Category Archives: Games

Vocola commands for interactive fiction

Posted on July 4, 2013 by hand2mouth

It’s possible to dictate into many interactive fiction interpreters, such as Win Glulxe or Windows Frotz, but there are occasionally glitches–words run together, or the correction command doesn’t work right. These commands minimize the possibility of run-together words by inserting … Continue reading →

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King’s Quest 3 Redux: Point-and-click/switch access goes retro

Posted on June 11, 2013 by hand2mouth

I can’t really play computer games outside of interactive fiction. That’s all right, though; I’m a word person, and playing the contemporary games reminds me of playing things like Moonmist vicariously on my neighbor’s Tandy. I was also interested in … Continue reading →

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Tazti review: ready voice commands, “lite”

Posted on March 25, 2011 by hand2mouth

IMPORTANT: The following is currently not a handsfree command program. You need a way to move the mouse cursor and send keystrokes.

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Vocola commands for Tetris

Posted on September 7, 2009 by hand2mouth

These commands apply to the version of Tetris I mentioned in Play Tetris with your voice. # Voice commands for tetris New game = {F2}; flip (left = {NumKey8} | right = {NumKey5}) 1..4 = $1_$2; drop = {NumKey2}; (pause … Continue reading →

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Play Tetris with your voice

Posted on September 3, 2009 by hand2mouth

I felt like playing a game today; I’ve not been feeling well and couldn’t really concentrate on anything. While I could have browsed around for more interactive fiction games that worked with Filfre and thus with Dragon, I was too … Continue reading →

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TextTwist: an accessible word game

Posted on December 1, 2008 by hand2mouth

I’ve always been good at word games. There’s something calming about the act of unscrambling a word, then correctly assembling it. It’s not rocket science, but it’s a great distraction. So, I thought I would check out the downloadable version … Continue reading →

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