Blind author loses first chapter when her pen runs out - But cops trace words

[dipsydoodle]

A BLIND author who lost the opening chapter to her debut novel after not realising her pen had run out has had her work saved by kind cops.

Trish Vickers, 59, wrote 26 pages before her son Simon noticed she had no ink.

Trish’s work seemed lost until the pair thought of contacting police to see if they could help with recovering the invisible words.

A forensic expert examined the indents made in the pages and used special lights to recover the writing.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4252630/Blind-author-loses-first-chapter-when-her-pen-runs-out.html

I heard this on the radio here in the UK earlier and then searched for a convenient link to the story when I got home.

More here :

Police save words of blind author who wrote 26 pages after pen ran out

Forensic experts worked in their spare time to read the indentations left on the A4 pages using a system of lights.

It took five months of painstaking work, but the forensic team was able to recover the whole text - and they said how much they had enjoyed it and couldn't wait for the rest.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9197585/Police-save-words-of-blind-author-who-wrote-26-pages-after-pen-ran-out.html

[kestrel91316]

1. HAD to be in the UK. Cops in the US would laugh and tell her to go pound sand,

and she'd have to hire an independent expert @ $100+/hr.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Oh, the UK.

That explains it.

[surrealAmerican]

3. Why would a blind author be using a pen in the first place?

There are other methods of writing she might have used instead.

[Neoma]

4. Could have been blinded late in life.

[alphafemale]

5. That was my thought as well.

Even voice recognition isn't that expensive anymore.

And a pen feels different when it is out of ink.

[BadGimp]

6. HUMANITY on display

Yes we can..

[OneGrassRoot]

9. +1 :) n/t

[OnyxCollie]

7. Give her a pencil next time. nt

[PassingFair]

8. "My eyes are crummy!"

--Oskar's grandmother.