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  2. Books for the Blind - Wikipedia

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    The Books for the Blind Program is an initiative of the United States National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) which provides audio recordings of books free of charge to people who are blind or visually impaired. [1] [2] The program has included audio recordings of books since 1934 and digital book efforts began ...

  3. 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.

  4. Kansas Audio-Reader Network - Wikipedia

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    Listeners to Audio-Reader's service must be unable to use normal printed materials. In most cases, listeners are partially or completely blind, but some listeners have other disabilities, such as dyslexia or allergies to newsprint. A number of Audio-Reader listeners are elderly and have the condition macular degeneration.

  5. Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library - Wikipedia

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    A narrator and monitor record a digital-audio book, or "talking book" for the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library. The recording studio housed within Perkins School for the Blind's Library records and produces digital audio books—local titles for its main collection that are then shared with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and custom audio ...

  6. 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

  7. Audiobook - Wikipedia

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    A special example of its use is the West German Audio Book Library for the Blind, founded in 1955. Actors from the municipal theater in Münster recorded the first audiobooks for the visually impaired in an improvised studio lined with egg cartons. Because trams rattled past, these first productions took place at night.

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