[Nfb-krafters-korner] pictures

[Eva Adams]

Hey that photo album sounds awesome.  Where did you find an album that you 
can record a message on?  I have used braille labeling tape, and label the 
pictures so that I know what they are.

Eva
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] pictures


> Everyone thought I was crazy when I wanted to give my brother and his wife 
> a
> photo album.  Both of them are totally blind and everyone figured that 
> they
> could not get any enjoyment out of it and it would just sit in the closet.
> But it turned out that it was a great gift.  The album allowed you to 
> record
> a message for each page.  So as people gave them pictures and told them 
> who
> or what was in it they could record a message on the page where the photo
> was displayed.  This allowed them to know what was there and then be able 
> to
> add any additional comments when sharing the pictures with family and
> friends.  I've always said that I was going to do this for my self, but 
> just
> haven't gotten to it.  Hmm, now they have digital photo frames that you 
> can
> add MP3 recording of short message.  I'm yet to see one of these as I'm
> guessing they are out of my price range right now.
>
> Annette
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 3:15 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] pictures
>
> I believe you can get great enjoyment out of pictures even if you are
> blind.
> It is one of those things that you interact with the sighted  world.
>
> Someone here mentioned about the families sharing pictures and with the
> others talking about what they see in a picture brings back your memories 
> of
> the events and you can take part in the conversations with those sighted
> folks.
>
> My son went to the Bahamas within a year of me going blind.  He  brought 
> his
> pictures of his vacation and left them in the car.  He later  took them to
> my Mom's house to share them with her.  I heard about this a  few days
> later.
>
> I contacted him and asked him next time he came for a visit if he would
> please bring the pictures with him.  He did and we sat for a long time 
> with
> him describing the pictures and the good time he had going there.  Before
> he left that day he told me he thought about his trip and realized that it
> did  not just include what he saw in the Bahamas, but the sounds of the
> music, waves  and the taste of the foods and drinks and the smells of the
> sea and culture of the island.  With his descriptions of his photos I 
> shared
> his experience of  a good time.
>
> Joyce
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