The Movies and Music area has several special collections for visually impaired patrons. For the hearing impaired, there are Closed Captioned videos and DVDs.
Described Videos have additional "voice-over" narration that describes the images on screen. This allows someone with low vision to follow the story. Described Videos are available to any patron. You may take out two at a time for seven days. Check their website for more information Descriptive Video Service.
The Talking Books program is a free nationwide service coordinated in the state by the Indiana State Library for sight impaired and handicapped persons. The audiotapes play on a special player provided by the State Library to those eligible to enroll in the program. MCPL has a small supplementary collection of the audiotapes and working replacement tape players for those already enrolled. Applications are available at our Movies and Music reference desk or The Indiana State Library website
These DVDS have a secondary audio track that has an additional "voice-over" narration that describes the images on screen. This allows someone with low vision to follow the story.
Contact
Us Monroe County Public Library, Monroe County, Indiana ° (812)349-3050
Updated:
March 17, 2010
° http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/av/special_collections.html
