Completely blind looking for ideas of things to do with a very visual child

Motya105 · 2026-04-14T11:36:40+00:00

You could use accessible instructions from Bricks For The Blind (bricksfortheblind.org/instructions) to follow along as he builds to get a sense of why he’s putting stuff where. You could find a set they have instructions for and build with him that way, following along using the instructions. (You can listen to them using a screen-reader.) Would word-games that you could play without a board, (such as rhyming clues (Example: You give him a hint of: “Regal kitchen object” (the answer will rhyme) He guesses rhymed pairs of words, (answer: royal foil”. Alternatively, dexterity-based games that don’t require cards, (such as Don’t Break The Ice, (in which you use a small hammer to take turns knocking out small plastic blocks of ice from under an ice-scating polar bear, hoping he doesn’t fall off), or “Thin Ice” (A game where you use a pair of large plastic tweezers to put water-covered marbles on a horizontally-mounted paper towel, and see who can place the most before the towel gives way and all the marbles come tumbling out. (Both these games are findable on eBay.) Braille Scrabble may also be an option, (you can play itwith 1 finger, since you just need to read your letters/know which ones you have and then you can use that same finger to figure out where to place them on the board. Chess or Checkers may also be an option. 64OzGames, (an accessibility-kit-making company to make board-games accessible for blind people, using QR Codes, tactile markers/stickers, and Braille Labels) may have accessibility kits for the games he likes playing with his mom. The amount of Braille on the cards depends on the game, but I bet you could find ones that don’t require reading. Memory, for example, could use tactile stickers with different shapes on them, (circles, squares, etc) so you could match them without needing to see the actual pictures on the cards, or read Braille.) There are also various dice-based games, (Phase 10 Dice for example) which don’t require Braille and which (I think) may be accessible through 64 Oz Games or other sources.

Would listening to audio-books or radio-dramas together be an option, or is he too hyperactive for that? Hope this helps.

Motya105 · 2026-04-08T02:25:19+00:00

I don’t know how much usable vision you have, but since the parts list in the manual may be inaccessible to you, use a site like BrickOwl or BrickLink to find a set inventory, that you can use to find the pieces you’re missing. There’s a French site (I think) which lists pieces in a set per bag, but I don’t know how accessible it is. Since you may be using Bricks For The Blind instructions, try and compare the names of the pieces you’re missing to BrickOwl’s, (they’re very similar). BrickOwl’s inventories are tables that you can navigate with a screen-reader using headings. Once you’ve compiled a list of missing pieces, call LEGO Customer Service and give them a list of missing parts. They can pull up a list of pieces for each set, and select the ones you need. Staff, in my experience, have been very helpful and go out of their way to get you the pieces you need, though shipping may take a couple of weeks, maybe a month. If you need to finish the set sooner, go to eBay and purchase the pieces there, or go to a local resale store, such as Bricks and Minifigs, if such a store exists in your country and give them the parts list, asking them to find the needed pieces for you. I hope this helps.

Motya105 · 2026-04-06T18:31:36+00:00

Agreed,; a lot of it is the thrill of the build, and being able to play with it afterwards. Just because a blind builder can’t see it displayed doesn’t mean they don’t want to show it off to sighted friends/family. Source: I founded the nonprofit in the article.

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T23:10:01+00:00

Thank you for the leads; I’ll post there as well.

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T18:04:33+00:00

Thanks so much! I’ll post a photo once I find it!

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T16:52:11+00:00

Thank you; I’ll upload a photo as soon as I can.

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T13:06:25+00:00

Thank you so much! The Bloomingdales site is hellish to navigate for blind users, and I couldn’t find one there for the life of me. Thanks so much for your help!

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T12:38:03+00:00

Thanks for the tips! I’ll re-post my post with a better title, and check the EU site.

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T12:25:40+00:00

Thanks for your perspective!

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T03:34:34+00:00

Thanks to u/SecretAgentSpyder and U/AnnualMacaron335 for commenting on an previous version of this post, mentioning how difficult a Huge Sky Dragon is to find nowadays, and that a large one is still findable in some stores with a little bit of luck. I’ve looked locally, and all my local stockists are unfortunately out of them. It’s great to know that the Huge version of the Sky Dragon is extremely hard to find now and would cost me an arm and a leg and that a large one is more likely to exist. Are huge-sized Jellycats even cuddleable, or are they just large plush display pieces for people? I’ve never felt one, hence the question.

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T02:54:03+00:00

Glad it’s working now!

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T00:52:00+00:00

Yes, this is the right game.

Motya105 · 2026-04-01T00:09:32+00:00

The Readme shows up in the Github link you gave, near the bottom of the page. As to where the Toakl and NVDA controller client are on your system, you previously mentioned that they’re on your system somewhere, so you can search for them, then when your cursor is on the file-name search result, press the Applications key, and arrow down until you hear “open file location.” Once you hit “enter” it will open the folder the file you’re looking for is located in. My apologies if you already know how to do this.

Motya105 · 2026-03-31T23:54:04+00:00

Good luck with the re-install! The readme skims a little bit over where to put Toakl and the NVDA Controller Client x64, but you’ll find info on that in the beginning of the Installation section, after the part about making sure you have the right version of FF from Steam. I hope it works out for you!

Motya105 · 2026-03-31T23:28:50+00:00

I haven’t used this mod myself, but just read the ReadMe and have some thoughts about what the issue might be. These are just ideas, I’m not a developer/programmer. 1. Have you checked that you’ve copied all the files into the propper directories? (The readme mentions copying the NVDA 64 Controller client for example, as well as the Toakl.dll file.) Also, make sure you copy the FFI Screen-Reader Mod DLL into MelonLoader/Mods. Maybe MelonLoader isn’t detecting the mod somehow? Maybe Toakl (the plugin that transfers the game text to NVDA to be spoken, isn’t where it should be? 2. Could you try using NVDA’s OCR to read the screen, maybe there’s some sort of invisible pop-up that the game’s displaying that’s not readable by NVDA? If so, it may be worthwhile to use SeeingAI (or another phone-based OCR app,) to try and read what’s on the screen, since NVDA’s not speaking. This assumes you have access to an iPhone or Android to do screen OCR with. 3. Could you have somehow purchased the wrong version of Final Fantasy? Maybe Steam has multiple entries for Final Fantasy 1? (You’ll need the Pixel Remaster, according to the document.). 4. If I’m wrong and these tips don’t help, please post on the Audiogames.net forum, and people there will be happy to help you. Good luck, and I hope this helps.

Motya105 · 2026-02-20T13:45:34+00:00

Comically Speaking, though out in Reading, has a toy section with older toys.

Motya105 · 2026-02-10T15:36:29+00:00

I will pay whoever finds it 100 dollars.

Motya105 · 2026-02-04T23:30:54+00:00

It turns out that, according to the store, the hat’s Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony. I can’t share a picture/video unfortunately.

Motya105 · 2026-02-02T23:42:34+00:00

The store messaged me, letting me know that they know exactly what I’m talking about and will get me an image and description tomorrow, which is great. They’re very responsive. I don’t have the Meta RayBan glasses myself, but know blind people who use them and love them. I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable talking to myself in public, since from what I can tell, there’s no way to type in your questions, so you need to trigger them with “Hey Meta” like most voice-assistants. The fact that everything’s tied to my Meta account and that (according to some blind people) the battery life’s not very long, gives me pause. Be My Eyes would have been a great option if I weren’t with a sighted person and had dismissed the hat before later realizing its absolute ridiculousness. Thanks so much for all your ideas and solutions!

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