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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. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories - Wikipedia

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   Three Blind Mice and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1950. [1] The first edition retailed at $2.50. [ 1 ]

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. List of Digital Accessible Information System software

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   A DAISY player and audio book. Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) books can be heard on standalone DAISY players, [1] computers using DAISY playback software, [2] mobile phones, and MP3 players (with limited navigation). DAISY books can be distributed on a CD/DVD, memory card or through the Internet. [3]

6. Audiobook - Wikipedia

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   In 1955, a German inventor introduced the Sound Book cassette system based on the Tefifon format where instead of a magnetic tape the sound was recorded on a continuous loop of grooved vinylite ribbon similar to the old 8-track tape. Even though the original Tefifon upon which it was based ran at 19 CPS and could hold a maximum of 4 hours, one ...

7. National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

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   Many of the Spanish audio and braille books, though, are produced by NLS themselves. These are among the materials that can be retrieved through Inter Library Loan and by mail. The website for The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped also gives links to other foreign language materials and resources. [12]

8. 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 ...

9. 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.