[NFBSATX] [NFBT] study on making picture book reading accessible

[Juliana Wetmore]

I’ve been wanting to learn how to make braille picture books. I currently
have some picture books i bought and I’m adding braille to them. My wish is
to get a Brailler one day and continue Brailling picture books. I also want
to learn how to make picture books into braille and spiral bounds.

Juliana Wetmore

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM Wendy Walker (NFB) <wwalker at nfbtx.org>
wrote:

> Below my signature is information on a study being done in California at
> UC Irvine that might be of interest to some of you.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wendy Walker, President
>
> NFBTX San Antonio Chapter
>
>
>
> My name is Cameron Cassidy. I’m a legally blind PhD student at the
> University of California, Irvine, studying technologies that support shared
> picture book reading between adults and children when one is blind and the
> other is sighted.
>
> Over the next few weeks, as part of a National Science Foundation I-Corps
> program <https://www.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/i-corps/about-i-corps>,
> we are aiming to speak with 100 parents of young children within the blind
> and low vision community. We want to chat with them for 15 minutes about
> how they find, evaluate, and adopt technologies (e.g., print-braille books,
> audiobooks) to meet their co-reading needs. We're now 70% of the way to our
> goal... and running out of time!
>
> Could you help us spread the word amongst the San Antonio Chapter? You’re
> welcome to direct people to book through Google Calendar
> <https://calendar.app.google/Yrr6dT3B4GwSN7Hz8> to schedule (preferred,
> since 100 interviews is a lot of scheduling) or email me. Of course, if our
> work is relevant to you, feel welcome to chat with us as well!
>
> Our research lab usually pays by the hour for the expertise of those who
> are blind. However, as required by the NSF I-Corps program, we are not
> permitted to do so for these 15-minute chats.
>
> Thank you,
> Cameron Cassidy
> Ph.D. Student, Informatics
> University of California, Irvine
>
> Cameron Cassidy <camcass at uci.edu>
>
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