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11-15-2004, 09:01 AM
| | |  Braille makes a comeback with Potter Generation
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When Sirena Carroll gets going about Harry Potter, go ahead and call the giddy patrol. The 18-year-old's voice rises and quickens as she describes her all-night reading binges, her favorite scenes from the series, her life-size cardboard cutout of Harry, her wizard-themed Halloween costumes and her request (denied by her parents) to legally change her name to Hermione.
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Eventually, like someone unable to keep a secret, she bursts into a spot-on impression of Emma Watson, the young British actress who has played Hermione in the movie adaptations of the first three books.
``If I can't even get a feather to rise off a desk with a simple spell, then I can't say that I'm good at everything!'' Carroll says in her best Oxford drip.
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Then, Sirena again, she says, ``I can't wait for the sixth book. If it takes (Rowling) too long; I'm going to have to go after her.''
Like many FOPs (Fans of Potter), Carroll, who attends high school in Westchester County, survives the long gaps in between installments by rereading what's already out. A quick look at the numbers: ``Sorcerer's Stone'' she's read 20 times. ``Chamber of Secrets,'' six times. ``Prisoner of Azkaban,'' 12 times. ``Goblet of Fire,'' eight times. ``Order of the Phoenix,'' two times and counting. That's a lot of Hogwarts, and considering that Carroll's read it all in Braille, it's even more than it seems. Typically, one page of single-spaced print translates into two or three pages of Braille. ``Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,'' the fifth installment of the series, consists of 13 volumes in Braille. On the shelf, the book is almost 2 feet wide.
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11-15-2004, 09:38 AM
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Thats really good.
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awesome!
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That's really good to hear because it lets ALL readers have the chance to enjoy Harry Potter. I've seen a Braille edition of POA and it's big.  | |
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11-15-2004, 03:00 PM
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Thats sweet...I've heard of the Braile editions of Harry Potter but never actually seen one.Its good to see that blind people can also read Harry Potter and benefit from it.  | |
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11-15-2004, 03:03 PM
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Oh thats nice!
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Way to go! lol I love how she wants to change her name to Hermione! Glad to hear Potter's available to more and more people 
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Cool!
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That's great. I was watching Extreme makeove: Home edition. and one of the kids in an episode was blind and also autistic, but he loved to read, and they gave him a new room with a lot of books in Braille, and They pulled out Harry POtter and the Order of the Pheonix, only one volume. I felt really happy that everyone has a chance to read the Harry Potter books.
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^ I saw Home Makeover too and I was like "Awwww" when one of the HP books was pulled of the shelf in braille. Anyways I am so happy all blind fans can read HP thanks to braille! 
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How awesome!!!
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wow.. thats a huge book
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11-15-2004, 09:57 PM
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Braile books really are huge. I have a friend who's blind and her library is ENORMOUS! Imagine not being able to carry your favorite book around with you wherever you go ... OOTP is practically attached to my hip!
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Originally Posted by cristy7_pr That's great. I was watching Extreme makeove: Home edition. and one of the kids in an episode was blind and also autistic, but he loved to read, and they gave him a new room with a lot of books in Braille, and They pulled out Harry POtter and the Order of the Pheonix, only one volume. I felt really happy that everyone has a chance to read the Harry Potter books. OMG! I saw that episode too! I was thinking wow when they pulled out that book!
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WOW that is just so huge!
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That was trully inspiring. It's so awesome that they're deterimined to keep going through the volumes until they finish!
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11-15-2004, 11:32 PM
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11-16-2004, 01:02 AM
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lol what a cute phrase! havent seen a HP book in braille yet but sounds cool. (just that i cant read braille lol)
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11-16-2004, 02:29 AM
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awww thats so nice! it must take a very long time to 'translate' it into braile, though, so i feel bad she has to wait longer. its so cute shes wants to go after JK, though. aha ill go with her!
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Kool...that. Ha!! Also she wants to legally change her name to Hermione. Talk about a dedicated fan. Peace and Love.
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11-16-2004, 10:30 AM
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Hehe... yeah, the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition episode with the braille OotP book is really awesome... That is so nice for the visually challenged to enjoy the world of Harry Potter...
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