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Lego Braille Bricks Put the Alphabet at Blind Children's' Fingertips

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 01 2019, @11:58PM   Printer-friendly
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Lego fans have always known the colorful plastic bricks are more than just toys. They're worlds waiting to be created. Lego is now expanding its universe even more with a new project, Lego Braille Bricks.

The customized bricks are molded with studs that correspond to letters and numbers in Braille, but are also fully compatible with regular Lego pieces. Lego hopes to encourage blind and visually impaired kids to learn the reading system through interactive games and play.

The Braille Bricks kits contain around 250 pieces covering the full alphabet, plus numbers and math symbols. "To ensure the tool is inclusive allowing sighted teachers, students and family members to interact on equal terms, each brick will also feature a printed letter or character," Lego said in an announcement on Wednesday.

We're super excited to introduce LEGO Braille Bricks – a new product from @TheLegoFoundation that will help blind and visually impaired children learn Braille in a playful and inclusive way! pic.twitter.com/48cqYEZ54t
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) April 24, 2019

Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/lego-braille-bricks-put-the-alphabet-at-blind-kids-fingertips/

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Mykl on Thursday May 02 2019, @03:07AM

    by Mykl (1112) on Thursday May 02 2019, @03:07AM (#837659)

    Screw you and your deliberate misreading of the intent here. Some other quotes from TFA:

    The Danish Association of the Blind first proposed the idea to the Lego Foundation in 2011. Brazil's Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind brought it up again in 2017

    This is something that Blind associations have been asking for

    Lego said they "will be distributed free of charge to select institutions through participating partner networks in the markets where testing is being carried out."

    They are giving them away for free, at least for now.

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