VOICEPRINT PROGRAM
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Program Description
"The non-profit, 24/7 audio newsstand that broadcasts top stories international, national, regional and local from more than 600 Canadian newspapers and magazines."
"VoicePrint is a division of The National Broadcast Reading Service, a registered charity. We serve all Canadians, but particularly the millions of us who can't independently access printed materials - people who are
vision restricted, learning disables, mobility impaired, in need of literacy skills, otoplasty patients, or just getting older.”
-Voiceprint
The VoicePrint program is a volunteer-based service with individuals donating time to record original programming from broadcast centres across Canada.
VoicePrint boasts the world’s largest broadcast reading service and is accessed through cable, satellite and the internet to over 10 million Canadian homes.
VoicePrint serves the blind, those with low vision, print-restricted, deaf or hearing-impaired, learning disabled, mobility-impaired, those in need of literacy skills or are those learning English as a second language.
source:voiceprintcanada.com,getinvolved.ca
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