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In Touch: Council cuts to the talking book service and how accessible are ebooks for blind people?

14/06/2011

Council cuts to the talking book service and how accessible are ebooks for blind people?

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Council cuts to the talking book service and how accessible are ebooks for blind people?

The impact of council cuts on the talking book service. Plus how accessible are e-books?

Why some councils are cutting subscriptions for talking books to save money and how accessible are e-books for blind and partially sighted people?

We look at why some local authorities are cutting or restricting subscriptions for the talking book service. Peter White talks to Pat Beech, the RNIB's library service manager.

And how accessible are e-books for blind and partially sighted people? Peter talks to Ian Macrae, Editor of Disability Now, and to Richard Mollet from the Publishers Association.

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