Hey cool! That was really nice of him! For some reason, I like that better than the braille ball thing that Walmart is selling, although I might just get it too. I like the fact that it's a full, six-sided cube and is a pattern like a dice instead of kuky numbers or whatever the Walmart one is. That's just so "toy for the blind", and this is much more like an equivalent to what sighted people play.
LOL You don't suppose he could make more of them, do you? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 4:11 PM Subject: audyssey: Braille Rubik's Cube > Hi Folks, > A sighted friend made us a Braille Rubik's Cube for Christmas. > He used round head carpet tacks nailed into a standard cube. > Unfortunately he also used the dot pattern he found on a Braille dice so > put > one dot in the center of each of the first side's 9 blocks. > And put six dots in the sixth side. > I thanked him for doing it but suggested a different pattern would be > better. > This is because his two and three felt the same except for the center dot. > It was also harder for me to feel the difference between the five and six > than that of the others. > > Here are some of my suggestions: > 1. no marks on the first side. > 2. one dot centered on the second side. > 3. three dots in a diagonal on the third side. > 4. four dots in a wide set square pattern on the forth side. > 5. four dots in a narrow set diamond pattern on the fifth side. > 6. five dots in an X pattern on the sixth side. > This way he would use less carpet tacks and each pattern would have more > of > a distinct outside shape. > > Other suggestions are to use a heavy metal staple as a bar or a round > washer > as a ring. > Or to use a small round carpet tack for side two and then a large square > tack for side three. > > Has anyone worked out the best patterns for a blind person to feel? > Phil > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindgamers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
