Books for the Blind
Seymour Siegel interviews the President of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. Frederick B. Payne. The service provides made to order books for blind students. Payne describes raised braille drawings and other methods of conveying information to blind students. Center for the Education of the Blind was located at 121 East 58th Street, New York, NY
Recording for the Blind is now called Learning Ally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_Ally#History
"Members of the Auxiliary formed Recording for the Blind and transformed the attic of the New York Public Library into a studio, recording textbooks using then state-of-the-art six-inch vinyl SoundScriber phonograph discs that played approximately 12 minutes of material per side. In 1952, Macdonald established recording studios in seven additional cities across the United States."
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 150574
Municipal archives id: T134
