Listen "Improving access to Braille in Canada"
Episode Synopsis
January 4 was World Braille Day and to celebrate we sat down to talk with Kerry Kijewski and Marcia Yale, two of the five authors of the study Improving Braille Availability in Canadian Public Libraries to learn more about the study and what the book industry can do to improve braille accessibility in Canada.
(Find the transcript here: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2022/1/24/podcast-improving-access-to-braille-in-canada)
Further reading/listening:
-Improving Braille Availability in Canadian Public Libraries: https://nnels.ca/braillestudy
-How to improve braille accessibility in Canada: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2022/1/4/how-to-improve-braille-accessibility-in-canada
(Find the transcript here: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2022/1/24/podcast-improving-access-to-braille-in-canada)
Further reading/listening:
-Improving Braille Availability in Canadian Public Libraries: https://nnels.ca/braillestudy
-How to improve braille accessibility in Canada: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2022/1/4/how-to-improve-braille-accessibility-in-canada
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