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Press
Release
RECORDING
FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC® ANNOUNCES
BOOK INSTALLMENTS ON CD
Members
with print disabilities now have
faster access to educational textbooks
January 3, 2005 (Princeton, NJ) - Making the printed word
even more accessible to students with print disabilities in a
shorter period of time, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
(RFB&D®) announced that members can now order completed
portions of RFB&D's AudioPlus® digitally recorded textbooks
on CD without having to wait for the remainder of the book to
be recorded. RFB&D, a nonprofit organization, is the nation's
educational library of recorded textbooks for students with visual
impairment, dyslexia or other physical disabilities that make
reading standard textbooks difficult or impossible.
Installments on CD include the same navigation features
as RFB&D's AudioPlus® digitally recorded textbooks, and
will play on all DAISY equipment and software. RFB&D members
can order installments for both digitally recorded and analog
books and not have to wait for their book to be completely recorded
before they can use it.
"Our ability to provide books in fully navigable
installments is just another in a series of services provided
by RFB&D to make our expanding library even more accessible
to members who may need a particular textbook as it is being recorded,"
said President & CEO John Kelly. "We expect the addition
of the digitally recorded installments to be quite popular as
well as beneficial to RFB&D members."
Installments of RFB&D's AudioPlus® books
are available through the online catalog and ordering center on
RFB&D's accessible website (www.rfbd.org), or by calling a
member service representative at 800-221-4792. Installments will
be mailed approximately every two weeks until the book is recorded
in its entirety, at which time members will be sent the title
in its completed form. Members will still have the option of waiting
for the completed book before ordering.
In 2002, RFB&D introduced its inaugural collection
of digitally recorded books on CD called RFB&D's AudioPlus®
textbooks. The content of a standard textbook now fits on a single
CD, eliminating the need for students to sort through a series
of cassettes to find the page, chapter or section they might need
at any given time. In addition to convenience and portability,
RFB&D's AudioPlus® digitally recorded textbooks on CD
provide unprecedented navigation features that allow students
to jump from page to page or chapter to chapter with the touch
of a button. To date, 17,000 digitally recorded titles have been
added to RFB&D's CV Starr Learning Through Listening®
Library.
RFB&D serves more than 137,000 students from
kindergarten through graduate school and beyond with its one-of-a-kind
collection of more than 104,000 educational titles on CD or four-track
cassette. Students rely on RFB&D's unique accommodation to
access the printed page and to achieve educational success. All
of RFB&D's accessible titles are recorded by volunteers working
in 29 RFB&D recording studios nationwide.
additional media inquiries:
RFB&D News Desk 1-800-803-7201
media e-mail inquiries
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