Episode Notes

This week Anthony, Brynn and crew welcome Tristan and Richard of Imagination Storybooks to discuss their mission, vision and passion for making great stories as rich and robust as possible for the kids of our community. 

Richard Rieman and Tristan Snyder are part of the team behind Imagination Storybooks, a multi-award-winning non-profit that creates fully accessible children’s books from illustrated children’s books in audio and video formats. Imagination Storybooks creates audio narration of the story, then adds vivid audio descriptions of the illustrations. In the video versions, they then add captions and American Sign Language. Then they create Braille versions of the story with the image descriptions for deaf blind people.

Richard is the founder of the company, and Tristan is the executive producer and head of audio.

Bios:

Richard Rieman wanted to be Superman, but he couldn’t fly, so he decided to be Clark Kent instead. After a long career as a radio news reporter, anchor and a Washington Bureau Chief, Richard turned his storytelling skills to the world of audio books. He has narrated and produced hundreds of indie published audio books, and is the author of the award-winning book, “The Author’s Guide to Audio Book Creation.” Richard was a volunteer narrator for Learning Ally as well as being a ski guide for blind skiers. Combining both interests, Richard created the non-profit Imagination Storybooks to make children’s illustrated books accessible to all children.

Tristan Snyder is a multi-award-winning voice talent, director and audio producer. Upon joining the Screen Actors Guild and discovering multiple Chris Snyders, he realized that like the Highlander, there could only be one, so he changed his name. Tristan has worked in the Audio Description industry for over 20 years in every aspect of the field, and has narrated and produced thousands of hours of audio description in TV and film. He is a character voice actor for animation and audio drama, and has written and produced full cast audio dramas as well. He is currently the executive producer and head of audio for Imagination Storybooks, a non-profit which creates described audio books from children’s illustrated books. He advocates for, and practices the hiring and inclusion of blind and visually impaired talent in the audio production industry.

Then in our second hour we welcome community karaoke star and podcast  producer; JC and friends!!

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Juan Alicea, Phil Ramirez, Denny Jackson, aka H-Streets, Eduardo Gonzalez, aka EJ the Phoenix, Stacey Paulson, AKA Crazy Stacey 25,  George Banner, Nora Thielking, and Preston Gaylor.

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