So cool to see the resources available to blind folders! Back in the day, verbal-only instructions were called “telephone origami” because they could be taught over the phone. (For the younglings out there, a “telephone” was sort of like an iPhone, except it had two parts connected by a curly wire and you couldn’t carry it very far.) My favorite telephone origami was Alice Gray’s rendition of Fred Rohm’s “Star of David,” which we reprinted in OrigamiUSA’s The Fold a few years back:
https://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/star-david-moneyfold-fred-rohm <https://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/star-david-moneyfold-fred-rohm> Robert > On Jan 30, 2023, at 7:32 AM, Anna via Origami > <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote: > > Lindy wrote about The Accessible Origami Project - www.accessorigami.com > <http://www.accessorigami.com/> > > Thank you Lindy for pointing out this project. There are quite a couple of > blind folders out there. It is good to know a great resource like this one. > It is very true, that text only instructions need to carry a lot more > information that texts that are only meant to accompany pictures. I guess it > would be a good exercise for everyone teaching Origami to write a set of text > only instructions. <snip> Maybe [ChatGPT] can't give you proper phone folding > instructions yet, but it might still be able to help us create new Origami > designs. In any case, the future just came a step closer. > > Best regards, Anna > > Am Mo., 30. Jan. 2023 um 14:24 Uhr schrieb Lindy van der Merwe > <steph...@iafrica.com <mailto:steph...@iafrica.com>>: > I have not worked with the app yet, but find this topic very interesting > since, as a totally blind folder, I have been creating text-only > instructions for a while now. > > You can find them at www.accessorigami.com <http://www.accessorigami.com/> > > From the main page there is a link with some other sites and authors as > well. I think there may be a difference between instructions that don't > rely on pictures, diagrams or other visual input at all, and those text > instructions that refer to some accompanying visual elements. > > I think this might be applicable to lots of "how to" questions one > could ask from the app? > > Kind regards. > > Lindy van der Merwe - Cape Town, South Africa > > The Accessible Origami Project - www.accessorigami.com > <http://www.accessorigami.com/>
