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Article: BOOKS FOR THE BLIND VISUALLY-IMPAIRED PEOPLE USE THEIR EARS TO 'READ'.(NEWS)
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- The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
- Article date:
- May 15, 2002
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Byline: Ann Reskin Post contributor
What have you read today? A book, a magazine, this newspaper?Reading is something most take for granted.
People who are visually or physically impaired don't have that luxury, but they do have ''Talking Books.''
Founded by the Library of Congress in 1931 to benefit blind veterans of World War I, the program has expanded to serve ''anyone who can't read traditional print, either with a physical, visual or medical reason,'' according to Northern Kentucky Talking Book Library Supervisor Keith Sanders.
Working out of the basement of the Kenton County Main Library on Scott Street in Covington, the ...