[Nfb-krafters-korner] Touch of Yarn

[River Woman]

not gonna bother with that - will just have to scan the entire book and bo 
from there. lesson learned, I guess.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Touch of Yarn


> Maybe you can exchange it.
>
> Terry Powers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 8:35 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Touch of Yarn
>
> I thought the book would include visuals AND verbal descriptions - like 
> any other book I would purchase. Just wanted to let anyone else know there 
> is nothing but TEXT in it so to save a world of time and effort, I would 
> have bought the downloadable one instead of the large print one. I cannot 
> read the print at all, and will have to scan every page and use JAWS to 
> read it - I HATE to do that!  So much time and effort, when I could have 
> just seen the visuals with my CCTV instead. So, if anyone else out there 
> plans to get this book, just want to let you know it is text only so you 
> don't have to scan it all like I will have to do.
>
> to make this book more marketable the author definitely needs to include 
> the sighted world into the context of the book - would make sales much 
> higher if the book was accessable to blind and sighted folks alike. That 
> would be SO EASY to do -
>
> Obviously, when the book is publised in 18 point text, one would expect 
> the book to be sold to people who can read 18 point text and therefore 
> would expect PHOTOs or illustrations. Does not make sense otherwise.
>
> I am disappointed to say the least.  It was expensive. Would have been 
> less expensive to just buy the downloadable version and I would have done 
> that if I had known up front.  Just sayin.
>
> Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Touch of Yarn
>
>
>> The descriptions in the book are excellent for people with visual
>> problems.
>>
>> Joyce  Kane
>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>> Blindhands at AOL.com
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 5/13/2011 6:38:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> riverwoman at zoominternet.net writes:
>>
>> My book  arrived today - what a big surprise to find that it has NO
>> visuals
>> at all....I  had thought I could SEE the projects under my CCTV, but 
>> there
>> are none there.  I guess I will have to scan the entire book now, and
>> listen
>> to it and try to  imagine what the projects might look like. If there had
>> been photos at least a  knitter friend cvould have described them to me -
>> I
>> had thought I could share  this book with my knitting group - so they
>> could
>> see it - but without any  illustrations I don't think anyone would be
>> interested in it. I guess it  really is only for people who see nothing -
>> I was not
>> expecting  that.
>>
>> Lynda River Woman
>> Lynda Lambert
>> 104 River Road
>> Ellwood  City, PA 16117
>>
>> 724 758 4979
>>
>> My Blog:   http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>> My Website:   http://lyndalambert.com
>>
>>
>>
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