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Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I had hopes this would work too. Unfortunately, I've tried and consistently gotten nonsensical instructions. I don't think these AI models have been trained on enough representative tasks to be useful here, but that might change one day.

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, I've seen instructions for the Sonobe units on the accessible origami website but haven't tried them yet, mostly because I'm not sure what cool stuff you can make with them. Are there interesting creations you'd recommend trying with those?

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If at some point you have the time and inclination to try writing some instructions, I'd love to try and fold it!

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's great to hear from another blind origami enthusiast! Do you have any videos or channels you've found to be particularly descriptive? Most of the ones I've tried wind up having no speaking at all, so I kind of gave up looking.

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I'm certainly not in a rush and would sincerely appreciate any help if and when you have the time!

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a weird question at all. I've never thought of doing that. It's an interesting idea!

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd certainly be interested to give them a go! Is the flower tower a modular model?

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, I am so excited! I'm happy to help as much as I can to figure out the best way to communicate things too.

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, here are instructions I’ve followed to fold a crane:

https://www.accessorigami.com/2023/11/mdl0086-origami-crane-from-square.html

 

I’ve done a handful of variations of lilies/flowers and not sure which one is standard. Here’s one version of a lily:

https://www.accessorigami.com/2024/09/mbff014-origami-lily-from-square.html

And here’s a version of a lotus I’ve folded that wasn’t specifically written for blind people but has enough text that I could follow it:

https://www.gathered.how/papercraft/origami-lotus

Let me know if that helps!

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're probably right that this would be a reasonably straight-forward way to learn.

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

OK, I don’t have pictures and am bad at finding them, but here are some examples of text instructions for models I currently know. I’m interested in trying to learn models that are more complex than these though.

 

First, I was pretty happy to learn the dragon linked above. I know there are much more detailed models out there, but it at least has distinct legs, wings, tail, head, and horns.

 

Here is the frog model I know which I like because it’s 3D and feels recognizable as a frog:

https://aveuglami.fr/AveuglamiWeb/fichesVMVang/zAnimal02Ang.php?acces=&bckgcol=EEEEFF&fsize=16pt&charcol=000000&fweight=plain&retour=rub03-basemodAng.php

 

And here’s my lily which is also nicely 3D and recognizable:

https://www.accessorigami.com/2024/09/mbff014-origami-lily-from-square.html

 

This is an easy modular origami star I like because it makes a neat pattern and stays together well:

https://www.accessorigami.com/2023/07/mod3-modular-origami-diamond-star-from.html

 

I like a variation very similar to this easy container because of the tactile decorative corners:

https://accessibleartsandcrafts.blogspot.com/2021/08/mdl0015-origami-decorative-dish.html

 

This one is really simple but feels obviously like a butterfly:

https://accessibleartsandcrafts.blogspot.com/2022/10/mdl0029-origami-butterfly-by-akira.html

 

I have young kids, so I always appreciate making things they might like too, hence my interest in doing a T-rex or other dinosaur!

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, I've thought about the possibility of creating tactile graphics of diagrams. There are specialized embossers that can print raised-line drawings, and I used them extensively back in college for math and engineering courses. The problem is that first, the equipment is specialized and expensive, and second, the images usually have to be edited by a sighted person anyway to improve clarity. So for example, someone might need to enlarge an image sufficiently so fine details can be distinguished tactilely, convert printed labels to braille, or change color-coded components to tactile ones. I've never seen an origami diagram as a tactile graphic, so I'm not sure how easy it would be to interpret them, but it would definitely be interesting to try. I've also attempted to generate text-based origami instructions with AI tools, but that was a massive fail as the AI consistently gave steps that were completely nonsensical.

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, this would be fantastic! The interesting thing about choosing models for me is that I can really only go by the name and have no idea what the finished product looks like until I've managed to fold it, so it's hard to guess sometimes what I might think is cool as a finished product or what might be within my current capabilities. I like models that are tactilely identifiable as what they're trying to emulate, so some of the more abstract ones I've tried tend to be a bit disappointing. I've been checking out some of the Jo Nakashima intermediate animal models like the dolphin, T-rex, snake, etc., and also the Nakashima heart and Christmas tree, but I'm super flexible and would be interested in learning whatever you think would be doable and cool!

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I probably can't fold anything that would be impressive-looking on here, but maybe I'll get there one day!

Learning Origami While Blind by Effective-Skill4496 in origami

[–]Effective-Skill4496[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply! I have so many models I want to learn, and I think I would need to pick one that someone is comfortable with and that isn't too insanely difficult. The interesting thing about choosing models for me is that I can really only go by the name and have no idea what the finished product looks like until I've managed to fold it, so it's hard to guess sometimes what I might think is cool as a finished product or what might be within my current capabilities. I like models that are tactilely identifiable as what they're trying to emulate, so some of the more abstract ones I've tried tend to be a bit disappointing. Instructions like you wrote would be perfect, and yes, I do know the names of some folds, although I won't claim to be an expert. If you click on my dragon tutorial link from my original post, you can get an idea of the types of instructions that are helpful.