hsiboy

#include <FastLED.h>
 // change these to match your hardware setup
 
#define LED_PIN 13                          // hardware SPI pin SCK
#define NUM_LEDS 250
#define COLOR_ORDER RGB
#define LED_TYPE WS2811
#define MAX_BRIGHTNESS 255                   // watch the power!
 
struct CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

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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