Kind of clickbaity don't you think? While its cool someone's tested the API and it actually works, I don't think you'll find too many getting excited over solitaire. I don't know anyone who plays it, or even knows how to play it.

I know how to play that game and frequently play Spoonbill's version of it.

Yikes! According to the game's statistics I've played it about 2,200 times and win just under half of them.

I agree with ian in post 1. Yes it's just a solitar game for now, but this is just the beginning. Who knows where we'll be a few years from now. We'll actually have games that work with narrator and have sounds and music with them next. You just wait and see. And I too know nothing about solitar but if I could get my hands on this game I'd play with it and try to figure it out. Don't be so negative ironcross, I know we've been let down before, but don't let that keep you from getting excited about this new development. Finally people are starting to listen to us. I know I'm an incurable optimist and that annoys the hell out of some of you and that's okay with me. I tend not to let negative nancies get me down. Have a wonderful day my friends and I look forward to seeing where things go from here.

Most people seeing that title are thinking its related to a game they'd actually play, that's all I'm saying.

To everyone who's saying this is click batey, I disagree. It's a console game and it has TTS, it holds true to the title. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a huge fan of Solitaire either, but it's still a step in the right direction.

I don't have a console at the moment, preferring to use my PC for gaming, but I've always thought that games might be more fun if I could sit back and relax in the living room to play them. One of the reasons I haven't bought a console yet is the lack of truly accessible games on them. While this is only a simple Solitaire card game, of which there are quite a few already, it is the first game that I've heard of that is actually using the built in screen reader to be accessible to the visually impaired, and as far as I'm concerned, that is a step in the right direction, and long over due.

Agreed. They could've done any genre of game... fighting games are known to be enjoyed by blind people if no other genre, so it could've at least been that. But we have what we have, and it is definitely a step in theright direction... but I'm quite frankly tired of people who think blind people can only enjoy either repetetive linear audio adventures which have very limited gameplay, or card, board and other tabletop games. Thank goodness for AHero's Call... that is the most inovative audio game since Swamp, imo.

This response is a perfect example of why very few developers in the main stream games market want to develop audio games. With reactions like the ones you people are presenting, is it any wonder why Valve refuses to make Steam accessible?

At least now I know where to place the blame for the lack of main stream quality audio games. It's not the developers as I had previously thought.

I've said it before, and I will say it again. There is a balance between lack of grattitude, and wanting to dig into explored potential. I can't speak for anyone else, but that's the stance I've always presented. I'm grateful for any advancements made, but if we keep being ok with small, simple games every time someone makes one for us, that is all we are going to get. Why have there been so few games like A Hero's Call? Two reasons, and one is indeed of the developers who had the vision and set out to make their conceptualized game a reality. The other reason we have so few games of that nature is because although people clamer for them, noone actually offers to help in the process...

The reason Valve will not make steam accessibile is not because of this community. It's because they, and most mainstream companies, have never had the time or inclination to make it happen. Nether Realms added tiny accessible cues to their games after Ed Boon met a blind fighting game player at EVO, and that is what it will take to really get accesibility on the map. Valve, Capcom and other companies receive hundreds of emails on a daily basis. One or two of them calling for accessibility won't get much notice, whereas a blind player speaking face-to-face with you is much harder to ignore. Emails are not a real a thing as meeting people... so blaming lack of accessibility of steam on an ungrateful attitude isn't entirely fair. The other side has to have interest in making their platform accessible. That's the root of the problem...

Having said that, I am glad this game is on xbox1. But again, if we keep settling for small, simple games like this when when are we going to get mainstream quality? We aren't, because people will simply see that we are ok with every morsal and crumb we are given if we just roll over and accept whatever we get. And the developers  do play a part in the quality we get... the Japanese audio game developers, few as they are, have consistently produced games approaching if not matching mainstream quality, even though from what I've read, they get responses as ungrateful and negative as some often give in this community. I will say it one more time... I am not ungrateful. If I come of as that way, I appologize.. I simply realize the potential that is wasted.

Why should a developer devote the time and resources into developing an accessible main stream quality game when all they see is an almost total lack of gratitude when a developer shows an interest in making accessible games?

No developer is going to dive in and create a main stream quality audio game until they have tested the waters to see what kind of reception their effort produces.

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if the developer of this game is never seen or heard from again in the audio game arena with the reception their first offering is getting.

No, we don't have to be satisfied with mediocre offerings, but this very negative approach isn't going to convince any developers that we are deserving of some decent quality games.

assault freak brings up valid points, I see what he is saying. we can't jump up and down with joy for every little small thing that becomes assesible. that's why there are hundreds of those text pick a choice games assesible for smart phones, they see how content and happy we are with them, so they keep making them without trying to step outside the box. so I think all assault was saying was, there is a way we can be grateful for this advancement with tts in a game on a main stream console, but we should also be looking to push things forward and not settle for just anything. I love Microsoft man, they are really stepping forward in the right direction for disabled gamers, not just those with visual impairments. and side note, this post was a bit click batey lol I said that before I even read the comment

That is really making a huge assumption that not lots of people play solitaire games. Hell, spoonbill software has a bunch of solitaire games for PC and they are popular enough. I am not saying this is something groundbreaking, but it is a start and it should be welcomed. Why should we think that they wont advance past card games if they do not have a previously build bad reputation? I can understand the skepticism when we talk about known developers, but here we have a game and we are afraid that they will just keep making simple games because everybody is happy. If we see them doing that, alright, I'll support that it's too much same games already. However, unless I see a reason to think like that I wont. We can be skeptic about new developers just because of old developers who have nothing  to do with this.