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Showing posts with label Android accessibility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android accessibility. Show all posts

9.7.20

A complete list of android accessible games for blind and visually impaired | part 3

Accessible games for Android , Accessible games for the blind
A complete list of android accessible games for blind and visually impaired | part 3
Today I am going to share a complete list of Android accessible games for the blind and visually impaired players. This is part 3 of this series. you may also like part 1 or part 2. Accessible games are specially designed for the people with disabilities, fully supported with screen readers or games are equipped with their own accessibility features.
Unlike video games, accessible games use sounds or text labels for different actions, events, objects and game controls. Following is a complete list of accessible games to play with your Android device.

Blindscape

Blindscape is a role-playing audio game designed by Gavin Brown. The game has a serious and emotional storyline where a disappointed man living in an authoritarian society wants to escape his life by ending it. It is completely free without ads or in-app purchases. Although the game is completely sound-base, it contains HD graphics for the sighted players.
Blindscape comes with its own accessibility features, just grab your headphones, explore the screen and immerse yourself in the world of sounds.
Click here to download

Blood and snow (choices game)

Blood and snow is a role-playing interactive novel develop by Delight games. Delight games teamed-up with author Rashelle to turn her novel blood and snow to a text-adventure game. As you progress through the story, you make choices for the main character of the novel Snow White. It is a complete package of comedy, romance, thrill, vampirism and drama.
The goal is to survive till the end and unlock almost 50 achievements. Use your screen reader’s regular reading commands to play the game.
Click here to download

Champion of the god

Champion of the God is another interactive novel by Jonathan Valuckas designed by Games of choice LLC. The goal will be to save your people in a battle. You will encounter soldiers, monsters and other rivals on the battle fields of harsh landscapes inspire by mythical Greek. It is a  completely text-based game without graphics and sound effects.
You can play as a male, female or others your choices will control the storyline. Use google talkback or any other screen reader to play the game.
Click here to download

DigiXmas

DigiXmas is an android app developer who design a bunch of mini accessible games listed below:
You can visit this page for more apps and games by DigiXmas.

Idle crafting kingdom

Develop by MetalPop games, crafting kingdom is One of my favorite games, where you build production sites and craft various resources such as logs, coal, iron, stones, sault, gold, and others. You can craft these sources into more valuable items and sell them in the market-place for gold. There are plenty of quests to complete and earn powerful rewards. Also, you can expand your storage space and build your own state.
This is a completely free game with some ads. You can watch these ads to earn various rewards such as gems to buy production sites or boosts to double your production speed. Alternatively, you can avoid these ads all together and enjoy crafting! The game comes with build-in accessibility features, tap your screen  3 times with 3 fingers in the main menu to enable/disable accessibility.
Click here to download

Accessible Chess

Numerus accessible chess games are available for blind and visually impaired android users. I have listed below some of them.

Asia empire 2027

It is the year 2027 and you gain the control over the existing government after a big uprising. Your goal is to become a supreme leader of Asian empire conquering all the 50 countries. With excellent leadership skills, strategy and tactics you will make your empire economically and militarily superior to all others. You can attack other countries, increase your spy activities, use diplomatic channels to sign peace treaties and military alliances.
A wide variety of weapons are available to multiply your military power such as Tanks, artillery, ships, submarines, helicopters, fighter jets, anti-air missiles, fighting robots, ballistic missiles and others. Game supports single-player mode to play against smart AI enemies and multi-player mode to play with up to 7 human players and 21 AI players in each world. It is fully compatible with Google talkback or any other screen reader. All the buttons and controls are properly labeled making the game accessible for blind and visually impaired players.
Click here to download

Choice game library

Delight games’ choice game library is a collection of 65 interactive stories where you make choices for survival, love, fame, wealth and more. You will play the role of main character of the game, make tons of decisions, unlock dozens of achievements from challenging to playful and increase your reading skills.
Like other interactive novels, choice game library has complete screen reader support for the blind and visually impaired players. Just click the link below, install the game and enjoy!
Download choice game library

Crazy bat

Crazy bat is an audio adventure game where you take the role of a bat trying to escape. your job will be to fly on a constant speed between the pillars and different obstacles without hitting them. It gets harder as you progress through the game. This game is appropriate for both children and adults. It has some CD quality sound effects for every action, event and object.
Turn off your screen reader before playing, the game has its own accessibility features automatically turn-on during the gameplay.
Click here to download
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5.7.20

A complete list of android accessible games for blind and visually impaired | part 1

Accessible games for Android , Accessible games for the blind
A complete list of android accessible games for blind and visually impaired | part 1



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Today I am going to share a complete list of Android accessible games for the blind and visually impaired players. You may also like my previous post COVID-19 and blindness. Accessible games are specially designed for the people with disabilities, fully supported with screen readers or games are equipped with their own accessibility features.
Unlike video games, accessible games use sounds or text labels for different actions, events, objects and game controls. Following is a complete list of accessible games to play with your Android device.

Fifteen-puzzle




Fifteen-puzzle



Developed by DigiXmas, Fifteen-puzzle is completely accessible for the Google talkback users. "It is a sliding puzzle that consist of a frame of numbered square tiles in random order with one tile missing. The object of the puzzle is to place the tiles in order by making sliding moves that use the empty space. This is a part of Pinocchio game collection: a collection of accessible games."
Use left and right gestures to move around the tiles. Double tap the tile next to empty space to move the tile on an empty square.
Click here to download

A blind legend



A blind Lagend



Developed by Dowino with the help of A French radio station, blind legend is a first mobile adventure game for blind and visually impaired or for anyone wants to have sensory experience of an audio action game. You will play as a blind knight Advert Blake guided by your daughter Louise. You must have to find your way amongst different traps while fighting dangerous enemies.
The game has its own accessibility features, sounds and indicators for different events and places. You have to Turn the talkback off before playing.
Click here to download

Academy of disaster




Academy of disaster


Developed by Hosted games, academy of disaster is an interactive novel by Maxine Janerka where your choices control the story. It is completely text-based game without graphics and sounds. In this game, you have to investigate your classmate's murder, fall in with the mob and dig through your family's shadowy past.
You can choose how to investigate or play as a male or female. All the buttons and game controls are properly labeled so you can Use your normal Talkback reading gestures to play the game.
Click here to download

Accessible goose game



Accessible goose game



Develop by Fabian Arias, Accessible goose game is a legendary game of tables played with chips and dies. The computer will choose a random opponent from internal database. The game is that the geese compete to get first to the farm.
The players throw the dice, and the number they touch will be the boxes the goose will move. In each box you will find prizes and punishments, good or bad luck. All kind of adventures in the field. To reach the goal they have enter with right number of dice. If a larger number is issued, the remaining boxes must be returned.
Click here to download

Accessible memory





Accessible memory is designed by David Nemeth for those who want to improve their memory. You can enhance your memory by searching different pairs of cards. The player will Choose between different numbers of cards and types of pairs. Currently, there are four table sizes are available to choose from: 3x4 and 4x5 for all supported devices and 5x6 and 6x6 for larger screens only.
Also, you can choose your cards with different colors, numbers, sound effects and pictures. Accessible memory is a multi-lingual application supporting English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. All the provided functions of game are completely accessible for the talkback users.
Click here to download

Accessible tennis game



Accessible tennis game



Developed by Fabian Arias, Accessible tennis game is a sports game adapted for the blind and visually impaired. Real human voice will instruct you while playing. Explore your screen to detect the ball and hit with your racket.
You will play with your opponent like a professional court. Hundreds of fans will be there to cheer you up and take you by the game.
Click here to download

Audio game hub



Audio game hub



Develop by Sonnar Interactive LTD, Audio game hub is  a set of experimental audio games that use audio as their primary interface. It is designed for both sighted and non-sighted players. It provides a medium to develop and improve motoric, auditory and memory skills by training players in an amusing and motivating way.
It includes several games such as animal escape, bomb disarmer, super Simon, blackjack, slot machines, archery, hunt, samurai, animal farm, blocks and others. The game does not support talkback but it  has its own accessibility features, sounds and audio indicators for the blind and visually impaired players.
Click here to download

Audio speed



Audio speed



Audio speed is a high-speed racing game where pilots race not cars but starships on different orbital tracks with high gravity, hyperspatial acceleration and hazards such as nebulae. You can choose between single race and tournaments modes. In single mode you can race on your favorite track out of five.
Remaining two tracks are available in tournament mode only. Also, you can choose your favorite starship with different acceleration, speed, maneuverability armer and robo-navigator. The game is completely supported with Google talkback.
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Audio Game: Wizard's Choice



Audio Game: Wizard's Choice



Develop by Delight Games, it is an audible version of the first volume of wizard's choice, the popular and beloved text adventure game. It was recorded by professional voice actor, Matthew Posner. It is a simple but addictive game. You will play a wizard in this interactive novel, set in a medieval fantasy world.
You will Struggle to Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasures, and smite evil. It is a series of RPG interactive novels that will engross you in a story while allowing you to make the decisions that will determine your fate. You can easily play the game with your regular talkback reading gestures.
Click here to download

AudioWizards: accessible audio game



AudioWizards: accessible audio game



Develop by MyTrueSound Oy, AudioWizards is an arcade action game with two different modes. you can decide to play story mode to embark on an audiotastic journey to defend the world of Sondveiw. You have to master the sounds to defeat the elemental imbued monsters together with your guide Sondaman. The game contains 20 fully voice acted story levels.
If you are Not in the mood of a story, you can Challenge yourself and your listening skills in the endless challenge mode to strive for the highest score and crown of master wizard. Google talkback is not fully supported with the game. Turn off talkback while playing, the game has its own accessibility features automatically turned on during start-up.
Click here to download

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24.4.20

Five best websites providing free resources to blind and visually impaired

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Five best websites providing free resources to blind and visually impaired

There is so much out there for blind and visually impaired people, but unfortunately, useful resources and information that they often need is not at one place and we have to do a lot of research before we can get advantage of these resources. So, we have tried to put some useful websites together that can hopefully help others like myself.

Blind Help Project

Blind help project is an independent non-profit resource for blind and visually impaired community. It consist of a volunteer team of students working under the slogan of "envisioning brighter tomorrow through the lens of technology" Almost all BHP team members are partially or totally blind, So according to them, they can better understand the problems and challenges hindering the progress and independent living of people with limited or no vision across the world.
They are running a website to provide hundreds of articles, games, quick podcasts, softwares, tutorials and some other resources for Android, IOS, Lynix, Mac OS and Windows from 2014.

Cool blind tech

Cool blind tech founded by Nelson Régo in 2012 and incorporated in 2015 as a non-profit organization. Like Blind help project, Cool blind tech is also produced by a team of blind and low vision experts who worked hard to provide necessary information and resources free of cost.
Cool blind tech as they said, "YOUR SOURCE FOR THE BEST ASSISTIVE TECH NEWS, REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS FROM TOP BLIND AND LOW VISION EXPERTS" working to provide latest news and podcasts related to assistive technology: how to make main stream devices such as IPad, IPhone, Android and tablets accessible for blind and visually impaired and also how to use windows computers or Mac with screen reading softwares.

Hadley institute for the blind and visually impaired

Founded in 1920 by William Hadley, an educator who lost his eyesight later in life, Hadley provides distance learning opportunities for anyone with visual impairment, their families and professionals working with them free of charge. Hadley serves nearly 150,000 individuals each year, reaching 50 states of America and 100 countries of the world.
Hadley is also the largest educator of Braille worldwide and provides different courses/trainings high school diploma and family education programs covering multiple topics from daily living tasks to professional training, different hobbies to recreational activities, languages to history of the world etc.
It offers reading material in a variety of accessible formats such as Braille, large print, audio and online through their website. After completing a course, students receive credit hours and a certificate of completion. Hadley's instructors and professionals also arrange different seminars, webinars and audio/video tutorials on various topics.

RoboBraille

RoboBraille is an e-mail and web-based service available to vision and reading impaired people to automatically transform important documents to accessible formats free of charge. It was originally created by Synscenter Refsnæs (the National Centre for Visually Impaired Children and Youth in Denmark) and Sensus ApS. Today, the service is developed and operated by Sensus and RoboBraille Outreach, a non-profit association.
Since its launch in 2004, RoboBraille offers four categories of services:
Braille services: transcription of different documents to contracted and non-contracted Brail in various languages.
Audio services: it converts different audio/video formats to plane mp3 and daisy talking books in multiple languages.
E-book services: Documents can be converted in to both EPUB and Mobi Pocket (Amazon Kindle) e-book formats. Moreover, EPUB can be converted into Mobi Pocket and vice versa.
Accessibility services: Inaccessible documents such as image files in GIF, TIFF, JPG, PNG, BMP, PCX, DCX, J2K, JP2, JPX, DJV, image-only PDF and all other types of PDF documents can be converted to more accessible formats including tagged PDF, DOC, DOCX, Word XML, XLS, XLSX, CSV, TXT, RTF and HTML. The service furthermore supports conversion of Microsoft Office documents into tagged PDF and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into RTF files and web-projects.

CareerConnect

CareerConnect is an employment information resource developed by the American Foundation for the Blind for job seekers who are blind or visually impaired. CareerConnect provides employment information, career exploration tools, and job seeking guidance for individuals with vision loss and the professionals who work with them.
It may help to Explore Jobs for Individuals Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Develop a Resume or Personal Data Sheet, Prepare for a Job Interview, Disclose a Visual Impairment to a Potential Employer and Improve Employment Outcomes by Utilizing Career-Related Lesson Plans.

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