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[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

Hi Stacie, 
This is really interesting. I have been blind all my life, and I'm not sure if I would be into comic books if I had sight. Growing up, my mom would describe the commics in the Sunday paper and what people were saying, but despite the fact that I eventually read completely on my own, I never sought them out and got into other genres instead. I was required to read two graphic novels in eighth grade and my dad found someone willing to transcribe them. She did a great job, but in order to understand the story it took lots of description.
I would be willing to look through an accessible comic and see what I think. Again, though, I think that to make a comic accessible would require lots of description. I would need to know who all the characters are and what relation they have to each other, and I would want to know what actions are depicted (for example, "Leo drops the water glass and it spills and shatters)." Hope this helps. 
> On Oct 7, 2021, at 11:23, Stacie Leap via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello everybody.
> My name is Stacie Leap. I am currently an intern for a company and we were on the discussion of comic books and its accessibility for blind people. I am not a fan of comic books even when I had sight so I am not really knowledgeable about the topic. Does anybody on this listserv read comic books? Is it accessible? 
> If you do not read comic books, is it because of it not being accessible? What would or should accessible look like when it comes to comic books? 
> 
> One of the projects of the company, 3S Tech and Talent, LLC., is a comic book. The CEO is interested in making it accessible for those who are blind but (a) do not know if there was already a means to make comic books accessible and (b) if it is not, would blind people be interested in reading comic books if it is accessible?
> 
> She is willing to go through her entire comic book and alt text the frames but she does not want to do it if there is no interest. 
> The CEO of the company, Latoya Smith,is copied on this email if you wish to contact her directly but her email is info at 3stechnologiesllc.com.
> . Any feedback is appreciated. 
> Thanks!
> Stacie Leap, CPE, CPS
> Stacie Leap, CPE, CPS
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