1. Finding Accessible Titles
Audiobooks, Large Print & Braille
from the New Jersey State Library
Talking Book and Braille Center

2. • Liz Burns, Youth Services Consultant
– eburns@njstatelib.org
• Jen Servello Apgar, Library Associate
– jservello@njstatelib.org
– Presentation:
– www.slideshare.net/eaburns/njasl-2012

3. NJSL TBBC
www.njsltbbc.org

4. National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped
www.loc.gov/nls

5. NLS: A History
• 1931, Pratt-Smoot Act: books for blind adults
– Established library
– Established funding
• 1952, Blind children
• 1966, Visual or physical disability
• 1966, Chafee Amendment
– Copyright exception for books

6. Chafee Amendment
• Reproduce or distribute copies
• Of previously published nondramatic literary
works
• In specialized formats
• Exclusively for use by the blind or other
persons with disabilities

7. Who Is Eligible
“Exclusively for use by the blind or
other persons with disabilities”

9. • Residents of the United States
• Citizens of the United States who live abroad
• All ages
• And . . .

10. Vision
• Blind
– 20/200 or less with correcting lenses
– widest diameter of visual field subtends an
angular distance no greater than 20 degrees
• Low Vision:
– Cannot read standard newspaper print

11. Blindo Diaries
theblindodiaries.blog.com

12. Vision Simulators
www.acbvi.org/albums/Vision/slide4.html

13. • www.richmondeye.com/simulation.asp
• www.acbvi.org/albums/Vision/index.html
• ohiolionseyeresearch.com/simulati.htm#Normal
• www.afb.org/seniorsite.asp?SectionID=63&Topic
ID=286&DocumentID=3393

14. Physical
• Cannot hold a book
• Cannot turn the pages of a book
• Examples:
– loss of hands or arms
– paralysis
– cerebral palsy
– arthritis

15. Reading Disabilities
• Limited to those with a physical basis
• www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/readin
gdisabilities.html

16. Who Certifies?

17. Blindness, Vision, Physical:
• Doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy
• Ophthalmologists, optometrists
• Registered nurses, therapists
• Professional staff of hospitals, institutions, and
public or private welfare agencies (e.g., social
workers, case workers, counselors,
rehabilitation teachers, and superintendents).
• And…

18. Blind, Vision, Physical
• In the absence of any of these, certification
may be made by professional librarians or by
any person whose competence under specific
circumstances is acceptable to the Library of
Congress.

19. Reading Disability
• doctors of medicine
• doctors of osteopathy
– who may consult with colleagues in associated
disciplines

20. • Apply for services:
http://njsltbbc.org/application
• Repeats definitions for eligibility
• Includes list of people who may certify
• Only by mail
• Original signatures
– Clearly identify yourself

21. Application
• Name
• Address
• Age
• Materials
• Selection & sending materials
– Frequency
– Subjects
– Sex, violence, strong language

22. What is Available
• “In specialized formats”
– Braille
– Audiobooks
• Machine to listen to audiobooks
• Large Print
– Children’s and teen books

23. Braille
www.brailleink.org

24. Braille

25. Audiobooks

26. Digital Talking Book Cartridge

27. Digital Talking Book Machine

28. Large Print
• Newspapers: 8 point
• Adult books: 10 to 12 point
• Minimum size large print: 14 point
• Typical large print: 16 to 18 point

29. Children’s Books
• Novels: 10 to 12 point
• Middle Grade: 14 point
• Early Readers: 16 point
• Picture Books: 16 to 24 point
• Minimum size large print: 14 point
• Typical large print: 16 to 18 point

30. Digital Talking Book Machine

33. Commercial Players
www.humanware.com

34. Commercial Players
www.plextalk.com/americas/top/products/
ptp1/

35. How Do People Get Materials?
• Mail
• Download

37. Mail
• Free Matter for the Blind & Physically
Handicapped Persons Mailing
– www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/mail.html
• Post Office Regulation
– pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/703.htm#1113979
• AFB
– www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=3&TopicID=3
2&DocumentID=3528

38. Download

39. Automatic
• Subjects
• Reading level
• Sex, violence, language
• Books sent periodically

40. Requests Come In
• Telephone
• Email
• Mail
• Paper Catalog Request
• Online Catalog

41. New Books
• Catalog at www.loc.gov/nls/catalog
• Talking Book Topics at
www.loc.gov/nls/tbt/index.html
• Braille Book Review at
www.loc.gov/nls/bbr/index.html
• Magazines at
www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/magazines.ht
ml

42. Newspapers & Magazines: Audiovision
www.audiovision-nj.org/

43. NFB Newsline
www.nfbnewslineonline.org/

44. TBBC has books you cannot get
at the library or bookstore!

45. store.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servl
et/ProductDisplay_null_49598_-
1_10052_10051

46. Audio?
www.amazon.com

47. WorldCat?
www.worldcat.org/

49. NLS Catalog!
www.loc.gov/nls/catalog/

53. Download Audiobooks

54. nlsbard.loc.gov

55. BARD Application
• Only if already a TBBC patron
• Name and address an exact match
• Email needed
• Default is TBBC issued player

57. BARD

61. Braille Technology
www.hims-inc.com/products/braille-sense-
plus

62. www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/fo
cus-product-page.asp

63. www.humanware.com/en-
usa/products/blindness/braille_displays/_de
tails/id_73/brailleconnect_40.html

64. Large Print Keyboard
www.freedomscientific.com/products/lv/m
agic-keyboard-product-page.asp

65. TBBC & Public Libraries
• Our materials complement each other!
• TBBC = Trenton, Public Libraries = local

66. Accessible Libraries
• Website Accessibility :
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
• Programs: inclusive
– Flexible!
– Ask questions!
• Flyers and brochures
– Font size

67. Institutional Account
• Application
– Demonstration or Deposit
– www.njsltbbc.org/application
– www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/institutions.html
• Players
• Audiobooks
• Braille
• Outspoken Library Program

68. Outspoken Library
http://njsltbbc.org/outspoken_library

69. Learning Ally (formerly Recording for
the Blind & Dyslexic)
www.learningally.org

70. Bookshare
www.bookshare.org

71. Open Library

72. LibriVox
http://librivox.org/

73. What about e-books?
http://openlibrary.org

74. What kind of device?

75. What kind of ebook?

76. How do they work together?

78. Thorndike Press
http://thorndike.gale.com/

79. LRS Large Print School Books
https://largeprintschoolbooks.com/

80. Questions?
• Contact information: njsltbbc.org/contact
• Call: 1 – 800 – 792 – 8322
• Elizabeth Burns – Ext 804
• Jennifer Servello Apgar – Ext 823
• Email: tbbcyouth@njstatelib.org
• Presentation:
www.slideshare.net/eaburns/njasl-2012