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2. National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

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   The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled [1] (NLS) is a free library program of braille and audio materials such as books and magazines circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States and American citizens living abroad by postage-free mail and online download.

3. Books for the Blind - Wikipedia

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   The Books for the Blind Program was the model for the effort in the 1950s for captioned films for the deaf leading to the Captioned Films Act of 1958. [ 6 ] Audio recordings were first created on vinyl when the Pratt-Smoot Act was amended in 1933 to include "talking books", and later, in 1969, [ 7 ] on proprietary cassette tape and player, [ 8 ...

4. Digital Accessible Information System - Wikipedia

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   A DAISY player and audio book from Plextor. Digital accessible information system (DAISY) is a technical standard for digital audiobooks, periodicals, and computerized text.. DAISY is designed to be a complete audio substitute for print material and is specifically designed for use by people with print disabilities, including blindness, impaired vision, and dyslex

5. Learning Ally - Wikipedia

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   Learning Ally, previously named Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D), is a non-profit volunteer organization operating nationwide in the United States. It produces and maintains a library of educational accessible audiobooks for people who cannot effectively read standard print because of visual impairment , dyslexia , or other disabilities .

6. Books on Tape (company) - Wikipedia

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   Books on Tape (sometimes abbreviated BoT) is an audiobook publishing imprint of Random House which emphasizes unabridged audiobook recordings for schools and libraries. [1] It was previously an independent California-based company before its acquisition by Random House, in 2001.

7. Open Library - Wikipedia

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   Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". Created by Aaron Swartz, [3] [4] Brewster Kahle, [5] Alexis Rossi, [6] Anand Chitipothu, [6] and Rebecca Hargrave Malamud, [6] Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization.

8. Henry Winkler on growing up dyslexic in the ’50s: 'I ... - AOL

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   Winkler tells TODAY.com that dyslexia has affected his work as an actor over the years, starting with his breakout role on "Happy Days." "I sat around the table reading "Happy Days" in the '70s ...

9. Assistive Media - Wikipedia

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   It is considered one of the longest continuously running Internet-based nonprofit services. In 2011, Assistive Media began recording unabridged full-length books of biographical, historical, and contemporary nonfiction for online delivery to libraries that specialize in books for the blind . Assistive Media is also affiliated with ...