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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some thoughts about this story. Take it or leave it, of course.<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>If you are going Sci-Fi, go all in, don’t leave behind the 21<sup>st</sup> century nomenclature and colloquialisms with 24<sup>th</sup> century adaptations.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>Try new words or gender new phrases like non binary, the use of the word “they” instead of he/she. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>If these folks use brain boxes to replace the visual cortex functions, perhaps you could write it in somewhere. For example, you mention sonar, this is another form of visual appreciation.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>“probe” rather than “cane”?<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>Also, I am not clear on how these folks receive and read contextual information, by haptic feedback? A tablet with refreshable etchings? A scanner of some sort? How would a society raised without sight know how a camera or scanner works? <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>Thanks for reading.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ann Chiappetta, Author<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anniecms64@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>` Making meaningful connections with others through writing `<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>914.393.6605<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.c/">www.annchiappetta.c</a>om Facebook Annie Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> Joseph Campbell<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shawn Jacobson via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 14, 2021 8:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> stylist@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Shawn Jacobson <sdj60259@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Stylist] (no subject)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear writers</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I am writing to share my latest story; I am doing so because I would like anyone who wants to take a crack at being a sensitivity reader to look at this to make sure I am not being stupid in describing how totally blind people would function in the futuristic setting that I am describing. I know how I do things, but I am a high partial type person and I understand that someone totally blind would have different techniques/a different perspective on things.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Also, if anyone has stylistic suggestions, or finds typos/mispellings, please let me know.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thanks in advance for your help.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>Shawn Jacobson<br>sdj60259@aol.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(301)915-5881</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>