Free Computer Games for the Blind

Playing it by Ear

With screen readers available the blind population is online as much as the general population. A few programmers have seen the need for accessible audio games for the blind.

Several sites offer free games or free demos to download. I enjoy quite a few of these games and spend a lot of time trying to beat Boggle or just playing solitaire, a pastime that is new to me.

Visit the Kitchen's Inc. web site for free games created by Jim Kitchen. 

The games include windows self voicing games for those who do not have access to a screen reader. They range from Mach 1 Jim Kitchen's rendition of the Atari car racing game Pole Position to The audio Version of Pong. An audio version of Bopit and a golf game are also yours for the download.

Mach 1 is a racing game with 8 tracks to choose from and a car that is driven at speeds up to 225 mph. All this is done by hand ear coordination. , to check out these and other free windows sapi5 text to speech games on the Kitchen's Inc web site such as, Casino in which you can play poker black Jack or a slot machine. Your ears may get tired but you will undoubtedly have fun. With Board games such as Monopoly, Life, and Yahtzee to choose from you will enjoy computer games for hours on end

At the Games for the Blind Web site you will find free 15 day trial versions of self voicing games Such as battle ship, Yahtzee, Word scramble, Simon and black Jack. 

All these games are played by using keyboard commands and are voiced by the Eloquence speech synthesizer. . If you find you simply must have the complete version of these games the price is very reasonable at around $20 per game.