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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ in HTML)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ in contracted braille)
PDF file for keyboard-fillable application – in English and Spanish
Reading Disabilities – NLS/BPH Factsheet
Special cassette and record players
Cassette player operating instructions
Magazines in accessible format
Listen to a sample of a talking book (RealAudio format)
Current Strategic Business Plan for the Implementation of Digital Systems (September 2006)
Strategic Business Plan for the Implementation of Digital Systems (December 2003)
State Laws [PDF: 376KB / 124p.]
Music Section Catalog Order Form
Braille Music Transcribers, Circular 4
Instructional Cassettes Catalog (in HTML)
Instructional Cassettes Catalog (in plain text)
Librettos for Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 2005-2006 Season
Songs in the NLS Popular Music Lead Sheets Series
Newsletters - NLS News,Update and Flash
Bibliographies home page introduction and links to:
Accessibility: A Selective Bibliography (2008)
Assistive Technology: A Selective Bibliography (2000 in HTML)
Assistive Technology: A Selective Bibliography (2000 in plain text)
Library and Information Services for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals (2006)
Physical Handicaps: A Selective Bibliography (2009 in HTML)
Physical Handicaps: A Selective Bibliography (2009 in plain text)
Physical Handicaps: A Selective Bibliography (2009) [PDF: 1.23MB / 16p.]
Circulars home page introduction and links to:
Assistive Technology Products for Information Access (2006)
Bibles and Other Sacred Writings in Special Media (1999 in HTML)
Bibles and Other Sacred Writings in Special Media (1999 in contracted braille)
Blindness and Visual Impairments: Information and Advocacy Organizations (2007)
Braille Literacy: Resources for Instruction, Writing Equipment, and Supplies (2004 in HTML)
Deaf-Blindness: National Organizations and Resources (2004 in HTML)
Deaf-Blindness: National Organizations and Resources (2004 in contracted braille)
Employment of People with Disabilities: A Resource Guide (2005)
Guide to Spoken Word Recordings: Popular Literature (2004)
Information for Travelers with Physical or Visual Disabilities (2002)
Learning Disabilities: Organizations and Resources (2004)
Magnifying Devices, A Resource Guide (2002)
Physical Disabilities: Information and Advocacy Organizations (2003 in HTML)
Physical Disabilities: Information and Advocacy Organizations (2003 in plain text)
Reading Materials in Large Print (2005)
Sources of Audiovisual Materials on Disabilities (1995)
Directories home page introduction and links to:
Factsheets home page introduction and links to:
Books for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals (Annual Factsheet in HTML)
Libros para individuos con ceguera e impedimentos físicos (2009)
Copyright Law Amendment (1996)
Digital Audiobook Players (2009 in HTML)
Digital Audiobook Players (2009) [PDF: 217KB / 16p.]
Free Matter for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons Mailing
Library Service to Institutions (1995)
Music Services for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals (2010 in HTML)
NLS Automation Activities (2003)
Network of the National Library Service for the Blind (1996)
Playback Machines Provided on Free Loan to Eligible Individuals and Institutions (2009)
Selected Sources for Electronic Texts (2005 in HTML)
Selected Sources of Electronic Texts (2005 in contracted braille)
Selected Veterans Organizations (2003)
Sources for Playback Machines Compatible with NLS Books (2005)
Other Writings introduction and links to:
Art and Science of Audio Book Production by Bill West
Text of September 1995 NLS publication
Building Bridges: Library Advocacy and Reaching
Out by Margaret Andrews
Keynote address at Western Conference of Librarians
Serving Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals, May 1997
Foreign Language Materials by
James R. Herndon
This page describes
non-English audio and braille materials produced and offered by NLS, by
NLS cooperating libraries, and by other organizations, foreign and domestic.
Instructions on how to search the NLS Voyager catalog and the internet
to locate audio and braille foreign language materials are provided,
as well as links to sixty-four language-specific referral documents. 2006
Guidelines for Accessing Alternative Format
Educational Materials by Barbara Nail-Chiwetalu
A Web article posted by the U.S. Department of Education,
March 1, 2000
Our Digital World by Frank Kurt Cylke
An address to conventions in 2000 of the American Council
of the Blind and the National Federation of the Blind
Reflections
of a Lifetime Reader by Robert V. Hine
Text of 1994 address to the national conference in Denver
Reflections of a Lifetime Reader by Dr. Marc Maurer
Text of 2008 address to the national conference in San Antonio
Say How? [PDF: 758KB / 244p.], a pronunciation guide to names of public figures.
Talking Rooms: Walking Through History at the National Library Service.
The ABC Book [PDF: 125KB / 17p.], a pronunciation guide to commercial names.
Transformations . . . or the complex story of
going digital by Elsebeth Tank
An address to the 2002 national conference of librarians
serving blind and physically handicapped readers
We Are Nearly There, A Digital Odyssey by Frank Kurt Cylke
An address to 2001 conventions of the American Council
of the Blind and the National Federation of the Blind
You Say It How?, an audio-enhanced version of Say How?
Reports introduction and links to:
"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
"National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: Digital Plans and Progress" by John Cookson and Lloyd Rasmussen. http://www.tsbvi.edu/national-agenda/2224-national-library-service-for-the-blind-and-physically-handicapped-digital-plans-and-progress
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Posted on 2012-01-20