[blind-chess] Fwd: VO accessible Chess, Checkers, Draughts and Xaingqi games released for iPhone, iPad & iTouch

  • From: Woody Anna Dresner <wadresner@xxxxxxx>
  • To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 23:12:37 -0600


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> Greetings All,
> 
> Today Apple approved and released the accessible version of Marcel Nijman's 
> Chess-wise Apps! As Scott Howell and I mentioned last week, Marcel has been 
> working to make his Chess App VoiceOver accessible. In addition, Marcel 
> modified three of his other game apps to make them VO accessible. Those Apps 
> are: Checker-wise, Draughts-wise and Xiangqi-wise. These apps are all now 
> available worldwide in the App Store and in the following languages: English, 
> Spanish, Russian, German and Dutch. Marcel plans to add Polish in the next 
> update.
> 
> Each of these four Apps is a universal App, which means they will run 
> correctly on the iPhone, iTouch and iPad. Also, each App has two versions: A 
> Free and a Pro version. The differences between the Free and Pro versions are 
> clearly defined in the "Description" section of each App's page in the App 
> Store. Personally, I would urge you to consider purchasing the Pro version of 
> any of these Apps in which you are interested. The price is only US $2.99 for 
> the Chess and Checker Apps, and only US $1.99 for the Draughts and Xiangqi 
> Apps. I believe Marcel is the kind of developer who deserves our support one 
> hundred percent.
> 
> I've not tried the 3 other games yet, but I can tell you the Chessboard and 
> Chess pieces are now recognized and read aloud by VO. You can navigate the 
> board using a one-finger swipe, or you can just slide one finger around the 
> board and VO will announce the coordinates and the name of a piece if one 
> occupies that square. To make a move, use one finger to locate the piece you 
> want to move, then double-tap. VO will announce "Selected." Now use one 
> finger again to locate the destination square and double-tap again. Please 
> note that this is considered a first version of this game in it's accessible 
> form. While Marcel has made the heart of the App accessible, it is a very 
> feature-rich App which will require additional coding to make it fully 
> accessible. Marcel has asked that those of us who use the Apps provide 
> feedback to him so he can continue to refine and update the accessibility 
> features.
> 
> Here is a link to Marcel's App Gallery in the US iTunes store:
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/marcel-nijman/id337888122
> 
> Here is a link to Chess-wise Pro in the US App Store:
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chess-wise-pro/id351303981?mt=8
> 
> Here is a link to Chess-wise FREE in the US App Store:
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chess-wise-free/id367318028?mt=8
> 
> Personally, I'd like to thank everybody on this list who provided feedback 
> for Marcel, and I'd especially like to thank Scott Howell and Geoff Waaler 
> who took the initiative to also contact Marcel directly and who corresponded 
> regularly with him over the past 12 days.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bryan
> 
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