<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hi Martia,<br>I accidently sent this to group 2. Please forgive. There's only one keystroke different, and they are next to each other.<br><br>Leonard <br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: tuchyner5 <tuchyner5@aol.com><br>To: group2 <group2@bluegrasspals.com><br>Sent: Tue, Oct 1, 2019 11:14 am<br>Subject: Leonard's comments re: Martia<br><br></div><div id="yiv0045758733"><div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">This is a fun piece.<span> </span></span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">It’s about the ambivalent relationship we
have with electronic, AI, devices. </span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">There is a greater need for these things
for accessibility’s sake. So life is richer with them, </span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">but sometimes I yearn for a good old
typewriter. </span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">The only problem is I couldn’t read what I
typed and certainly couldn’t edit. </span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">On the other hand, we could get those
services from sighted people directly. </span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">That would cost a lot. </span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3">So keeping our<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3">equipment functioning isn’t costly,
frustrating, and bad for</span><span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3">our health?
It’s a well written</span><span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3">piece and off hand,
I can’t think of anything</span><span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3">to change. </span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">Hearing
voices</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">Marcia
J. Wick, The Write Sisters</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">September
2019</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">Word
Count: 321</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">At
5:30 a.m., my alarm speaks, “Feed the dog.” My mobile phone then announces, “The
high temperature for the day will be in the 80s.” Siri, the lady trapped inside
my smart phone, speed reads my email and internet searches effortlessly. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3">It’s
not that I’m losing my mind, hearing voices when I’m home alone. I depend upon
audible technology to compensate for my progressive loss of vision. As a person
who is blind in the 21</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" size="2">st</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"> century, I am grateful for audible
technology. It’s as if I’m never alone. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">Considering the fact that everything your
devices hear is being saved and stored, you may really not be alone. Big
brother is watching.</span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">Michael
lives in my laptop. He speaks through my screen reader. He doesn’t judge my
writing; he reads to me without intonation or emotion. When I dictate text
messages, I have programmed a delightful English gentleman to read them back to
me. Somehow, my words seem more clever and whimsical when echoed in his lilting
accent. My smarter-than-me phone, on the other hand, sometimes makes me feel
inept. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">Does the name HAL mean anything to you?</span></span></span></u></b></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">“I’m
sorry, you’re daughter isn’t in your contact list,” Siri claims. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">“She
is, too,” I retort. Sometimes, I call Siri the “B” word when she pisses me off
like that.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">My
talking book player also reads aloud to me. I can adjust the tone of the
narrator’s voice up or sound so that a man sounds like a woman; I can adjust
the speed so that a woman sounds like a chipmunk. Either way, I can insure that
they stop reading aloud in 15 or 30 minutes according to the time I set on the
audible sleep button. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">It
used to be that only human voices from the television or radio filled the air
in my home. Now I rely on talking microwaves and coffee makers, talking
Calculators, thermometers, and clocks.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">Voices
via YouTube, podcasts, webinars, Netflix, mp3 files, eBooks, and conference calls
add to the cacophony.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman">“OK,
Google,” I command. Turn it off! Let me remember the beautiful sound of peace
and quiet.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</span><p class="yiv0045758733msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman;" face="Times New Roman"><b><u><span lang="EN">I’ll drink to that.</span></u></b><span lang="EN"></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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