[bksvol-discuss] Re: New books and dinnertime conversation.
- From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:42:34 -0500
Hi Ann!
What you said brings back so many memories for me. I can remember my school
friends ordering books from Scholastic and other book vendors--they'd be so
excited. My choices usually were either ask my mom to read the book to me,
or try to convince one of my teachers to read it during "read out loud"
time" which would upset my classmates because they'd already read the book.
You're correct about young people having it easier when it comes to
accessibility. When I was in undergrad and law school, I had a tape recorder
and a Braille writer ... that's it. Oh what I would have given for a laptop
or Braille Note. *smile*
Blessings.
Lynn I and Liberty (my eight-week-old kitten)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:20 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Lost Symbol is in!
Hi all,
Roger, your problem is that you've never been in the position of
sitting with a group of people at a dinner table or in a living room
and having everyone all excited about a given book. They talk about it
and why they liked it or didn't. Being able to enter the conversation
and talk intelligently is a definite plus. Way, way, way, too often
I've been in the position of having to say, "Um, well, no, I haven't
read the book. It's not in an accessible format and I probably won't
get it for a couple of years."
People look at you with pity. They say how awful it is and how badly
they feel that I'm blind and yada, yada, yada! Huh, them's
advanticiously blind or who are younger than twenty, don't know the
half of it, not the half of it. You have it so easy now, guys, you
really do! You just have no idea, none!
If you've got Bookshare, you can go and download it right now, this
minute, and have it on your stream in less than five minutes! That is
so incredible! People talk about Best Sellers, Roger. They want to
know what you think. It's a way to have a conversation with sighted
people on an equal footing. Why do you think The Association for the
Blind Book Club in this city chose to read The Shack by Young? They
did because it is the All Rochester Is Reading book for the year. It
keeps you current. It keeps you in the loop. It keeps you on a level
playing field socially with your sighted peers. Oh, Roger, it is so
very important! Bookshare and the Stream make this possible!
It's the same thing when I check the news on the day of the World
Series. I could care less about baseball or football but I check the
news because I want to be able to talk intelligently about something
everyone's talking about around me. I can't understand this attitude
especially from someone like you. Don't you want to know what the
prolitariate is up to, or do you subscribe to the Wells philosophy?
"All animals are equal but some are more equal than others."
<grinning and poking you gently>
Ann P.
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