LEGO Braille Bricks Support Additional Languages
The LEGO Group has announced special top-up package solutions to its LEGO® Braille Bricks – Play with Braille set, to expand the number of languages covered by the set. The Play with Braille set has been available in languages including English, Spanish, German, Italian and French. Special ‘add-on’ packs have been added to the Pick-A-Brick services which expands the English and Spanish sets to support Danish, Swedish,...
Audio & Braille LEGO Instructions Library Expanded
Back in 2019 the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation announced a pilot scheme to make LEGO® building more inclusive by making set instructions available in both audio and braille formats. The scheme was inspired by LEGO fan Matthew Shifrin, who was born blind but loved to build LEGO sets. So his friend would write down the building steps, which Matthew would be able to read on a Braille reader. This formed the basis of LEGO Audio &...
Audio & Braille LEGO Instructions Set To Be Piloted
As builders of LEGO® we take our sight for grated, our pastime is a largely visual medium. From reading the instructions, finding the right elements and putting them together. Sight plays a key role in building LEGO sets, but lack of sight doesn’t mean budding builders should miss out. Which is why the LEGO Group is set to pilot the use of audio and Braille building instructions. The scheme has been inspired by two friends....
LEGO Are Set To Introduce Braille Bricks Kit
The LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation are set to introduce a unique new brick which is inspired by Braille. The concept behind LEGO® Braille Bricks was first proposed to the LEGO Foundation in 2011 by the Danish Association of the Blind and again in 2017 by the Brazilian-based Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind. The kit features a classic 2×4 brick but the studs on the top are laid out in the same configuration has Braille...
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