Thanks for this information. I just wrote to the developer as well because the game is certainly unplayable as it is. If they are building a self-voicing option, that would probably be terrible for deafblind folks who use a braille display to play the game, so I brought that up as well. I'll let you know what they say.
best, Anna > On Sep 20, 2021, at 1:36 PM, Debby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Alison, > > Yes indeed this is definitely an update that broke things. I wrote to Blue Ox > Family Games, the developer of 7 Little words, and below is the response I > received: > > Hi Debby, > The latest version of 7 Little Words does use a slightly different version of > Voice Over which allows us to extend this game across both the iOS and > Android platforms. As such, there are some modifications and we realize we > have done a poor job of communicating them and are rushing a build out to > remedy this. > > First off, here are the touch commands for navigating the game board for each > puzzle: > * swipe right and left to advance through the screen elements as before, but > now you can swipe down and up to jump between the major screen sections (back > button, clues, answer/spelling, tiles) > * use a two finger tap to switch between reading by word or letter and two > finger swipe to advance through each clue > * when you select a tile as part of an answer, you remain in the tile > section, which should reduce the number of swipes you need > > To note, the two-finger tap to switch the reading by word or letter will be > switched to a three-finger tap in the next build as it sometimes caused > confusion with the two-finger swipe. > > We have hired a blind accessibility contractor to help us make it as > accessible as possible but we greatly appreciate your feedback on how we can > do this better. Your feedback on the click noise for each move is something I > will get addressed in a forthcoming build, so that if you decide to turn off > the "sound effects" in the game, it will turn off this clicking sound as you > swipe through the board. > > Please let us know if this is helpful and again appreciate any additional > feedback you might have. > > Eric > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of CJ > & AA MAY > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 1:50 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: new Seven Little Words > > I have always enjoyed this word puzzled game on my iPhone but the recent > changes are really making it frustrating to play. The enhancements make it > much slower and it also seems to jump about. 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