<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">That’s really cool<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Please forgive the typos as this message was most likely generated using voice dictation<div>Nancy Irwin</div><div><a href="mailto:nvanderbrink@icloud.com">nvanderbrink@icloud.com</a></div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jan 25, 2019, at 6:07 PM, Steve & Shannon Cook via NFBofSC <<a href="mailto:nfbofsc@nfbnet.org">nfbofsc@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoPlainText">Disney to produce activity books for the blind<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">JANUARY 22, 2019 8:25 AM<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Soon children with visual impairments across North America will get to find out what Mickey Mouse “looks like” thanks to the efforts of a Windsor couple.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Rebecca and Emmanual Blaevoet run<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Tactile Vision Graphics.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"> The shop creates greeting cards, maps, coloring books and other publications in braille for the blind and visually impaired.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">About four years ago, they got the idea to approach the Disney Corporation to produce a series of activity books for children featuring Disney characters.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">It took a year and half to put together and they just signed an agreement the first week in January.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">“We got in touch with the people at consumer products and interactive media and they were on board,” said Rebecca Blaevoet.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Emmanuel Blaevoet said, “They gave me access to their portal of tens of thousands of designs. My jaw just dropped.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">The couple is contracted to produce 15 different books over three years. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">The first ones are expected to be ready at the end of the month. The books will<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">feature the classic Disney characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. The rest will coincide with the release of new Disney movies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Children will find puzzles, pictures to colour and other interactive materials that can be used in schools — or just for fun — in the books.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">“Teachers can develop the activities around what’s in the books, so they’ll have three or four different kinds of activities in the same book with a Disney<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">theme,” said Rebecca.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">The books are printed with a process that raises the pictures on the pages so the children can feel the outlines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">instagram-announces-that-it-would-make-app-more-accessible-for-visually-impaired-users <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE Instagram Announces That it Would Make App More Accessible for Visually Impaired Users<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">“The blind user will actually be able to see, for want of a better word, what Mickey Mouse looks like,” said Emmanuel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">The Blaevoets have the license to publish the materials for the entire North American continent, which Rebecca estimates is a market of about<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">700,000 people<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">in Canada and ten times that in the U.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">“So now it’s just a question of getting it out to schools and libraries and stores that sell blindness-related products and stores that sell Disney-related<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">products,” said Rebecca, adding that they will also be available online.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">This is the first time in Disney’s 90-year history to produce materials like this for the blind and visually impaired, so these learning activity books<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">are going to be a really wonderful window into the world of Disney.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Steve Cook</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NatFedofSouthCarolina/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Follow the National Federation of the Blind of SC On Face Book</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://m.facebook.com/Computer-Science-Technology-Division-of-the-NFB-of-SC-343263089815304/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Follow the Computer Science & Technology Division of SC on Face Book</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">District 2 State Board Member of the NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">1<sup>st</sup> Vice President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">1<sup>st</sup> Vice President of the Columbia Chapter of the NFB of SC</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nfbofsc.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.nfbofsc.org</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBofSC mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:NFBofSC@nfbnet.org">NFBofSC@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbofsc_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbofsc_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to any of the following within the NFB of SC, please click the below link. 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