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>>DAISY player: “This is the story of Pinocchio…”
>>Louie: Because I can't see the picture I can listen.
>>Karen: Louie was registered blind when he was five months old.
If I didn't have a visually impaired child
I would have never noticed that in shops
there wasn't braille books or lending library services.
I just wouldn't have a clue about that.
So when we heard about the Talking Book Service from RNIB,
I got straight on to that and we got some books sent.
I was really impressed with the way that the narrators emphasise words,
they almost paint the picture for you.
I love reading to the children - I really do -
but sometimes having your mum read to you all the time is a bit boring!
Now Louie has got a lovely DAISY player - it's got a sleep function
so I can program it for 15 minutes when he goes to bed,
it turns itself off, he knows how to work it,
it's very simple. And to think that he didn't have that four months ago.
There must be so many other children out there
without it and who don't know about it.
He can choose his own books, his own CDs,
he's learning to read braille so he can pick and choose
as and when he wants.
Unless you're face to face with a visually impaired child or person
you don't realise the lack of service there is out there.
It is expensive... so to get braille books or stories on CD
and get them shipped out must cost an absolute fortune
but to see their faces when they put a story in
or laugh at something that's really funny that's just priceless.
>>Louie: Please can we have more money
to give other children DAISY players and Talking Books.
>>Narrator: 39,000 people like Louie already know how amazing the service can be.
But that's just a fraction of the people who could benefit.
We need your support to help us reach them all.