Wizard Challenge Game

[bohcoo]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The 
Healing Force)" <n2fgc at a...> wrote:
> 
> [Lee, Grinning]:
> 
> Well, bohcoo, as a totally blind user, I have no idea even how to 
get to the
> Platform.  My screen reader only does text, so the Scholastic site 
is more
> of a head-ouch than fun.  So, I look for any text-base quiz, etc.
> 
> Sometimes, Scholastic has their text in graphical format which 
doesn't
> translate through the screen reader, so what looks like a whole 
page of quiz
> to you translates into a single blob called "Graphic." <Grin>
> 
> I will say that the HP Lexicon is a lovely place to be for us with 
screen
> readers...Thanks, Steve!
> 
> Later,
> 
> Lee (Who hopes she can really get some sleep
> tonight...maybe...possibley...Right!) :-)


Bohcoo replies:
I didn't realize you are totally blind, Lee. You are teaching me 
something new here: Does a screen reader let you hear what I am 
typing right now, or are your reading it with braille? I don't mean 
to sound stupid -- I am just unfamiliar with the technologies 
available to visually impaired folks.

The Wizard Challenge Game IS a word-thing vs. a graphics-game-thing, 
but it could be that since the questions and answers zoom onto the 
page with a little sound effect, it could translate as the graphics 
blob. Bummer.  

Have you always been blind or do you have memory of seeing? And, wow, 
I can only imagine what Hogwarts and all the characters must "look" 
like to you! Does the screen reader describe the maps and things like 
that from sites like the Lexicon? (Or, maybe that isn't such a good 
idea -- sometimes things don't look the way they sounded on paper!)

Warm regards,
Bohcoo