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Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
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Sunday, November 23, 2003  

Canada Launches Digital Library for the Blind
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031113.gtblindnov13/BNStory/Technology/

Canadian Institute for the Blind has launched the CNIB Digital Library, touted as the most advanced collection of alternative formats in the world and a model for 175 international libraries producing alternative-format information. The CNIB Digital Library features more than 10,000 audio, text and Braille titles available online, and users can search and order from an additional 60,000 titles. The library is designed to work with adaptive technology products, such as screen-reading programs and Braille keyboards. Users can listen to an audio book directly from their computers by clicking on the link to that title. In addition, the library carries 40 daily, national and community newspapers from across Canada, as well as access to thousands of magazines and the online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "The CNIB Digital Library will open up worlds of opportunity and knowledge. I can now read a newspaper the same day it hits the newsstand. And the new service is particularly exciting for young CNIB clients, who will be able to visit a Web site that is just as much fun, attractive and informative as any other children's site," says CNIB president Jim Sanders, referring to the Children's Discovery Portal, which offers visually impaired children access to online games, books, homework help, and the opportunity to chat with other visually impaired children across Canada.

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