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LC Makes Braille Books Available OnlineThe Library of Congress has launched Web-Braille, a service that makes more than 2,700 electronic braille books available on the Internet for download or online use by individuals, libraries, and schools. Provided by LC’s National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), the Web-Braille files can be accessed by eligible patrons who have been assigned a password and user ID. Users need a computer and a refreshable braille display (a device that creates braille characters by raising or lowering an array of pins) or a braille embosser. The approximately 40 new titles that are released in braille each month will be made available immediately online. LC is also exploring the feasibility of adding its braille versions of many national magazines to Web-Braille. “This is the first massive effort internationally to make braille book collections accessible on the Internet,” said NLS Director Frank Kurt Cylke. He added that the agency is also developing a digital talking book for users. Posted October 18, 1999. |
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