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A blog about Talking Books and other great resources for blind or visually impaired persons. Find out what's happening in the world of libraries and Talking Books! The blog also includes information and resources of importance to educators, especially those working with students who have disabilities.
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(From TekTalk newsletter:) Are you trying to decide which MP3 player to buy, or would you like to know how to use your MP3 player more effectively? If so, Anna Dresner's new book, A Pocketful of Sound, available from National Braille Press can help. It Read More...
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The infodoodads blog recently had a post about "Read the Words," which is a relatively new free text to speech program. You can see the blog post at http://infodoodads.com/?p=373 You can also check out the Read the Words website at http://readthewords.com/ Read More...
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Thanks to the Southeastern Library Services blog at http://southeasternlsa.blogspot.com/ , I learned about a cool free book offer! You can go to the Louis L'Amour centennial offer at http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/lamour/ for more information about Read More...
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"The first ever video podcast in American Sign Language is being launched today on the Disability Law Low down website at ASL.DisabilityLawLowdown.com. The Disability Law Lowdown ASL podcasts will bring a new level of service to the Deaf community by Read More...
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To those subscribed to Talking Books Librarian by email updates... Feedburner (the site that delivers email updates of my blog) recently had some technical issues sending out emails on some blogs. My blog was one that was affected. Their website at http://groups.google.com/group/feedburner/web/known-issues-workarounds Read More...
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"Excuse me, could you repeat that?” “I couldn't hear a word he said!” “Uh, what was that, again?” If any of those phrases are familiar to you or someone in your life, hearing loss may be the culprit... (taken from http://tinyurl.com/4k3364 ) May is Better Read More...
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Did you know that the Library of Congress and the History Channel have created a partnership? It sounds like teachers will benefit from this as well! According to the Library of Congress website at http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-075.html , "The Library Read More...
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Do you like woodworking? Is it something you currently do, or maybe something you used to do, but now cannot because of vision difficulties? Then check out this free seminar.... (you can register at http://tinyurl.com/6h24ya ) Taken from http://www.hadley.edu/seminar/ Read More...
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A blog post at NFB (National Federation of the Blind) talks about the dangers of silent vehicles/electric cars for the visually impaired.... check it out at http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=323 So what do you think? Are silent vehicles Read More...
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Free books anyone??? Yes, there is such a thing as a free book, at least for kids! Thanks to a blog post on Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs blog (see http://tinyurl.com/4pnsvp for the blog post....) I learned about the Barnes and Noble summer Read More...
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Would you like to have your blog listed here, on my blogroll? I'm wanting to add more blogs to my blogroll, so if you are interested in having your blog appear here, please leave a comment to this post or send an email to talkingbookslibrarian AT gmail.com Read More...
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Congratulations to Michael & Ann Byington and the Kansas Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired... Have you heard? The Kansas Library Association Presidential Award Winner for Library Advocate is Michael Byington! For more information, please Read More...
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As a librarian, I rely heavily on my computer! So when I recently learned about Shutdown Day, I wondered if I could live for 24 hours without my computer? What exactly am I talking about? I'm talking about Shutdown Day, which is May 3... Check out http://www.shutdownday.org Read More...
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PC Magazine recommends the 10 Best Websites for Baby Boomers. You can see them here: http://tinyurl.com/4a6jgp Check out the full article at http://tinyurl.com/2mz9fd Read More...
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Want to learn more about free self-voicing games? Then read on! Taken from the Accessible World News Wire: Although there is an abundance of computer games for the sighted population, accessible games for blind computer users have been in very short supply. Read More...
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