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Police Forensics Team Salvage Blind Authors' Inkless Novel Pages

Posted by samzenpus on from the show-your-work dept.

Blind author Trish Vickers wrote 26 pages of her novel's first chapter when her son noticed she was writing without ink. Her manuscript was saved however after they took it to the Dorset Police department. A forensic team there worked on it in their spare time, and after 5 months they were able to recover the lost pages. Vickers said: “I think they used a combination of various lights at different angles to see if they could get the impression made by my pen. I am so happy, pleased and grateful. It was really nice of them and I want to thank them for helping me out.”

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  1. A Blind Eye... by vAltyR · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nice to see the police didn't turn a blind eye to a citizen in need.

  2. Used a technique called "rubbing it with a pencil" by crazyjj · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're not at liberty to discuss the details of this amazing new forensic technique at this time. But rest assured that the $5 million grant you gave us last year to develop it did not go to waste--and most certainly was *not* just spent on booze, cool new squad cars, and trips to Hawaii.

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  3. First page of the novel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nudedi tecuda giruler debi dir pa felo rum. Hat fohete dano nitimel hen ti tafadis ranaman. Telie itep gacir madacu inominov cotarit tebisi idegu paset ru. Fiegipec hir sarehew xemita ra narop. Nadine tafa esisilo len eyip roco rufogec. Tanayi ricu rileri semec. Isira cetati retiv wi catec arar edadire cemih tetosir nim. Lesipi femap her aricet beter. Rey otinaras ruto sohat pol desa siwal neyatoc go funi. Non nixot aleyed nita. Gubalol leso seliraw wolelef hes otatufe? Wicedis saheco tiqa nariseg eni ro. Iro pep rana minili; nat depe gesiy edomigat. Nu ha alon sutot sociya aboreca somob gag. Oharekag masiede etorinur lu rapiebe hup fopup ahemunef rena rino. Mulewab ton iyecapi inetud irucato rapas? Fav agew piyieno rec def asor.

    1. Re:First page of the novel by Kozz · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's clearly a slashdot reference. Just ask Google!

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  4. i hope the taxpayers... by inerlogic · · Score: 3, Funny

    .....bought her a pack of fucking pencils.....

    1. Re:i hope the taxpayers... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      A forensic team there worked on it in their spare time

      As a taxpayer, I'd be happy that the forensic team used their spare time (which, by definition, is when they are not actively forensicizing(tm) an active case) to hone their skills while doing something philanthropic.

  5. Simple to anyone who's watched any dime store by spads · · Score: 5, Funny

    detective shows. You just shade over it with a pencil, revealing the indentations. Of course, first you make a xerox copy in case you corrupt the original.

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  6. Re:Warning: by SJHillman · · Score: 4, Funny

    He meant Mao, but his keyboard ran out of ink before it finished the top of the "o"

  7. But the Slashdot editors... by 6Yankee · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...couldn't even salvage the misplaced apostrophe. Maybe we can get Dorset Police to edit Slashdot in their spare time, since they like helping the blind?