I just tried accessing the below iTunes link and get a message that "your request could not be completed." Could someone else in Canada confirm if these apps are avalable in Canada? I may be just doing something wrong here.
Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-02-03, at 10:24 PM, Bryan Jones <openses...@me.com> wrote: > Greetings All, > > Today Apple approved and released the accessible versions of Marcel Nijman's > Chess-wise Apps! In addition, Marcel modified three of his other game apps to > make them VO accessible. Those Apps are: Checker-wise, Draughts-wise and > Xiangqi-wise. These apps are all now available worldwide in the App Store and > in the following languages: English, Spanish, Russian, German and Dutch. > Marcel hopes to add Polish, Czech and French translations in the next update. > The viphone mailing list, Scott Howell and Geoff Waller in particular, were > instrumental in providing input, feedback and other information to Marcel > during this process. > > Each of these four Apps is a universal App, which means they will run > correctly on the iPhone, iTouch and iPad. WHile there is a free version of > the Chess-wise App, I would urge you to consider purchasing the Pro version > to support Marcel's work. The price is only US $2.99 for the Chess and > Checker Apps, and only US $1.99 for the Draughts and Xiangqi Apps. I believe > Marcel is the kind of developer who deserves our support one hundred percent. > > I've not tried the 3 other games yet, but I can tell you the Chessboard and > Chess pieces are now recognized and read aloud by VO. You can navigate the > board using a one-finger swipe, or you can just slide one finger around the > board and VO will announce the coordinates and the name of a piece if one > occupies that square. To make a move, use one finger to locate the piece you > want to move, then double-tap. VO will announce "Selected." Now use one > finger again to locate the destination square and double-tap again. Please > note that this is considered a first version of this game in it's accessible > form. While Marcel has made the heart of the App accessible, it is a very > feature-rich App which will require additional coding to make it fully > accessible. Marcel has asked that those of us who use the Apps provide > feedback to him so he can continue to refine and update the accessibility > features. > > Here is a link to Marcel's App Gallery in the US iTunes store: > http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/marcel-nijman/id337888122 > > Here is a link to Chess-wise Pro in the US App Store: > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chess-wise-pro/id351303981?mt=8 > > Here is a link to Chess-wise FREE in the US App Store: > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chess-wise-free/id367318028?mt=8 > > Cheers, > Bryan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
