{"id":2378,"date":"2017-02-16T12:59:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T18:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2017-02-17T05:59:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T11:59:03","slug":"sally-abrams-reads-to-people-she-will-never-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2378","title":{"rendered":"Sally Abrams Reads to People She Will Never Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3324\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2378-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SallyAbrams3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SallyAbrams3.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SallyAbrams3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Sally Abrams has been volunteering as a transcriber\/reader at State Services for the Blind for over 11 years.. In a recently published article, Sally writes about how she has found many rewards in her work as well as the \u201cnuggets\u201d of information that she has gained from reading hundreds of hours of textbooks, articles and material in audio making the books accessible to the visually impaired<!--more--><br \/>\nand to anyone having difficulty accessing the printed word. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1465933654550.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Sally Abrams smiling and a coffee cup in hand\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join Jeff Thompson as Sally Abrams talks a bit about her volunteering and her passion of giving.<br \/>\nYou can find Sally Abrams on the web at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sallygabrams.com\">SallyGAbrams.com<\/a><br \/>\nSally&#8217;s article, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/groknation.com\/culture\/reading-to-people-i-will-never-meet\/\">Reading To People I Will Never Meet<\/a>.<br \/>\nA huge Thank You to CheeChau for his wonderful &#8220;Missing You&#8221; music. You can follow CheeChau on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lcheechau\">@LCheeChau<\/a><br \/>\nThank you for listening.<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3326\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2378-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SallyAbrams3.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SallyAbrams3.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SallyAbrams3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SallyAbrams3.mp3Sally Abrams has been volunteering as a transcriber\/reader at State Services for the Blind for over 11 years.. In a recently published article, Sally writes about how she has found many rewards in her work as well as the \u201cnuggets\u201d of information that she has gained from reading hundreds of hours of textbooks, articles and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[33,164,76],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","tag-audio","tag-interview","tag-recording"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-Cm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2071,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2071","url_meta":{"origin":2378,"position":0},"title":"Practical Podcasting: Capturing Audio on the Go","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"July 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When capturing Audio on the go,The best recorder is the one you have on hand! 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