Microsoft’s Project Torino helps visually impaired kids participate in coding classes

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Published onMarch 15, 2017

published onMarch 15, 2017

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As it stands now, teaching younger children how to write code is still a new art – certainly not one that’s been perfected. One of the primary ways to do it takes the form of programs like Scratch, which has users arrange pieces of code together in colored blocks. Microsoft’s Project Torino plans to bring that concept to the physical realm, opening up coding avenues for the visually impaired and other challenged learners.

Project Torino–a physical programming language for kids with visual impairments to create codehttps://t.co/xlRLZwgfQWpic.twitter.com/y12dKSZp8m

— Microsoft Research (@MSFTResearch)March 15, 2017

Microsoft wrote up a blog post talking about the inception and development of the project, and it’s an excellent read. The researchers behind Torino insist that development was a group effort with the children, noting that “We thought we were going to be doing something for them but we ended up designing with them.”

The beta period for Project Torino isn’t here yet, but the Microsoft Research team has put up a mailing list to sign up forif you’d like to stay up to date on things. When the team starts offering units for testing, you’ll get notified.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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