[Stylist] What books have you read recently with blind characters?

Thu Feb 23 06:27:33 UTC 2023

Thank you so much, this is really useful information. I checked out the Kindle app a few years ago on my iPhone and the layout wasn't too obvious to me, but that said I didn't play around with it as much as I probably could have. 
For some reason I always thought most books that were on Apple Books were on Kindle and vice-versa. I guess I thought that because with music, for the most part, music that's on Amazon is also on iTunes. 
In any case, I look forward to playing around with Kindle more. I use a Braille display with my phone, and have heard that the app may require me to manually swipe more. I'm excited to see what books I can find!
Vejas    

> On Feb 22, 2023, at 20:45, Sherry Gomes via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Kindle is accessible with the kindle app on a smart phone, and with the kindle for pc app on a windows computer. I've been getting kindle books since around 2012, and then five or six years ago, amazon made it work with jaws so we didn't have to use their built-in text to speech. You can often find books on kindle that can't be found anywhere else.
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> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist
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> Hi Sherry and Annie,
> Thank you both so much for your replies. 
> Now that I think about it, I get all my books from Bookshare or Apple Books, except for the very occasional textbook that's had to be purchased through VitalSource. I need to check out Kindle, Audible, BARD and Overdrive. Some sighted people I know really like Overdrive, so I hope it's accessible. 
> Thanks,
> Vejas
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>> On Feb 22, 2023, at 17:09, Sherry Gomes via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> No, not as of now. I haven't figured out how to do that.
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>> Hi Sherry,
>> This sounds like a great book.
>> Is it available on Apple Books, by any chance?
>> Vejas
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>>>> On Feb 22, 2023, at 11:08, Sherry Gomes via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Well, I published a book with a female main character. It is fiction, a romance. Unfortunately, it isn't available on BARD or bookshare yet, though it is in process for BARD. But it is available in Kindle, Paperback and from audible. The book title is Haven, and my author name is my real name, Sherry Gomes. I wanted to write fiction with blind characters, in which you know the character is blind, because they use screen readers or read braille, use a cane and guide dog, but the book is about the things in a romance novel. Other than an issue with the female lead, it's not about being blind, if that makes sense. Blindness is presented as normal.
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>>> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ann 
>>> Chiappetta via Stylist
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>>> Hi There-
>>> Answering this indirectly, folks could ask for  books about guide dog
>>> handlers.   Also, there are books written by athletes who are blind, a chef,
>>> biographies on musicians who are blind, etc. These are all nonfiction, though. As for fiction,  I am also curious to take a recommendation.  Great question.
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>>> Best,
>>> Annie
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>>> Subject: [Stylist] What books have you read recently with blind characters?
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>>> Hi,
>>> I hope everyone is well!
>>> I was chatting with one of my friends earlier today. We realized that neither of us had read a book with a blind character in awhile. So, I was just curious what books you have been into lately which feature blind characters?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Vejas
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