idea for a different deck

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 16 Feb 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

dolphingirl	16 Feb 2002
Hi I was thinkiing has there ever been a deck for the blind? You could do a neat one with different textured papers and inks and braile print? What do ya think :) ? Just a thought :) Samantha

raeanne	16 Feb 2002
I know there are braille playing cards 'cause I use to play cribbage with a blind friend. We used cards that had both printed text and braille code. Nice cards, good friend, classic cribbage matches!

kayne	17 Feb 2002
That would add a very interesting new dimension to a deck, wouldn't it? I suppose it would be tricky to shuffle... The cards could be quite thick and strong... you could get a silk (cotton, velvet - you choose...) bag with them and you could put the cards in the bag, shake 'em round, and pull them out one by one a bit like runes...

Liliana	17 Feb 2002
I know someone somewhere was working on this idea, but I cant for the life of me find the web page for it :P

truthsayer	17 Feb 2002
i don't know if i'm the person you were thinking about but i did a post months back about doing a deck specifically aimed at filling the needs of ppl w/ disabilities. one of my probs w/ current decks is the unreasonable amount of physical perfection in the cards. for example, why couldn't the high priestess be in a wheel chair? to me a deck in braille makes sense but i don't know if there is a marketable need for ppl who are visually impaired to have their own divination system. i think runes or other systems that could be used tactilely are more practical than cards but that doesn't rule out cards. my experience w/ most visually impaired persons (they prefer being called VIPs) is that they all don't know braille, many spent a part of their life sighted, many still have light perception and could still read cards w/ a magnifying glass or other technological assitive devices, some keep constant human companions that could assist w/ a reading, and there seems to be more VIPs as the the population ages. i know this is more info than you want to know but i think it's a cool idea even for the sighted. have card images textured to lend a new depth of sensual perception.

.dc	18 Feb 2002
interesting idea... how about an American Sign Language/ Braille deck. braille imprintts with a counterpart sign as the imagery. this way, you get like 3 decks in one... standard and interesting tarot deck, a guide to divination by sign language and a new deck all at once. i know there are braille typewriters out there... and with a set of blank cards with sign lanugage images pasted on them could be really neet! if anyone does this, i'd like to know. blessed be, .dc

.dc	18 Feb 2002
this way, you get like 3 decks in one... standard and interesting tarot deck, a guide to divination by sign language and a new deck all at once. oops... that was supposed to read and a braille deck as the 3rd point... stup!d modify post button wouldn't work correctly on this browser. thanks and sorry, .dc

Logiatrix	19 Feb 2002
what a way KEWL idea! methinks this could be the start of somethin' good! hmmmm... :)

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