started to develop Dotris as a programming challenge. As a Braille user I've wondered for a long time weather a game like this would be possible using a Braille display. Well it can be done and it's a lot of fun to play. Rather than release the game for users to purchase or release it as freeware it is my intention to encourage the use of Braille through the game. With this in mind Dotris has been released as Donationware. This means that there is know charge to download the game however users are expected to make a donation to a charity chosen. Users are asked to value the game and donate what they believe its worth to the Clear Vision children's library. A charity which modify printed children's books by inserting Braille text enabling blind children or parents to read the books. Clear vision is a fantastic service which has enabled me to be able to read to my kids. I worry about the decline in Braille skills and trying to raise the profile and money for the clear vision library is my attempt to help slow this decline. As I used to hate reading Braille it's a complete turn around in my attitude to Braille in the last 10 years. Huge thanks to my volunteer test team and to the guys at Dolphin who have allowed me to use there SAM software to control the displays. To find out more about my love hate relationship with Braille and information and links to download Dotris visit the N A Soft section of the www.ndadamson.com website. N A Soft can be contacted through our twitter account @N_A_Soft or via the www.ndadamson.com website. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want
Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library
Well if it worked with the APH refreshabraille I would gladly give it a try. - Original Message - From: Valiant8086 valiant8...@lavabit.com To: Nick Adamson n...@ndadamson.com; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library Hi all. I got to be a beta tester for this game. I like it a lot. For the first time I can play a game while talking to someone on Skype. Just mute the sounds and the only problem is the people asking what all that clicking noise is I'm making as I use the buttons on my first generation Humanware Brailliant32 to manipulate the shapes. I can't hear very well. I use two hearing aids at around the range of 90db level. I can talk on skype to people with good microphones and the right kind of voice and surrounding environment, but I totally can't talk and do anything else with sounds at the same time. No audio games, no email, no text chatting. Not gonna happen. I have the Brailliant around to help me with that, but I find it a little too clunky to use for reading emails and various other activities, so generally the expensive display sits forgotten. That was until Dotris came along. I found that Dotris after I got some practice in became awfully relaxing to play. It's just enough challenge to keep me alert but it's one of those games you can just sit back and enjoy, no need to be on the edge of your seat. I know the big issue with this game is that you need a Braille Display to play it. I'm happy that I have one. I'm hopeful that soon the price of them will drop dramatically, I'd like to see more people having the ability to play games like this. I had a good experience testing it. There didn't seem to be hardly any bugs. If you do have access to a braille display, I surely recommend this one. It's an all new kind of fun. There is a tutorial in the game that walks through the basics of playing Dotris, and the braille display goes through the motions being described. Very neat in my opinion. I would say hopefully some day we can figure out a way to make an audio capability for those who don't have the display, but right yet I can't think of how to do it. I played so much when I first got my hands on it I was actually thinking about playing and picturing shapes in my sleep literally. My highest score is 275, but that was done at a time that the game was a little easier to play than it is now so don't consider failure to kick my butt in the case that is so a bad thing. Sent with Thunderbird 14 Portable On 10/13/2012 5:00 PM, Nick Adamson wrote: N A Soft is proud to release our First title, Dotris, in support of the Clear Vision Library Hi All. I'm Nick from N A Soft and today I'm pleased to announce the release of our first Game for the blind, Dotris. Dotris is a computer game specifically designed for the blind which is unique in the Blind Gaming arena as it is the only game currently on the market that is played using a Braille Display. Dotris is a puzzle type of game where the object is to build a wall of dots on the left of the display using shapes which fly in from the right. Described as strangely addictive by one of the test team users position and rotate the shapes to build the wall and score points. Dotris doesn't depend on any particular screen reader and is supported on Windows XP, Windows vista and windows 7. It supports over 20 different types of display from the vast majority of Braille display manufacturers as it uses the same Technology used in the Dolphin Computer Access line of products to control the Braille display. I started to develop Dotris as a programming challenge. As a Braille user I've wondered for a long time weather a game like this would be possible using a Braille display. Well it can be done and it's a lot of fun to play. Rather than release the game for users to purchase or release it as freeware it is my intention to encourage the use of Braille through the game. With this in mind Dotris has been released as Donationware. This means that there is know charge to download the game however users are expected to make a donation to a charity chosen. Users are asked to value the game and donate what they believe its worth to the Clear Vision children's library. A charity which modify printed children's books by inserting Braille text enabling blind children or parents to read the books. Clear vision is a fantastic service which has enabled me to be able to read to my kids. I worry about the decline in Braille skills and trying to raise the profile and money for the clear vision library is my attempt to help slow this decline. As I used to hate reading Braille it's a complete turn around in my attitude to Braille in the last 10 years. Huge thanks to my volunteer test team and to the guys at Dolphin who have allowed
