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in Tokyo
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, Japan
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, serving individuals who are unable to read standard printed material, and those who research the field of visual impairment
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. JBL is one of the biggest and oldest libraries for the blind in Japan.
The library's collection includes about 81,000 braille books (23,000 titles), 210,000 talking books (24,000 titles), and various documents concerning the blind and braille
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. JBL also provides a braille transcription service, a braille printing service, a recording service, digital library
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services, PC training programs, braille training programs, and sells about 1,200 products for the blind. The library's services now extend beyond Japan, providing braille textbooks and computer training to developing Asian nations.
Chronology
* 1940: November 10, Japan library for the blind is founded in Tokyo by a blind man, Kazuo Honma (1915-2003). * 1945: Is destroyed in air raids. * 1948: Rises from the ashes of war, and is renamed Japan Braille Library. * 1955: Sponsored by Ministry of Welfare, undertakes the publication of braille books. * 1961: Sponsored by Ministry of Welfare, undertakes the production of talking books. * 1966: Opens a shop of products for the blind. * 1994: Initiates the support project for the blind in Asia. * 1999: Starts digital talking book ( DAISY book) service. * 2004: Starts the broadband network delivery service of DAISY books ”Biblio-net". * 2007: Initiates the production of audio guide for DVD movies.Services & Projects
See also
*Books for the Blind
The Books for the Blind Program is an initiative of the United States National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) which provides audio recordings of books free of charge to people who are blind or visually impaired. The ...
* Audiobook
An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements.
Spoken audio has been available in sc ...
* Japanese Braille
Japanese Braille is the braille script of the Japanese language. It is based on the original braille script, though the connection is tenuous. In Japanese it is known as , literally "dot characters". It transcribes Japanese more or less as it w ...
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* {{Authority control Braille organizations Libraries for the blind Blindness organizations in Japan Libraries in Tokyo Library buildings completed in 1948