accessible-iOS Re: at long last an accessible solitaire game for the iPhone
- From: Jewel <herekittykat2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:44:14 -0400
The first thing you need to know is that the best way to play is by dragging
your finger on the screen, not by flicking left and right. Flicking is, in
fact, not going to do you much good at all, except to see all the cards still
on the table. So, this game starts with, I believe, seven rows of cards, though
I may be wrong about the number. Each row starts with the same number of cards,
with only the bottom card available for play. If you drag your finger from left
to right approximately two thirds of the way down the screen, you will hear the
suit and number of the bottom card. Drag your finger down very slightly to make
sure you are at the bottom of the row. Now, how to play: at the bottom middle
is a button called Pack. This is your deck. Double tap this if you have no more
plays to get a new starting card. Flick left once, or drag up slightly, from
the pack button to see what your current starting card is. To play, you need to
find a card that is at the bottom of a row that is one more or less than the
starting card, then the one more or less than that card, and so on. So say you
start with a three. You need a two or four, so you find the four at the bottom
of the first row. Double tap it and it is moved on top of the three. Moving
this card uncovers the next card up in the row, which can be found by dragging
your finger up from where the last card was. Now, you will need a three or
five. Remember that if you have an ace, you can only go up to a two, not down
to a king, and likewise, from a king you can only go down to a queen and not up
to an ace.
Now here is the trick. Say you have a three and the option to go up to a four
or down to a two. Drag up from each card and see what the next card will be.
The point of this is that if it is something you can use after that card, then
you want to uncover it.
The basic game cannot be won. The point is not to win, but to get as far into
the game as possible. Once you have enough points, you have the option to play
a challenge game, designated by a challenge button. A challenge game can be
won, so if you lose you probably will want to restart it until you win.
Two final notes. Your score and streak number will be approximately in the
upper left and upper right respectively. Along the bottom, in order, are: undo,
redo, restart, new game, challenge, and info. Info is where you can find rules
and settings, along with a few other things.
I hope I have given a good description of the game and that this will help
people enjoy the app. Once you get used to it, you will find the game is quite
VoiceOver friendly and fun to play. At least I think so.
Yours truly,
Jewel
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 31, 2013, at 8:04 PM, Donna <mermaid7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have to agree with Mama Peach & Alex, I have tried everything that Ican
> think of, but there seems to be no single gesture to move the cards. The only
> accessible thing that I have found with this game, is that VO reads
> everything on the screen.
>
> Donna
>
>> Same here. Yes, vo reads the card names and all buttons, but that's it. It
>> never says which stack anything is in, and double tapping randomly does
>> nothing at all. In addition, this is not true solitaire, as far as I can
>> tell, which makes things even more difficult to figure out.
>> On Aug 31, 2013, at 6:51 PM, MamaPeach <mamapeach@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> How do you play it. I have tried every way I can think of to move cards,
>>> but nothing happens. I haven't found it to be very VoiceOver friendly yet.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Jewel
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 6:46 PM
>>> To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: accessible-iOS Re: at long last an accessible solitaire game for
>>> the iPhone
>>>
>>> I have this app and have played it. I like it so far. I find it a little
>>> difficult to find the bottom of each set of cards, but in general is a good
>>> app and is very accessible.
>>> Jewel
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Aug 31, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I know that in the past there've been several discussions about some of us
>>>> wanting a solitaire game for the iPhone. I just thought I'd mention that
>>>> I saw in this week's Flying Blind newsletter that there's a solitaire game
>>>> called One Foundation that Larry says is accessible. I haven't tried it
>>>> yet, I'm about to go download it now.
>>>> Best,
>>>> DonnaWith questions, concerns or issues not related to the topics
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>>
>>
>> Have a great day,
>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
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