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#How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather

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Last year, when visiting my family back home in Holland, I also stopped by my grand-parents. My grand-father, now 93 years old, had always been a very active man. However, during the presceding couple of months, he'd gone almost completely blind and now spent his days sitting in a chair. Trying to think of something for him to do, I suggested he try out audio books. After finally convincing him -- he said audio books were for sad old people -- that listening to a well performed recording is actually a wonderful experience, I realized the problem of this idea.

####The problem with audio devices and the newly blind. After my first impulse to jump up and go buy him an

	/*
	Copyright (c) 2024 Rendello

	Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
	purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.

	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
	REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
	AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
	INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM

	const audioCtx = new window.AudioContext();
	const oscillator = audioCtx.createOscillator();
	oscillator.connect(audioCtx.destination);
	oscillator.type = "sine";

	let numItems = 0

	oscillator.frequency.setValueAtTime(
	1,
	audioCtx.currentTime

	/*
	Copy this into the console of any web page that is interactive and doesn't
	do hard reloads. You will hear your DOM changes as different pitches of
	audio.

	I have found this interesting for debugging, but also fun to hear web pages
	render like UIs do in movies.
	*/

	const audioCtx = new (window.AudioContext \|\| window.webkitAudioContext)()

	version: '2'
	services:
	plex:
	image: linuxserver/plex
	container_name: plex
	volumes:
	- /path/to/plex/config:/config
	- /path/to/plex/Movies:/data/movies
	- /path/to/plex/Shows:/data/tvshows
	- /path/to/plex/transcode:/data/transcode

	function createStore (reducers) {
	var state = reducers()
	const store = {
	dispatch: (action) => {
	state = reducers(state, action)
	},
	getState: () => {
	return state
	}
	}

	var hasStartedEpisode = false;
	window.onerror = function(e){
	// credits roll
	if(!hasStartedEpisode){
	if(Math.random() > 0.5){
	console.warn("You're traveling through another dimension.\nA dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.\nA journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.\n--Your next stop: The Twilight Zone");
	}
	else{
	console.warn("There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man.\nIt is a dimension as vast as space, and as timeless as infinity.\nIt is the middle ground between light and shadow - between science and superstition - and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge.\nThis is the dimension of imagination.\nIt is an area which we call: The Twilight Zone.\n");
	}

	bootstrap-tooltip.js
	bootstrap-popover.js
	bootstrap-alert.js
	bootstrap-button.js
	bootstrap-carousel.js
	bootstrap-collapse.js
	bootstrap-dropdown.js
	bootstrap-modal.js
	bootstrap-scrollspy.js
	bootstrap-tab.js

	Drop in replace functions for setTimeout() & setInterval() that
	make use of requestAnimationFrame() for performance where available
	http://www.joelambert.co.uk

	Copyright 2011, Joe Lambert.
	Free to use under the MIT license.
	http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php