[bookshare-discuss] Re: Lovely response from an author of a graphic novel
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:26:30 -0700 (PDT)
Cool. That would be great. Still time-consuming, but
useful and game-playing people might be willing.
G.Cindy
--- Phil Vlasak <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
> I remember a few years ago hearing about a web site
> that had a game of
> identifying graphics.
> A sighted person looked at a picture and then typed
> in what they saw in the
> picture.
> If they guessed correctly, they got a point.
> I think the top point earner got a prize.
> This game created a data base of descriptions that
> could then be used for
> alt-text attached to the graphic.
>
> I can imagine a similar web site for graphic novels.
> Each sighted person looking at the first frame of a
> graphic novel would have
> to describe it in text before going to the next
> frame.
> Then, the most common description for each frame
> could be used to create a
> text version of the graphic novel.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> "Shelley Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Lisa
> Friendly"
> <lisaf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:05 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Lovely response from an
> author of a graphic
> novel
>
>
> > I'm sending this to everyone because I think it
> was so
> > nice that the author/artist of Laika, the graphic
> > novel that Shelley wants to read, responded to my
> > letter. Unfortunately, as he explains, there is no
> > straight text that can be sent to bookshare.
> That's
> > not the way he works.
> >
> > It seems to me that the only way a graphic novel
> can
> > get to those of you who are blind would be if NLS
> or
> > some organization could get actors to read it. To
> whom
> > would one make such a suggestion? More and more
> > graphic novels are being produced, and especially
> for
> > children and young adults, it would be nice if
> they
> > were available.
> >
> > G.Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- Nick Abadzis <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Nick Abadzis <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: Re: Laika
> >> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:15:30 +0000
> >> To: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Dear Cindy,
> >>
> >> Sorry it's taken me a little time to reply. I've
> >> spent the last
> >> couple of days struggling to come up with a
> viable
> >> solution to the
> >> problem you outline. In truth, you've caught me
> at
> >> an abnormally busy
> >> time, so when I can get a spare little while,
> I'll
> >> consider the
> >> situation more fully.
> >>
> >> I was saddened to learn of the situation with the
> >> member of your
> >> organization, as I'd really like for her to read
> my
> >> book. It's
> >> definitely a disadvantage of this particular
> >> communications medium
> >> that it can't be easily converted into another
> >> format. I wish I could
> >> say there existed a strightforward "script" to
> the
> >> book;
> >> unfortunately, that's not the way I work - apart
> >> from an early six-
> >> page outline, there never was typed manuscript as
> >> such. The early
> >> drafts of the story exist mostly as 'thumbnails',
> >> tiny scribbled
> >> drawings with lots of ballooned dialogue. There
> is a
> >> fair amount of
> >> writing too of course, but it all got boiled down
> >> and absorbed by
> >> telling as much of the story as possible through
> >> pictures.
> >>
> >> There is actually a beta of a website I am
> preparing
> >> based on some
> >> lectures I did last year (URL below) that
> explains
> >> my working method
> >> (go to the 'About' section and you can see the
> >> outline I mentioned
> >> earlier, plus a whole bunch of other stuff).
> >>
> >> http://www.nickabadzis.com/laika/
> >>
> >> None of this helps your member, of course, which
> >> will probably be the
> >> most frustrating answer I can give. For that, I
> can
> >> only apologize.
> >> As I say, if I can figure out a way of converting
> >> what exists into
> >> something that can be read in a reasonably
> >> satisfactory manner by
> >> someone either partially sighted or blind, I will
> of
> >> course be in
> >> contact again. So, 'til then, I'm working on it.
> >>
> >> All the best,
> >>
> >> Nick Abadzis
> >>
> >>
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