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Talking Book Center |
One of our patrons (in Lexington) started using talking books in 1980 when he was in his sixties. He
is legally blind, but has lead a very active life including
vegetable gardening, chicken and egg production, and furniture
making.
His reading interests are wide. He reads primarily fiction of
various genres including adventure, historical fiction, mysteries,
romance, westerns, and travel. When he began using talking books,
there were still many books on record and so he has used book
recorded disc and cassette books. He has been a Talking Book
Center patron since it opened. In the early 90s, he was reading
100-175 books a year. That increased over time to about 200 a
year. A few years ago he had a stroke and has been in a wheel
chair which has limited his other activities and so he is reading
even more. In 2004, he read 287 books and has received 116 so far
this year.
“I always thought of the blindness as an inconvenience, not a
handicap, but this being in a wheel chair is sure a handicap.”
“I had a stroke two and a half years back and the books are more
important than it used to be. And it was pretty important before.
Keeps me from climbing the walls.”
For more information about the Talking Book Center,
please contact Mr. Oakley Pearson at
800.995.6215.
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