Luisterpunt (Listening point library)
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Device modifier
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Product Description:
Luisterpunt (Listening point library) is a Flemish library for audiobooks and braille books. It is a public library delivering books to blind persons, visually impaired elderly persons, persons who are bedridden or have MS or a disorder of muscles or joints, children with dyslexia and all contact persons.
Main Features:
- Books are available in two special formats: Daisy audiobooks and braille books.
- The collection contains almost 24,000 Daisy books (audiobooks) and 12,000 braille books. The online catalog: http://daisybraille.bibliotheek.be .
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Works as a mailing library:
- This means the books are dispatched in an adapted package to the reader's home.
- The reader need only to return the Daisy books in the same package. Franking is not necessary.
- The loan period is 4 weeks.
- Braille Books are printed on-demand and do not have to be returned.
- The reader can also download or stream audiobooks online without the need to return them.
- Schools, homes for elderly people, public libraries and other institutions can also become members.
- For the moment 85% of all Flemish public libraries in Flanders and Brussels have a Daisy collection and a Daisy player.
Primary Specifications:
- Membership is for those ONLY who cannot read or use an ordinary book (anymore) because of a certain reading restriction. Luisterpunt maintains this personal data in a database and manages it in accordance with privacy legislation. Any changes in a member's ability changes the membership.
Options & Accessories:
Accessories include but not limited to:
- Two free designs of cover sheets for the Plextalk table model: one with only the basic buttons, and one with slightly more functionalities that simplify the use of the machines.