<div dir="auto">I\u2019ve been wanting to learn how to make braille picture books. I currently have some picture books i bought and I\u2019m 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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Juliana Wetmore </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 10:26\u202fPM Wendy Walker (NFB) <<a href="mailto:wwalker@nfbtx.org">wwalker@nfbtx.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-3208210848823935984WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Below my signature is information on a study being done in California at UC Irvine that might be of interest to some of you.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wendy Walker, President<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">NFBTX San Antonio Chapter<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My name is Cameron Cassidy. I\u2019m 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.<br><br>Over the next few weeks, as part of a<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/i-corps/about-i-corps" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(18,100,163)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(18,100,163)">National Science Foundation I-Corps program</span></a>, 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!<br><br>Could you help us spread the word amongst the San Antonio Chapter? You\u2019re welcome to direct people to book<a href="https://calendar.app.google/Yrr6dT3B4GwSN7Hz8" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(18,100,163)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(18,100,163)">through Google Calendar</span></a> 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!<br><br>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.<br><br>Thank you,<br>Cameron Cassidy<br>Ph.D. Student, Informatics<br>University of California, Irvine<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Cameron Cassidy <<a href="mailto:camcass@uci.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">camcass@uci.edu</a>></span></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-3208210848823935984WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p></div></div>
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