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[Ericka]

I could never read them or understand the pictures. I feel bad that that something my nephew really loved when he was in grade school and I couldn’t share that with him.

Ericka Nelson

> On Oct 7, 2021, at 10:37 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Ericka, 
> When I was younger, I encountered a few Captain Underpants books in Braille format, but I was never really into them. I believe I read one, but it seemed to still have lots of text. I don't fully remember.
> Vejas  
> 
>>> On Oct 7, 2021, at 17:49, Ericka via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>> I’ve never really liked, books even though I had some vision as a child, enough to read regular print books for several years. I was wondering as I know the captain underpants series is in comic book format if that is already available to the Blind through the national library service or something? That might be something to use at a Prototype.
>> 
>> I only enjoyed the comics in the paper on Sundays. It just seemed like too much work and personally I don’t understand why people like comic books. Someone else mentioned reading a novel and envisioning the story in their mind. That just seems more appealing to me as well. Whomever mentioned reading graphic novels in eighth grade could you enlighten me? I must be a generation gap somewhere because I remember reading things like treasure Island. Lol to have someone read and describe a reframe like that would be torture to listen to. I’m of the generation that had to read textbooks on cassettes and it was just father for sleep. That’s the category I put having someone describe comics longer than a two row comic in the Sunday paper.
>> 
>> Ericka Nelson
>> 
>>>> On Oct 7, 2021, at 1:21 PM, Stacie Leap via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> 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
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>>> stacie.leap at gmail.com | 215.776.6741
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