Read For The Blind Volunteer

Ainc relies on our dedicated team of volunteers to read and record print materials in our recording studios.

Read for the blind volunteer.

The same books used in classrooms across the country as well as books being read for enjoyment are placed in the hands of our volunteers. For those who are blind losing vision or can t read for a different reason audio programming is a vital component of staying. Volunteers must be able to speak clearly and read at a college level. I am presently reading once a week for the internet radio station at the oklahoma library for the blind.

Volunteer to make audiobooks with learning ally. Clients provide their own reading materials and sessions last for two hours. Have fun with family and friends and make a difference too. Several volunteer readers read for an hour or so once a week from various newspapers around the state concentrating on stories of human interest etc.

How to volunteer to read. Many network libraries use volunteer readers to record materials for local use some of which is circulated to the larger nls network. We re following the government s public health guidance and ensuring we can continue to offer support for blind and partially sighted people all face to face volunteering is suspended to ensure that you remain safe and well. Access news is a reading service that allows volunteers to record current news magazines circulars and other items of interest so that people who are blind low vision or cannot read conventional print can listen to these publications through the telephone.

The audition includes a 100 word pronunciation test and several brief excerpts of reading from newspapers and magazines. Directory of producers of accessible reading materials may list other organizations that use volunteer narrators. Volunteers can either record from home or at our sacramento ca location in our studio. We ll do our best to keep you up to date with our progress with involving volunteers in our work.

When you join the learning ally volunteer nation you help us change the lives of struggling readers forever. That might not be covered in the local daily newspaper or aired on tv and radio. Reading materials cover a wide range of topics and support the client s academic employment leisure or personal reading needs. Reading for the blind visually impaired and print disabled residents of colorado.

We re exploring ways that you might be able to volunteer from home. Volunteers read to adults who are blind or visually impaired. Before you are eligible to become a volunteer broadcaster for gatewave you must take and pass our audition for reading aloud. You may contact a network library to see if they have current openings for volunteer narrators.

Six opportunities exist for readers friendly visitors or mail assistants to help their neighbors. Our audiobooks benefit blind visually impaired students and students with dyslexia or specific learning disability.