[Blindvet-talk] AFB shutting Down its Audio Section serving NLS

Fri Nov 21 21:00:38 UTC 2008

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 October2009

Subject: [Nfb-seniors] AFB to Close its Audio Production Division in  
October2009

AFB to Close its Audio Production Division in October  2009

AFB to Close its Audio Production Division in October  2009

New York (November 17, 2008)After 75 years  of
participating in the National Library Service
(NLS) Talking Book  Program, the American
Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is closing  its
audio book division in October 2009 with the
expiration of AFB's New  York headquarters' lease.
Fans of talking books will continue to  have
access to high quality audio books from the many
other accomplished  audio book producers
participating in the NLS program, as well  as
through increasingly popular, accessible, and
affordable commercially  produced books and internet downloads.

Since pioneering the development  of recorded
books in the 1930s, AFB has produced tens of
thousands of  Talking Books for the Library of
Congressa program championed by Helen  Keller
during her tenure at AFB. AFB expects to continue
producing audio  material for NLS and our other
customers until AFB leaves its present  facility.

"As a Talking Book user myself, I take enormous
pride in  the role AFB has played in providing
high-quality audio books to people who  are blind
or visually impaired," said Carl R. Augusto, AFB
President  & CEO. "While we are saddened to be
exiting the Talking Book business,  we are
confident that other audio book producers have
sufficient studio  production capacity to handle
NLS requirements and that blind and  visually
impaired consumers will continue to have access
to audio  material through the NLS program and other avenues."

AFB's decision to  exit the Talking Book program
was based on a number of factors, including  the
financial costs that AFB incurs by participating
in the  government-funded NLS program and the need
to apply donor funds to those  programs that AFB
is in a unique position to deliver.

"AFB is proud  to have produced so many amazing
audio books, and we owe a huge thank you  to AFB's
audio book production staff and to the actors and
narrators  whose much-loved voices have created
wonderful and enduring recordings,"  added  Augusto.

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