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Your Move/Readers Write: Blind Go Online? Go in Oscar-Nominated Short

Blind Go Online? "A friend of mine recently lost his sight, and I helped him get some go equipment," writes Michael Redmond 9P. "Do you know of any method for the blind to play go on the internet? Since we can expect a blind person to take some extra time, I think a correspondence system for time such as the one OGS has would be good," Redmond says. "The problem is how to input the moves and check the position, I guess. I know that there are voice- controlled browsers, so I think it should be possible to have the moves voiced as coordinates, but I could be missing something. Surely someone has had this problem before?" Email your suggestions to us at journal@usgo.org 
Go in Oscar-Nominated Short: "In the film "Stutterer" (UK/Ireland), one of five films nominated in the Short Films category for the Academy Awards this year, there is an extended scene with the protagonist and his father playing go," reports Peter Schumer. "BTW the movie is excellent on its own terms as are the other four nominated films." still from "Stutterer"