Hi Jim,
My view is that as Fritz is a commercial program and was not designed
specifically for blind persons it should only be tackled by expert screen
reader users and persons who have used specifically designed chess programs
such as winboard and K chess who now want to take a very big step up and try
a much more sophisticated commercial program. I would argue perhaps
controversially that for a blind person to operate this program effectivley
they would need, the following
1. To be An expert screen reader user with many years of experience.
2. Excellent computer skills especially with handling and editing text and
pgn files and a good understanding of formats such as FEN and PGN.
3. Above average intelligence, most blind people would find Fritz too
difficult to operate.
4. The right version of Fritz as in my view versions 9 and 11 with tweaking
are accessible. Versions 12 and 13 use ribbons and are much harder for a
blind person to use and most people would argue they were inaccessible. I
don't have any experience of using versions above 13.
5. Computer with Windows XP or Windows 7, I have no idea how Fritz and its
versions work on Windos 8.1 and Windows 10.
To summarize Fritz is a tough nut to crack but it certainly can be done with
perseverance, however you need versions 9/11 circa 2008 which may be dificlt
to obtain. Bear in mind that a lot of commercial chess programs are totally
inaccessible.
regards,
Mark Hague
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Leventhal" <jaylev7@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:45 PM
Subject: [usbca_chess] Is Fritz Accessible?
Hi Everyone,
I just received a request from a woman asking if she should buy the
Fritz chess program for her son. Is anyone using it with a screen
reader? Is it easy to use?
She also asked about KChess Elite, which obviously is accessible.
Thanks,
Jay
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