Some of you might enjoy hearing BBC Radio 4’s “Word of Mouth” episode on
audiobooks, which mentions the first talking books recorded for people
with visual impairments in Britain in the 1930s by the Royal National
Institute of Blind People (RNIB): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pzs72
Best wishes,
Matt
--
Dr Matthew Rubery
Reader in Nineteenth-Century Literature
School of English and Drama
Queen Mary, University of London
London E1 4NS
Web: http://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/staff/ruberymatthew.html
________________End of message________________
This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies).
Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask]
Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html
You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.
|