Press Release

RECORDING FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC®
HONORED WITH PLATINUM AWARD
RFB&D's Institutional Membership Teacher's Guide receives top honors

November 3, 2004 (Princeton, NJ) - pRecording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D®) has been honored with a prestigious Platinum Award from the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) in recognition of RFB&D's Learning Through Listening® Institutional Membership Teacher's Guide.

The Teacher's Guide scored 99 out of a possible 100 points in judging areas such as narrative, visual design, creativity, message clarity and relevance - ranking it #1 in the category of "Print: Toolkits, Mailers and Related." In addition, the publication finished second among the entire competition's more than 850 submissions and the LACP's "Top 100 Publicity Materials of 2004."

The colorful and innovative binder produced by RFB&D and project vendor Pequod Communications includes items that teachers can immediately put to use with students using RFB&D's audio textbooks as an accommodation. It includes program information, checklists, graphic organizers, a classroom poster and RFB&D's interactive Audiobook Training Tool (ATT) and companion CD.

"The goal of creating a support tool for educators was shared by many individuals at RFB&D, and it came to fruition through a lot of brainstorming, hard work and cooperation between departments," said RFB&D President & CEO John Kelly. "We are truly proud of what we created, and this level of recognition is greatly appreciated."

LACP also gave a Bronze Award, Honors and Top 100 recognition to RFB&D's The Magic of Digital Recording 2003 annual report and bestowed Honors on the This is RFB&D brochure.

Earlier this year, RFB&D's communications team also earned the coveted gold Jasper Award from the Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association (JSPRAA) for RFB&D's external newsletter, RFB&D Impact. Additional honors for RFB&D's annual report and other publications included an APEX award from Communications Concepts, Inc.; an award of distinction from Communicator Awards; and an honorable mention from the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA/NJ).

RFB&D, a nonprofit organization based in Princeton, NJ, serves more than 137,000 members of all ages with a one-of-a-kind library of 100,000 recorded textbooks on CD and four-track cassette. Students with disabilities that make reading text challenging or impossible 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 28 RFB&D recording studios nationwide.

Established in 2001, the San Diego-based League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) encourages excellence in the practice of communications for corporations, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and government entities. Its quarterly award competitions attract entries from organizations around the world, including Fortune 500 companies.

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