Development Team:Mirza Nagji Tony Penta Jessica Whitley Ryan Hillman Ian Quattlebaum Quentin DuboisJack Enloe Client: Gary Bishop

PurposePurpose• To create an educational

game for blind students.• To create an environment

that will cater towards someone who is blind to make things easier.

• To create a game that increases in difficulty to strengthen students typing skills.

• Most importantly to make a game that will not only teach, but make it fun to learn how to type on a keyboard.

We divided the team into three groups to maximize efficiency…

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• develop a conceptual framework for how the game works

• takes care of all major and minor details of the game.

• will design the user interface

• takes care of initial problems blind students may have with starting the game.

• will deal with actual development of the game.

• this includes sounds, timing, etc.

• Any IBM personal computer available.

• The game will be coded in a Microsoft visual studio environment in C#.

• We will make it available from our web page for download.

• Microsoft Text-to-Speech

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Let’s the user enter their name and will use Microsoft Speech to vocalize it.

A set of preferences that set the game.

Runs the game…

• To make things easier, the interface will read the preferences and guide the user.

• Also the cursor will advance automatically to the next field when the Enter key is pressed.

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Game Specifics• Sound cues will alert the user of which letter,

combination of letters, or words that must be typed into the keyboard in order to advance in the game.

• Lower levels and missions will be of minimal difficulty, while advancement through the game, and subsequent higher levels and missions will require more skilled keyboard knowledge by the user.

• Positive reinforcement will be utilized when the student makes a mistake. A message that will guide the student to the right keys (in lower levels and missions) or a simple “try again” message (in upper levels and missions) will be used when the user makes a mistake.

• The game will be organized in such a manner as to create an enjoyable and educational medium for students to become familiar with all keys on the keyboard

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