Thanks Jim, glad to hear they fixed that. Since I'm still new to the whole
Apple world and the iPad interface, I'm going to start with Shredder, since
I know it's fully accessible, and then later on I'll get the others.
I miss my old Talking Chess Challenger, and, for now at least, I just want
to get back into playing some games against an accessible talking computer.
But I will look at the others in the not too distant future.
And I will call you if I have any problems using Shredder.
Thanks again.
Evan
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 7:21 PM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Question About Shredder App
Hi Evan,
Shredder automatically reads the opponent's move when you make your
move. You can also see the last move your opponent made by taking your
finger and dragging it along the right edge of the screen under the
display of the board. When you get the app, schedule a Skype call with
me. I'll walk you through it if you have trouble. I also would
recommend that if you want to play on the Free Internet Chess Server,
pay the few dollars and get ChessWise. And if you want to choose from
over 200 chess books to read on your device, get the app called Chess
Viewer. You can then purchase fully accessible chess books that
include FEN diagrams from the well known chess publisher Everyman
Chess. The books range in price from under seven dollars to thirty
dollars. Most books are between ten and twenty dollars. Unfortunately,
though, with ChessWise, if you want to add friends on the Free
Internet Server, I've only been able to do that through WinBoard, but
it only takes a few seconds to add a friend to your friends list, and
ChessWise will tell you if they come online.
Thanks.
Jim
On 5/4/16, Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Guys,
I know that some of you use Shredder. I just got a new iPad Mini 4 last
week, and I was reading about the Shredder app. I’m really looking forward
to trying it out. It looks like it’s fully accessible, but I read that the
only problem with it is that the computer doesn’t read its most recent move.
You have to go down the list of moves to see the last move it made. Is this
still the case? I’m going to get the app soon anyway. I was just wondering
if that had been fixed.
Thanks much.
Evan
