[blindlaw] {Spam?} {Disarmed} Blindfold Games: If you can see, then you are a bad listener

[David Andrews]

Right you are!

Dave

At 01:31 PM 7/27/2016, you wrote:
>These messages are going to a lot of our 
>lists.  The information is probably acceptable 
>on some lists but not on others.  I am Guessing 
>that Dave Andrews is likely already on 
>this.  Best regards, Steve Jacobson 
>-----Original Message----- From: BlindLaw 
>[mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Charles Krugman via BlindLaw Sent: Wednesday, 
>July 27, 2016 10:14 AM To: Blind Law Mailing 
>List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> Cc: Charles Krugman 
><ckrugman at sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] 
>{Spam?} {Disarmed} Blindfold Games: If you can 
>see, then you are a bad listener I totally 
>agree. Where is our moderator when we need him? 
>Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Gerard 
>Sadlier via BlindLaw Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 
>2016 5:12 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: 
>Gerard Sadlier ; Blindfold Games Subject: Re: 
>[blindlaw] {Spam?} {Disarmed} Blindfold Games: 
>If you can see, then you are a bad listener Hi 
>All, I think these blindfold games emails are 
>spam and would prefer not to receive them on 
>this list. Perhaps those of you (if any) who are 
>interested could join a dedicated list? Many 
>thanks. Kind regards Ger On 7/27/16, Blindfold 
>Games via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> 
>wrote: > If you can see, then you are a bad 
>listener > ========== > > When I created the 
>tutorial for Blindfold Racer, I was really 
>confused why > blind teens had no problem 
>understanding the tutorial, and sighted adults > 
>would get confused. > > I added more pauses 
>("tap the screen to continue") between each 
>tutorial > instruction, or more tried rephrasing 
>the sentence, but they just didn't > understand. 
>Then an auditory therapist mentioned that 
>sighted adults lose > their ability to listen 
>and comprehend without seeing something to > 
>reinforce > what they are learning. Blind people 
>can't rely on their sight, so their > auditory 
>attention skills are far superior. > > The 
>therapist continued to explain to me that 
>visually impaired people > develop their 
>auditory cortex in lieu of using their visual 
>cortex. > > I learned the true extent of this 
>when I collaborated with Judy Dixon (who > runs 
>the Talking Book program at the Library of 
>Congress) to build a > Blindfold Sudoku game. If 
>you are unfamiliar with Sudoku, the basic idea > 
>is > that you must fill a 9×9 grid with digits 
>so that each column and each row > contains all 
>of the digits from 1 to 9 with no 
>duplicates. > > When I play Sudoku, I need to 
>see the entire puzzle to solve it. Blindfold > 
>Sudoku tells you what number is in each cell, or 
>row, or column and from > that, you must create 
>the image in your head. Blind Sudoku players 
>are > able > to do this; very few sighted people 
>can. > > My blog follows the development of 
>audio games and other technologies that > 
>we’re building that don’t require using your 
>eyes. It’s a different way of > perceiving the 
>world, and it’s amazing what you can 
>learn. > > Check out our blog, where you can 
>download any of the games for free: > 
>BlindfoldGames.org ( > 
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