Like air, no one should be denied it” - Alan Moore
Today, accessibility to knowledge is a key driver in empowering people with visual and print disability towards leading a better socio-economic life. We at Saksham Punjab are committed to the easy and affordable
dissemination of knowledge amongst this
differently-abled section of the society through in-house production of talking books. Sparking
A Revolution
By using digital talking books technology, we are striving to deliver the following benefits and revolutionize the way in which people with visual and print disability in Punjab, have traditionally reached out to the world of print:
Independent Access to Knowledge: Digital talking books obviate the need to depend on human readers for reading out the contents of the book. These books once recorded and produced, can be listened to by users repeatedly anytime and anywhere on everyday playback devices like CD/mp3 players, computers and mobile phones. Affordable Access to Knowledge: We at Saksham Punjab are making the various Digital talking books available free of cost to the users. Portability & Convenient Access to Knowledge: All audio/talking books produced by Saksham Punjab are made available to the users in the form of CDs. Thus, they can be easily transported and stored unlike the voluminous Braille books of the past. Fully navigational books: The aim of the talking book Digital Library is to provide the full range of materials in DAISY format. Recording in Digital Access Information System known as (DAISY), provides a unique navigational system through which a reader can easily and quickly, access the material not only chapter wise, section wise or subsection wise, but also page wise. In other words he/she can reach the required heading/page/section almost effortlessly within no time. The most beautiful feature of this format is that the end user can also check the spellings of any particular word in any part of the book with the help of scream reader software. These recorded books can be preserved for an unlimited period and can also be upgraded easily. For More information please visit
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