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  2. 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 ...

  3. National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

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    The NLS was established by an act of Congress in 1931, and was amended in 1934 to include sound recordings (talking books). The program was expanded in 1952 to include blind children, in 1962 to include music materials, and in 1966 to include individuals with physical impairments that prevent the reading of standard print. [6]

  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. Accessible publishing - Wikipedia

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    A free service to blind and low vision US residents who qualify. BookShare (non-profit) offers books, newspapers, and magazines (in DAISY format) free to blind and low vision users who pay an annual membership fee. Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic offers recorded books in custom digital formats free to blind and low vision users.

  6. Zoe Saldaña on Growing Up Dyslexic and Finding Herself ...

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    "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When Zoe Saldaña, at nine years old, began her new life in the Dominican Republic, she felt lost.Her ...

  7. 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 .

  8. Audiobook - Wikipedia

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    An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements. Spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the 1930s.

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

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    Winkler wishes he had known then that he had dyslexia, a language-based learning disability that can make reading, word recognition and writing difficult among other things. Henry Winkler (ABC via ...

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