Academic and Vocational
Tape Aids for the
Blind assists innumerable students throughout South Africa with the production
of recorded textbooks and study material at all academic levels. Universities,
Technikons, colleges and all other educational institutions are aware of the
services offered by us and close contact is maintained with lecturers and
student advisers to ensure that the print-handicapped student is provided with
appropriate material. Although these recordings are not made in our soundproof
studios, they are produced by volunteers who are experts in their particular
field. An express home
reading service is also extended to any member who has special needs.
Production
Every day. We have 27 soundproof studios around the country, each one with
state-of-the-art equipment.
Audio books are
narrated and recorded in our own studios, by teams of trained volunteers and
cover a wide range of subjects. Recreational and educational books both for
adults and children are produced in all 11 languages of South Africa. New
titles are added to our collection at a rate of approximately 2000 per year.
Books are chosen by a book selection committee and copyright permission is
obtained from publishers and literary agents. Great care is taken to match the
voice to the book - wherever possible the voice is matched to the content and
style of the book. Volunteer teams assist in the various stages
needed to produce accurate, well modulated tapes, and a master tape is created.
The master tape
collection - which now numbers more than 37 000 titles - is stored in
climatically controlled conditions, so that a copy can be made whenever
necessary. Fast copying equipment ensures that multiple copies of taped books
can be made on demand. Our Library members are able to request us to obtain
information for them from the Internet. This is accessed, downloaded and
recorded for them as part of our free service.
Services
Just like any public
library, we lend thousands of books to our members. The difference being, our
books travel by freepost to destinations around the country. We dispatch around
2 000 books and magazines on tape each day. Our members borrow, free of charge, books of
every classification - from best-sellers to classics, mysteries, westerns,
thrillers, poetry, biographies, religious literature and children’s books. They also borrow popular magazines in recorded
format. We send out some 30 000 magazine cassettes every month.
As part of our
outreach campaign to provide taped books to all blind and print-handicapped
South Africans, we supply mini-libraries of audio books to homes for the aged,
hospitals, hospices and schools for the mentally and physically disabled. The
audio books are used for individual or group listening. Our mini-libraries can be customized to suit
particular groups, taking into account their specific needs, language and age. We offer a Tape Aids Continuing Education
Programme, a free service that provides on tape textbooks, tutorials,
prescribed works and all other academic material required by blind and
print-handicapped students.
Contact Details
Durban Head Office
Tape Aids House 14 Mitchell Crescent, Durban Tel: (031) 309 4800 E-mail: director@tapeaids.org.za |
Johannesburg
148, 9th Avenue Highlands North, 2192 Tel: (011) 786 6130 E-mail: jhbtablib@tapeaids.org.za |
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East London
18 Muir Street Southernwood, 5201 Tel: (043) 722 7615 E-mail: tapeaidsel@tapeaids.org.za |
Pretoria
1298 Park Street East Hatfield, 0083 Tel: (012) 362 5414/5/6/7 E-mail: ptatablib@tapeaids.org.za |
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Port Elizabeth
44 Longwy Road Lorraine, Port Elizabeth 6008 Tel: 041 379 2031 E-mail: tapeaidspe@gmail.com |
Midlands Service Centre
Shop B1B Fairways on Main, 45 Main Road Howick, 3290 Tel: (033) 330 4519 E-mail: tapeaidsmidlands@gmail.com |
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Village of happiness
Hibiscus House Village of Happiness Margate, 4280 Tel: (039) 312 5000 Ext. 263 |
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