Here is a chess game that works very well with screen readers that is reasonably priced:
KChess Elite by Arkangles.
The author, Rob McDonell, created KChess with both blind and sighted people in mind. It is suitable for beginners and expert players alike.
If you would like my Window-Eyes 4.5 set files for KChess Elite 4, down load the file "elite4-we45.exe" here:elite4-we45.exe (updated 09/25/03)
If you would like my Window-Eyes 4.2 set files for KChess Elite 4, down load the file "elite4.exe" here:elite4.exe (updated 01/14/03)
This is a self-extracting zip file that will default to c:\wineyes\users\default. If you did not install Window-Eyes in the default folder, you will need to edit the folder accordingly.
elite4-readme.txt Click here to read the readme file included in the elite4.exe file
If you would like my most recent set files for using KChess Elite 3.x with Window-Eyes, click here:
kchess-3-sets.exe KChess Elite set files (updated 11/30/02)
This is a self-extracting zip file that will default to c:\wineyes\users\default. If you did not install Window-Eyes in the default folder, you will need to edit the folder accordingly.
If you like to play games, Jim Kitchen is a blind programmer who has done a lot of fun games for blind computer users. He has written them both in MS-DOS and Windows and he offers them free of charge at: Jim Kitchen's home page
Click here for the zip file "vb40032.exe" (updated 12/17/02)
The zip file contains Window-Eyes sets in which I labelled the install button in Jim Kitchen's setup program so you wouldn't have to hunt around with the mouse keys to find it. This is a self-extracting .exe file that will default to unzip the sets to c:\wineyes\users\default. If you did not install Window-eyes in the default folder, you will need to edit the path accordingly.
Cris Cross TechnologyCrissCross Technology has a free solitaire game that works with any screen reader. It doesn't need set files. They use words instead of graphics for the cards and the best thing about their game over the one Microsoft provides is that you can use the up arrow to figure out what cards are in each stack.
Here is the Harry Potter game for the BrailleNotes.
HARRY.Z8
Ultimate Cribbage, crib552.zipSince the site that used to host this has become almost impossible to navigate due to the pop up ads, I decided to make it simple for folks to down load it directly from my web site.
This game requires you to use the mouse keys quite a lot. However, it is a very good cribbage game and has a setting to use the Microsoft Speech engine and good sound effects. I have written sets for it that help in reading the cards dealt etc. You can down load the sets here, cribsets.exe (updated 01/19/03)
This is a self-extracting zip file that will default to c:\wineyes\users\default. If you did not install Window-Eyes in the default folder, you will need to edit the folder accordingly.
Here you can read the crib.txt file
Last updated: September 15, 2007