| Visunet
Canada
VISUNET is a partnership,
which links the resources of the Canadian National Institute for the
Blind Library with your Public Library.
Who can use VISUNET?
VISUNET CANADA serves anyone who is unable to use print because of a
visual or physical handicap, or a learning disability as defined by
the Canadian Copyright Act.
- Your passport
to VISUNET services is a card from your local library. Library cards
are FREE!
What's available
from VISUNET through your library?
- Talking Books
16,000+ unabridged titles in English on 4-track audio cassette
- Braille Books
over 1,6000 children's picture book titles with see through Braille
overlay between each page
- Electronic
Text (E-Text) 1,300+ titles for reproduction in large print, audio,
or Braille format
- Magazines (50),
Daily Newspapers (8)
- Descriptive
Videos 250+ films and PBS television programs with added narration
describing setting and actions
- Braille Music
18,000+ scores for all types of musical instruments
- Audio Cinema
over 50 films with narration describing setting and actions between
dialogue sequences (2-track audio cassette)
What other services
are available through VisuNET Canada?
- VisuCAT: The
CNIB's online library catalogue
- VisuTEXT: Books,
encyclopedias, academic journals and other information resources on
the Internet
- VisuNEWS: Telephone
and Internet access to a variety of daily newspapers
For more information
about VisuNET Canada, call or visit the library and ask about VisuNET
Canada services for anyone who is print disabled. You can also check
out the web site at: www.cnib.ca/library/visunet/index.htm
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