[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 21:43:44 -0600

Hi Lewis,

Sorry, but I have no idea whether there's anything similar for Android phones.

Best,
Anna


On Feb 4, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Knightrider wrote:

> Anna,
> Do you know if there is anything like this for the Android?  If not, is 
> anything in the works. 
> 
> On another matter, some phones use the Android with GPS for walking.  I know 
> Verizon has one or two phones that have GPS with the Android operating system.
> 
> Lewis
> "Knightrider"  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Woody Anna Dresner <wadresner@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 4:44 PM
> To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [blind-chess] Re: Fwd: VO accessible Chess, Checkers, Draughts and 
> Xaingqi games released for iPhone, iPad & iTouch
> 
> 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
>> YO12 6QT
>> Tel: 01723 373447
>> 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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