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Alternative formats include audio, braille, electronic or large print versions of standard print such as educational material, textbooks, information leaflets, and even people's personal bills and letters. Alternative formats are created to help people who are blind or visually impaired to gain access to information either by sight (large print ...
Large-print (also large-type or large-font) refers to the formatting of a book or other text document in which the font size is considerably larger than usual to accommodate people who have low vision. Frequently the medium is also increased in size to accommodate the larger text.
People may be eligible if they are blind, have a visual disability that prevents them from reading normal print, or a physical disability that keeps them from holding a book. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Library materials are distributed to regional and subregional libraries and then circulated to eligible patrons. [ 4 ]
Low vision people can make use of these tools as well as large-print reading materials and e-book readers that provide large font sizes. Computers are important tools of integration for the visually impaired person.
Christian Record Services offers free large-print and braille inspirational magazines. Among magazines offered are: Light (bi-monthly large-print magazine for adults, circulation 12,228), The Children's Friend (quarterly braille magazine for children 9–12, circulation 1,116), The Student (weekly Bible lessons, circulation unknown), Amazing Facts Bible Correspondence Course (circulation ...
A print-disabled person is "a person who cannot effectively read print because of a visual, physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive, or learning disability." [ 1 ] A print disability prevents a person from gaining information from printed material in the standard way, and requires them to utilize alternative methods to access that ...
NLB diversified into electronic library services, Giant Print books and other services for visually impaired readers. Membership of NLB continued to be free. The Library's lending stock came to total around 46,000 titles in braille, braille music, Moon type and large print formats. Typically 170,000 volumes were issued per year, posted out ...
The World Health Organization estimated in 2018 that worldwide 253 million people are visually impaired, with more than 90% of them living in developing and least developed countries. The World Blind Union (WBU) estimates that only 10% of people who are blind are able to go to school or have employment.