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Here are entered works on the technique in which, during lapses in the audio or scripted dialogue of plays, films, and television programs, trained narrators describe the visual and nonverbal cues and information that may be essential for people with visual disabilities to understand and appreciate these cultural and informational media.

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• HR 3101, Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 (Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office., 2013), by Technology United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Information for travelers with physical or visual disabilities (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Library of Congress, 2002), by Ruth Nussbaum and Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opportunity for the blind and visually impaired through vocational rehabilitation. (U.S. G.P.O., 1969) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital talking books for people unable to read regular print (Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 2011, 2011), by Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)

• Civil rights issues facing the blind and visually impared in Illinois (The Committee, 1999), by United States Commission on Civil Rights. Illinois Advisory Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

• Civil rights issues facing the blind and visually impared in Illinois (The Committee, 1999), by United States Commission on Civil Rights. Illinois Advisory Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laws relating to pensions (mothers'--blind) and paupers (State of Illinois, 1937), by Illinois and Edward J. Hughes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Report to ..., State Superintendent of Education, Governor ..., and the General Assembly. (Illinois Advisory Board of [sic] Services for Deaf-Blind Individuals, in the 20th century), by Illinois Advisory Board for Services for Deaf-Blind Individuals (page images at HathiTrust)
• State supplemental payments to the aged, blind, or disabled. (Illinois Dept. of Public Aid, in the 20th century), by Illinois. Department of Public Aid (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Innovative technologies and treatments helping veterans : hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, May 13, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United Sates House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)

• Currency Features for Visually Impaired People (1995), by National Research Council Committee on Currency Features Usable by the Visually Impaired (illustrated HTML with commentary at NAP)
• Access to multimedia technology by people with sensory disabilities (The Council :, 1998), by National Council on Disability (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Vision Center of Excellence : what has been accomplished in thirteen months? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 17, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital talking books for people unable to read regular print (Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 2011, 2011), by Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)

• Blindness and visual impairments : national information and advocacy organizations. (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1990), by Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deaf-Blindness : national organizations and resources (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1993), by Freddie L. Peaco and Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blindness and visual impairments : information and advocacy organizations (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1996), by Carol Strauss and Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magnifying devices : a resource guide (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, The Library of Congress, 2002), by Carol Strauss and Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blindness and visual impairments : information and advocacy organizations (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2007), by Carol Strauss and Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Assistive devices for use with personal computers (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2001), by Carol Strauss and Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)

• Examining issues related to tactilely distinguishable currency : hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, July 30, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session on S. 341 ... March 14, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coordinated services for blinded veterans. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Blind Rehabilitation Service, 1992), by United States. Veterans Health Administration. Blind Rehabilitation Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sight for the blind (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, [between 1935 and 1937]., 1935), by United States. Works Progress Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Meeting the needs of blind and visually impaired older Americans : a briefing (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped. (Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped, 1963), by Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Independence through industry, rugs and baskets (State Agency for Adult Blind, 1932), by Wisconsin. State Agency for Adult Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laws relating to aid to the blind and service to the blind including amendments through 1963 special session. (Division of Public Assistance, 1963), by Wisconsin and Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laws relating to aid to the blind including 1959 amendments through January, 1960. (Division of Public Assistance, 1960), by Wisconsin and Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Projected planning for the Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind : a report to the State Board of Public Wlefare with recommendations (Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind, 1954), by Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Independence through industry, basket specialties (Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind, 1923), by Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Independence through industry, baksets-brushes, mats and mops (Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind, 1938), by Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Independence through industry, basket specialties (Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind, 1931), by Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)

• Services to the blind in Wisconsin. (Services to the Blind, Division of Public Assistance, 1956), by Wisconsin. Services for the Blind Section (page images at HathiTrust)

• When the Blizzard Blows (Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, c1994), ed. by Kenneth Jernigan (HTML at nfb.org)
• For younger readers : Braille and talking books. (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Library of Congress, 1965), by American Foundation for the Blind, Library of Congress. Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cassette books (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1985), by Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opportunity for the blind and visually impaired through vocational rehabilitation. (U.S. G.P.O., 1969) (page images at HathiTrust)
• State supplemental payments to the aged, blind, or disabled. (Illinois Dept. of Public Aid, in the 20th century), by Illinois. Department of Public Aid (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalog of talking books for the blind, 1953-57 (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958), by Library of Congress. Division for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)

• California's social welfare programs for the blind : an analysis (the Division, 1965), by California. Division for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biennial report of the State Commission for the Blind. (Colorado. State Commission for the Blind], in the 20th century), by Colorado. State Commission for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Indiana's security aid programs (Indiana State Dept. of Public Welfare, in the 1940s), by Indiana. Dept. of Public Welfare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Indiana's security aid program : old age assistance, blind assistance, assistance to dependent children (Indiana State Dept. of Public Welfare, 1946), by Indiana. Dept. of Public Welfare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Blind assistance manual (The Division, 1938), by Indiana. Division of Public Assistance (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Services for the blind : report to the 1977 General Assembly of North Carolina ([The Commission] ; for distribution through the Legislative Library, 1977), by North Carolina. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission. Committee on Services for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)

• For younger readers : Braille and talking books. (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Library of Congress, 1965), by American Foundation for the Blind, Library of Congress. Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)

• From Homer to Helen Keller; a social and educational study of the blind (American foundation for the blind, inc., 1932), by Richard Slayton French and American Foundation for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• A graphic exhibit on rehabilitation of the crippled and the blinded (New York, 1919), by Douglas C. McMurtrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vocations for the visually handicapped; a study of the need for vocational guidance in residential schools for the blind (American foundation for the blind, 1937), by Louise Wilber and American Foundation for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Our blinded soldiers; instructions for directors of schools (Red cross institute for the blind, 1918), by Eugène Brieux and Gladys Gladding Whiteside (page images at HathiTrust)
• Red Cross Institute for the Blind. ([Baltimore?, 1918), by Red Cross Institute for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nos soldats aveugles; note pour les directeurs des écoles de rééducation professionnelle. (Delagrave, 1917), by Eugène Brieux (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The blind in industry: fifty years of work and wages (Edson (printers) ltd., 1925), by Ben Purse (page images at HathiTrust)
• A manual of norms for tests used in counseling blind persons (American Foundation for the Blind, 1958), by Mary Kinsey Bauman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauties and achievements of the blind ([Andrews] Published for the authors, 1857), by Wm. Artman, L. V. Hall, and L. V. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blind (Published for the authors, 1860), by Wm. Artman and L. V. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Yes, you can get a job (President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, 1975), by United States. President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications ... Series I, . (Red Cross Institute for the Blind, between 1000 and 1999), by Red Cross Institute for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the Red Cross Institute for the Blind. Series I (Baltimore, Md., Red Cross Institute for the Blind), by Baltimore Red Cross Institute for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fighting in the dark (C.F. Fraser, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The true sphere of the blind (Printed for the author by W. Briggs, 1896), by E. B. F. Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The blind in Cleveland. (Cleveland soc. for the blind, 1918), by Cleveland Society for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• The economic value of scotoic labor or labor in the dark. (The Charity organization society, 1906), by William Bell Wait (page images at HathiTrust)
• Counselors guide; how to find employment and place blind persons on jobs of an industrial character in nonindustrial areas. (U. S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1953), by J. Hiram Chappell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opportunity for the blind and visually impaired through vocational rehabilitation. (U.S. G.P.O., 1969) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the Red Cross Institute for the Blind, Baltimore. Series 1 (Red Cross Institute for the Blind, 1918), by Red Cross Institute for the Blind and Baltimore Red Cross Institute for the Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind, by Frances Martin (Gutenberg ebook)

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