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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity, the New Mexico State Library has a program where individuals can record audiobooks to add to the national catalog of books for ...
Naveen James of Glendale is among the millions of blind and learning disabled students across the nation who can borrow or download digital audio books from Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic ...
Since the campaign was launched in August, over 510,000 users have contributed a total of over 2.3 million audio clips. Nearly 10,000 blind children have received the audio books made from these ...
These audiobooks were distributed to blind Americans in the 1930s and 40s. And in fact, it was effectively illegal for sighted persons to listen to LP audiobooks from 1934 until 1948, ...
The American Foundation for the Blind estimates that by 1942 they had distributed “23,505 Talking Book machines, 7,000 pickup arms, 69.5 million needles, 130,000 record envelopes and 40,500 ...
Lotte Home Shopping is fulfilling its social responsibilities by sharing activities to support the dreams and hopes of blind children. Taking advantage of the characteristics of the home shopping ...
In 2006, she set up the Eyes of the Soul Library – a project she describes as her “lifetime’s dream.” The idea of producing a wide range of easily accessible audiobooks came from young people who were ...
Furman joined Recorded Recreational Reading for the Blind in 2018. The local nonprofit has been recording books and newspapers for the visually impaired for over 50 years.
Reading aids also matter for people who have reduced or no vision later in life. This is the case for Center of the Blind Board Secretary Tammy Paradis, who is losing her vision due to Usher Syndrome.
Volunteers record audiobooks for blind, print disabled at New Mexico State Library by: Fallon Fischer. Posted: Apr 11, 2025 / 10:57 AM MDT. Updated: Apr 11, 2025 / 10:57 AM MDT.
Inside a West Valley recording studio, volunteers are stepping in front of the microphone, lending their voices and passion for reading to a very worthy cause.