There are a couple of examples of Studs Not on Top (KNOT?) Building in this floor: the window shade, and the arch over the doorway. There goes the habit of a lifetime.Įach section is introduced ‘We are going to build the ground floor we will now build the doorway’ etc. The other thing I needed to adapt to fairly quickly was referring to studs as ‘knobs’. Diction is clear, and before long, you understand a few conventions: The description considers the way you view a model from on top – with horizontal typically referring, in this set, to rows moving from front to back, and vertical referring to the appearance in columns. The voice used by LEGO® Audio Instructions is emotionless and mechanical in its tone. The closest thing to a rare part would be the roof top sun shade, seen in the second bag. I was delighted to see that apart from the minidolls and the canvas used at the end, there are NO exclusive elements in this set. The box contained 2 bags, an instruction booklet and a sticker sheet. I opened the box, which did give me an unfair advantage in knowing what to expect the final model to look like. Swiping with two fingers toggles color mode. Left swipe: next section, right the previous section. This is slightly different on the iPhone, where an up swipe reads the next line, down the previous. ‘C’ – color mode: toggle reading out the color of the part requested.Up arrow – return to start of current section/subbuild.Down Arrow: start next section/subbuild.Space bar: repeat the most recently read line.The program started by reading out a rundown of the set, and the instructions for the audio instructions: and occasionally some phrases seemed to run words together, but it was no worse than any digital assistant’s voice to listen to. The language was reasonably clear, but impassive. To start with, I went to, and selected the the list of sets available. I would use my laptop, with the lid partly closed, so I could not see the screen, to play the audio instructions. So, I decided to keep the blindfold off, and have the parts in front of me for selection as the instructions called for them. However, I did not wish to make a mockery of the system, by blindfolding myself, and attempting to identify elements by feel, when I have no real experience of attempting to deal with LEGO bricks in this way. Now, I did not have a vision impaired person available close at hand on the afternoon I was looking to perform the build. I had a copy of 41365: Emma’s Art Studio, provided by the LEGO Group at my request earlier in the year, close at hand, so I thought I test the system out. In the current pilot program, Audio Instructions are available for LEGO Classic: 11001 Bricks and Ideas, LEGO Friends: 41365 Emma’s Art Studio, The LEGO Movie 2: 70821, Emmet and Benny’s ‘Build and Fix’ Workshop and the LEGO City 60207 Sky Police Drone Chase. A couple of months ago, the LEGO Foundation Launched a pilot program to test audio instructions – a tool to enable visually impaired children to build LEGO® sets.
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