Saturday, November 15 2003
Thanks to the Internet and some original programming by Microsoft Canada, 105,000 blind or visually impaired Canadians will be able to read thousands of books, daily newspapers and magazines.
Launched Wednesday by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the CNIB Digital Library is described as the most advanced collection of alternative formats in the world and a model for 175 international libraries producing alternative-format information.
It also contains a Children's Discovery Portal, the world's first portal of its kind for children who are blind.
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