Network of volunteers making IT-based audio books

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 30, 2013, shows volunteers taking a course in Tokyo on making "audio books" by means of information technology for people suffering low vision or blindness. Image data made by scanning books and other publications is processed into a text file format that can be read aloud by almost any computer.

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ILEA001191054

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2014/1/15 00:00:00

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Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

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2014 Kyodo News

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3864 × 2232 pixel

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240 dpi

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891.41(KB)*

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