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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 ]
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 ...
A different entity, Talking Book World Investments, Inc., was created in 2007, and relaunched the U.S. website at a different address in 2008. [15] [16] There are limited sources detailing the ultimate fate of the company. By 2008, only two Talking Book World locations remained in the United States, both in Metro Detroit. [16]
Here are 50 books Texas parents have asked school districts to ban, nearly all of which deal with racism, sexuality
West Texas residents are organizing over their love — or concern — for books. Meanwhile, from Lubbock to Midland and Odessa, librarians are trying to reaffirm libraries’ role as community hubs.
The Talking Books service also hosts a book club and publishes a regular blog discussing what books are available or popular with the service. In 2022, the program partnered with the Ohio Library for the Blind to expand its collections through the use of the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) service and mobile app.
Year published: 1998 Genre: Coming-of-age 'The Killer Inside Me' by Jim Thompson. Lou Ford, the deputy sheriff of Central City, Texas, is loved by everyone and is known as the nicest guy in town.
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 ...