When it comes to blind persons being able to read books, we do it in several different ways. We can read it in Braille,
We can listen to it on CD or cassette, or we can use our computers to download books and listen to them using special
access technology called screen readers.
We can use cassette recorders to play our cassettes. We can use CD players to listen to our CDs and we can also
use specially developed book readers to read books that have been formatted into DAISY formats. We can also use
scanners to scan books and listen to them from our computers.
A lot has been done and continues to be done when it comes to making books more accessible to blind persons but
there is still much more to be done and this should be seen as a continuing job. In the meantime, I have some
websites for you to visit to learn more about how blind persons read books and what they use in order to read books.
Visit www.aph.org, www.rfbd.org and www.humanware.com.
I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day.
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