The bookshare guys could put a notice out for it in the next newsletter. Then people could go to other places on the net and link to it and stuff. It might help. _____ Why settle for the lesser evil? Cthulhu for president! ----- Original Message ----- From: "boomerdad" <boomerdad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 11:47 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Bookshare's Purpose in Your Eyes > I'll see if I know anyone who might be interested/able to do it. Making no > promises, but I'll see what I can see. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kellie Hartmann" <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:57 AM > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Bookshare's Purpose in Your Eyes > > > > Hi Boomerdad, > > I don't think the comic book idea is stupid; lots of people love them and > I > > don't see why blindness should change that. My best friend's sighted > husband > > has a favorite comic and he likes to describe the cartoons to us, even > > though he has to translate the text from Dutch which is what they're > written > > in. I really enjoy that because the comic is *extremely* funny and often > > what is silly in the pictures can be conveyed very well through > description. > > The only problem is that this would require some very dedicated > > comic-adoring sighted volunteers. I'm almost sure there would be no > > copyright issue. > > Kellie > > > > > > >