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r/startrek · u/Blind_Press08Aug 1, 2026, 1:27 PM

introducing myself

Hi there! I'm 37-years-old, totally blind, and the massive Star Trek fan! I could talk for hours and hours about most everything from the original 5 series and 10 movies. I'm not going to lie, I tried very hard with Star Trek Picard, and Strange New Worlds, but I just can't. However, there is so much old amazing material to nerd out about! LOL I have just started reading the TNG novels. I read Ghost Ship last year, and am almost through reading The Peacekeepers. I am reading in Braille, so naturally in my head, the characters of the Enterprise crew speak in the actors' voices, LOL.

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u/everydayasl1Aug 1, 2026, 1:32 PM
You are an awesome Trekkie. I am Deaf and I certainly am a trekkie as all movies and series are captioned. Which is your favorite character? Mine is between Data and Shatner and Nimoy.
- u/Blind_Press0810Aug 1, 2026, 1:36 PM
  I can't pick just one, LOL. but my top 5 would have to be Data, Geordi, Doc, Scottie, and Dax.
  - u/everydayasl3Aug 1, 2026, 1:48 PM
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u/benbalooky3Aug 1, 2026, 1:33 PM
Do you know if there's a version of TOS or TNG out there with audio descriptions? I've been looking and haven't had any luck.
- u/Blind_Press083Aug 1, 2026, 1:38 PM
  The only place I found any audio described episodes was on an app called Sero, which just had the audio tracks of tv and movies. They had a handful of episodes from TOS and TNG, but never the whole series.
  - u/muratbae1Aug 1, 2026, 5:39 PM
u/MarieNomad15Aug 1, 2026, 1:33 PM
So, you are naturally immune to the Medusan species?
- u/Blind_Press087Aug 1, 2026, 1:38 PM
  LOL most definitely!
- u/cyberloki-1Aug 1, 2026, 1:39 PM
  Its called an Gorgon, i think.
  - u/benbalooky8Aug 1, 2026, 1:44 PM1 reply
  - u/Blind_Press081Aug 1, 2026, 1:50 PM
  - u/mrgraff1Aug 1, 2026, 1:54 PM
  - u/RightWingVeganUS2Aug 1, 2026, 2:32 PM
u/DruidicMagic3Aug 1, 2026, 1:36 PM
Capitan Pike in Strange New Worlds will be remembered as one of the most well written/acted examples of leadership in human history.
u/CzarMessa5Aug 1, 2026, 1:43 PM
I couldn't get into the newer series either- except for Strange New Worlds. It captures the feeling for me. I've never read any of the books- is there a really good one I should start with?
- u/Blind_Press082Aug 1, 2026, 1:53 PM
  I'm just starting from the beginning. The TNG books are numbered after their titles, so just look for "Star Trek, The Next Generation, Book I. The Ghost Ship", and go from there.
- u/LeftHandedGuitarist1Aug 1, 2026, 3:30 PM
  Depends if you want to read standalone stories that take place during the various shows, or get into the interconnected books that continue the shows after they finished.
- u/fry-something1Aug 1, 2026, 4:58 PM
  I LOVE SNW. although Ep2 of the newest season was far too scary for my taste. In fact my Trekkie friend and I were just discussing the other day it is like the scariest ST we have ever seen. Like, ever.
- u/Shelter01Aug 1, 2026, 7:09 PM
  I just got into the books myself and the Star Trek Litverse site has been an invaluable resource.
u/ajcomeau3Aug 1, 2026, 1:45 PM
I don't know if this will be helpful but YouTube has a lot of Star Trek audiobooks uploaded that you might enjoy listening to.
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u/almighty_milkman3Aug 1, 2026, 1:52 PM
I’m a big DS9 fan and I’ve loved the audiobooks ive heard, especially the ones read by Armin Shimerman (Quark)!!
- u/Blind_Press082Aug 1, 2026, 2:28 PM
  Oh my god! That is a thing? I must find them now!
u/brimstonebridge2Aug 1, 2026, 2:01 PM
Love your favorite character choices! If it’s not rude to ask, what are your mental images of the characters? Have you read descriptions of them, or do you develop your own image of what they look like? I guess with the ships (who are akin to characters themselves in good Trek) you could handle models of them to figure out what they look like, right?
- u/Blind_Press083Aug 1, 2026, 2:30 PM
  I actually haven't gotten to touch a detailed model of the ships... I was sorely disappointed to find out that while Lego makes Braille sets for kids, they do not do so for any of the adult sets, and I wanted to buy and build the Enterprise D so I could learn what it looks like. I almost try to visualize the ship more than the characters, if that makes sense. I try to imagine myself walking the corridors and hearing the thrum of the warp core.
  - u/brimstonebridge2Aug 1, 2026, 3:07 PM
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u/Technical_Web52813Aug 1, 2026, 2:35 PM
I have somehow managed to make it through most of modern Trek and can recommend giving Picard Season 3 and the two animated shows Lower Decks and Prodigy another shot. Prodigy especially is I think ridiculously the best written show of all of the post-2005 stuff! I myself have become very fond of old reference books. I have collected the Star Fleet Technical Manual and Blueprints from Franz Joseph, the Spaceflight Chronology and the various version of the Okuda's Star Trek Encyclopedia for instance. I can also highly recommend The Fifty Year Mission and These Are the Voyages for really insightful behind the scenes information. May I ask, since you say you are blind, may I ask how you read the novels? Are they available in tactile writing or do you have a device that reads it out for you? I am genuinely curious. Live long and prosper.
- u/Blind_Press083Aug 1, 2026, 4:49 PM
  I was lucky enough to get my hands on what is called a refreshable Braille display. So, basically, I can Bluetooth connect that to my phone and read a book on Apple Books or Kindle. It has opened things up to me so much, because before I was stuck with the books my mom was able to scrounge for, and audible. Don't get me wrong, I love audio books, but there's something about physically reading that I just love, and now that I have this display, I can read just as easily as a sighted person.