[games_access] 7-128 Software new games release

[Barrie Ellis]

Great stuff, Eleanor! Great to see options for blind people steadily 
growing.

Barrie

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From: "Eleanor Robinson" <eleanor at 7128.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:54 PM
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: [games_access] 7-128 Software new games release

> 7-128 Software has just released three new blind-accessible word games. 
> They are:
>
> Sounds Like - a game that helps you learn the correct spelling for words 
> like pare and pair.  A homophone word is given, it is used in a sentence, 
> and the gamer types in the correct spelling for the usage.  If incorrect, 
> the sound alike words with their usage sentence is given along with the 
> correct spelling of each.  People who are blind don't have the visual 
> reinforcement that sighted people do regarding the difference in spelling 
> of words that sound alike and have different meanings.
>
> Spelling Bee - this is just an old fashioned spelling bee.  The word is 
> said, a definition given, and the player has to spell the word.  They just 
> keep spelling words and accumulating score until they miss - and that is 
> game over.  The contest is how high a score you can rack up.
>
> Crossed Quotes - this game is a quotation in which the short words are 
> scrambled, and each of the longer words of the quote has a clue like those 
> given in a crossword puzzle.  The first letter of the clued word is there 
> to help the player figure out what the word is.  Besides, the quotes 
> themselves are fun and inspirational.
>
> We have also put together a Word Scholar GameBook that includes our other 
> word games and the three games listed above.  There are 13 word games in 
> this pack and all but two of them are blind-accessible.
>
> Check them out at www.7128.com
>
> Eleanor Robinson
> 7-128 Software
>
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