Tiflolibros

Created in 1999 by a group of blind friends that wanted to exchange their digital books in order to widen their access to culture and education, Tiflolibros has grown to have more than 48.000 books in Spanish available for more than 7.000 members with blindness or other severe disabilities in America, Africa, Europe and Asia. How does Tiflolibros w... ork? Tiflolibros offers an online catalog with more than 48.000 digital books that registered members can download using their personal password. Each member then, reads the books through synthetic-voice reading computers, accessible moviles, Braille tapes or other electronic reading devices for people with disabilities. Whats the benefit and potential of Tiflolibros? Internet and other new technologies offer an incredible opportunity for the integration to society of people with disabilities, not only through new tools but also through cost-effective collaboration, and improvement and decentralization of processes. Applying these new ideas, Tiflolibros facilitates the access of blind people to knowledge, at lower costs and with wider reach. Why is reading so important for a blind person? It has open the world to me, is the usual comment of a blind about reading. Books give blind people education, entertainment, discovery, independence, intellectual challenge and new opportunities. Who runs Tiflolibros?Read More