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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by inerg on Monday August 28, 2023 @10:59AM (#37295118)
Interestingly Lego just announced they're releasing a block set to help kids learn Braille. From what I can tell it comes with 5 full sets of alphabets and numbers so you should be able to form most words. But I could be misreading the product description haha

I figure it's worth throwing out there in case anyone was curious to learn it and finds having the tactile option of putting the blocks together as potentially helpful

https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/play-with-braille-english...

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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by Y_Y on Monday August 28, 2023 @11:50AM (#37296021)
Good, since previous sets were limited to an unusable subset like "⠿" ("for").

I believe they also encourage learning to read Braille with your bare feet in the middle of the night.

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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by roflc0ptic on Monday August 28, 2023 @12:03PM (#37296246)
It’s remarkable how much sympathetic pain the phrase “stepping on a Lego at night” causes
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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by bombcar on Monday August 28, 2023 @12:17PM (#37296463)
This set has been out for years, but previously was only available via specialty channels, and almost unheard of in the USA.

It's good to see it get a wider distribution, even if many will be snatched up by AFOLs (adult fans of LEGO) to build weird contraptions.

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