Code Jumper Aims to Jumpstart Computer Science Interest for Kids Who Are Blind

Microsoft announced plans to transfer the research and technology behind Code Jumper, a physical programming language that is designed to be inclusive of children who are blind or low vision, to the American Printing House for the Blind. Code Jumper is based on a Microsoft research effort called Project Torino, and it’s meant to give kids ages 7 to 11 an introduction to coding. APH plans to make Code Jumper available in Australia, Canada, India, the UK and the US this year, and to distribute it worldwide ov