{"id":21020,"date":"2023-07-05T11:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T10:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings-new\/send\/areas-of-need\/sensory-and-or-physical\/visual-impairment\/accessible-books\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T15:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:04:34","slug":"accessible-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/sensory-and-or-physical\/visual-impairment\/accessible-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sources of books for children and young people with a vision impairment<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Big books<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Available from local libraries. Pre-school settings can sign up for a library card and then arrange an extended loan period.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Large print books<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Local library service<\/strong>. Books are marked as large print. You can request titles and they can see if it available in large print format <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidedogs.org.uk\/getting-support\/help-for-children-and-families\/living-independently\/customeyes-books\/\" rel=\"noopener\">CustomEyes<\/a><\/strong> service run by Guidedogs.org.uk. They offer large print books for the same price as standard books. Join for free as a family or school and access the catalogue.\u00a0 Access using the following link: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidedogs.org.uk\/services-we-provide\/children-and-young-peoples-services\/customeyes-books\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.guidedogs.org.uk\/services-we-provide\/children-and-young-peoples-services\/customeyes-books\/<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/access2books.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Access 2 books<\/a><\/strong> \u2013giant print (75pt) and braille (Early learning Braille \u2013 double spaced and single sided, giant print with braille &#8211; single spaced, double sided) books with written picture descriptions. Each book costs around \u00a322-28 + VAT.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> Use the following link to browse books: <a href=\"http:\/\/access2books.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Welcome (access2books.com)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Technology based<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordowl.co.uk\/for-home\/find-a-book\/library-page?view=image&amp;query=&amp;type=book&amp;age_group=Age+6-7&amp;book=1&amp;book_type=&amp;series=\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxford Owl<\/a><\/strong> has a range of free e-books which are in tablet friendly formats. Access using the following link <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordowl.co.uk\/for-home\/find-a-book\/library-page?view=image&amp;query=&amp;type=book&amp;age_group=Age+6-7&amp;book=1&amp;book_type=&amp;series=\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.oxfordowl.co.uk\/for-home\/find-a-book\/library-page?view=image&amp;query=&amp;type=book&amp;age_group=Age+6-7&amp;book=1&amp;book_type=&amp;series=#<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Devon libraries have an app called \u2018Libby\u2019 which allows users to download e-books and talking books. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/devon.overdrive.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/devon.overdrive.com\/<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Cerebra.org\u00a0<\/strong>for e-books and audio books: <a href=\"https:\/\/cerebra.org.uk\/get-advice-support\/library\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Library &#8211; Cerebra<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnibbookshare.org\/cms\/\" rel=\"noopener\">RNIB Bookshare<\/a> <\/strong>is a free library, for schools, that provides textbooks and materials to support national curricula. It offers a range of accessible formats for people who are unable to read standard print, including those with dyslexia and those who are blind or partially sighted. Use the following link for more information: https:\/\/www.rnibbookshare.org\/cms\/. Please note to have access to RNIB Bookshare you will need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnibbookshare.org\/signUpOrganization\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up as an organisation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Braille<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearvisionproject.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Clearvision Project<\/a>: Grade 1 and 2 Braille with standard print. Free for families, \u00a350 per year for schools, libraries and sensory services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>RNIB library service.<\/strong> They send out large print, giant print, audio and braille books. Use the following link to access <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rniblibrary.com\/iguana\/www.main.cls?p=b3ba52c6-5bac-4699-afb9-0dfb99409462&amp;v=79772263-7f4f-401a-ae3b-aa1c2123b563\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">http:\/\/www.rniblibrary.com\/iguana\/www.main.cls?p=b3ba52c6-5bac-4699-afb9-0dfb99409462&amp;v=79772263-7f4f-401a-ae3b-aa1c2123b563<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Living Paintings<\/strong>: A library of tactile and audio books and resources that is free to join for teachers supporting blind and visually impaired children in the UK. The children\u2019s library offers an ever growing range of books and resources for blind and visually impaired children\u2019s reading and education, from primary through to secondary school. They offer excellent topic books. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingpaintings.org\/our-library\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.livingpaintings.org\/our-library<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Images<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tactilelibrary.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Tactile library<\/a> for images.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnibbookshare.org\/cms\/\" rel=\"noopener\">RNIB Bookshare<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Listening to books<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnib.org.uk\/insight-online\/rnib-overdrive-talking-books-free-vision-impairment-dyslexia\" rel=\"noopener\">RNIB Overdrive<\/a> allows you to listen to books.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Librivox<\/a> for free audio books.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerebra.org.uk\/practical-help\/borrow-fiction-from-our-borrowbox-library\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Cerebra.org.uk<\/a> for e-books and audiobooks.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calibre.org.uk\/Library.aspx?category=KS1%3a+Key+Stage+1&amp;page=3\" rel=\"noopener\">Calibre.org.uk<\/a> is an additional audio library. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rniblibrary.com\/iguana\/www.main.cls?p=b3ba52c6-5bac-4699-afb9-0dfb99409462&amp;v=79772263-7f4f-401a-ae3b-aa1c2123b563\" rel=\"noopener\">RNIB library service<\/a>. They send out large print, giant print, audio and braille books<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingpaintings.org\/our-library\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Paintings<\/a>: A library of tactile and audio books and resources<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources of books for children and young people with a vision impairment Big books Large print books Technology based Braille Images Listening to books &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":0,"parent":8149,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-21020","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 21:37:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2616"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21020"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29624,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21020\/revisions\/29624"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}