Speaking of which, has anyone actually purchased this ball? Any idea on the price? It doesn't sound bad, but I'd love a discription of it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "FigureInTheCloak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 1:02 AM Subject: Re: audyssey: Braille Rubik's Cube > 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 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/
