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NLS: That All May Read

Visit http://www.loc.gov/nls/digital.html for more information on digital talking books. Below are links to technical writings of NLS staff members.

• "Digital Talking Books: Developing a User Interface" by John Cookson and Lloyd Rasmussen, presented at Technology and Persons with Disabilities sponsored by the Center on Disabilities, California State University, Northridge; March 2001
  http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2001/proceedings/0030cookson.htm
  
• "Digital Talking Book Standards Developed by NLS and Partners Under NISO Auspices" by John Cookson, Michael Moodie, and Lloyd Rasmussen in Information Technology and Disabilities, volume 7, number 1, August 2000
  http://www.tsbvi.edu/textbooks/afb/kit/tkit49.htm
  
• Flash Memory Distribution of Digital Talking Books by Neil Bernstein, information technology specialist, NLS Engineering Section; published February 2005.


• "National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: Digital Plans and Progress" by John Cookson and Lloyd Rasmussen in Information Technology and Disabilities, volume 7, number 1, August 2000
  http://www.tsbvi.edu/textbooks/afb/kit/tkit48.htm


• Report on DTB distribution options


• Report on Future Availability of Cassette Tape Components

Technical Circulars

Occasionally, NLS publishes information on topics related to library materials produced for blind and physically handicapped readers. When a new circular is published, an electronic copy will be posted and we will include a link to the circular on the Technical Circulars index page.

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Posted on 2007-06-07