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Blindfold Games: Braille #2 ( http://sable.madmimi.com/c/12318?id=507510.24292.1.02de96acc6e51c1531b609d11966b94b )
Marty Schultz, 08 Nov 09:50 AM

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Last week, I described why we picked Blindfold Spin and Solve as the starting point for a braille contractions game.

Blindfold Spin and Solve has over 12,000 phrases, such as “A BLESSING IN DISGUISE”.  To prepare the game to use contracted braille, I created a dictionary of all words in the phrases – about 8,000 of them – and used software created by Duxbury Systems to convert the word to its contracted form.  Thanks to Neal and several people at the Hadley school who helped with the conversion.

Next we had to come up with a set of rules on how to play the game.  In Blindfold Spin and Solve, you can either buy a vowel, or spin the wheel to determine your prize, and then guess a letter.  You can also guess the entire phrase.

In Braille Spin and Solve, you can buy a dot pattern, a vowel, or spin the wheel to determine your prize, and then guess a letter.  You can also guess the entire phrase.

As you swipe from word to word, the game tells you how many letters in the uncontracted wo...

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Blind Abilities Podcast: Who won the race? ( http://sable.madmimi.com/c/12318?id=507510.24294.1.40b0e159c76f1738fa971005eda13333 )
Marty Schultz, 04 Nov 11:27 AM

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Blind Abilities presents this follow up interview with Project Starfish after their successful completion of the first ever Blindfold Racer Championship.

Join Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane and their guests, Nazreen, Labisha and Karl,  as they break down the challenges and achievements of this unique worldwide competition. The challenge spanned  60 countries and thousands of participants in the first undertaking of its kind in the blindness community. Hear about the workings of this huge undertaking and the true sense of community that it yielded.

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Also, learn more about Project Starfish and how it might provide meaningful  ca...

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