[blind-chess] Re: 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: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 15:44:52 -0600

HI Stan,

By all means, spread the word. I think the more people buy the app and give the 
guy good ratings, the better.

Cheers,
Anna


On Feb 4, 2011, at 11:01 AM, stan lovell wrote:

> Anna,
> 
> would you have any objection if I passed your email containing information 
> about this breakthrough to colleagues in the UK Braille chess association?
> 
> Stan Lovell
> 
> Stan Lovell
> 2  Plaxton Court
> Scarborough
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> stan.lovell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Woody Anna Dresner" <wadresner@xxxxxxx>
> To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 5:12 AM
> Subject: [blind-chess] Fwd: VO accessible Chess, Checkers, Draughts and 
> Xaingqi games released for iPhone, iPad & iTouch
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> 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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