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Nota has various types of lending material: Audio books


Audio books

Nota's audio books are of all different genres recited unabridged by professional readers. Primarily they are recorded on tapes and copied onto cassettes and mounted in boxes. Nota produces books, magazines, newspapers etc. as audio books. Users with jobs can have the material they need to conduct their business produced as audio material.

The current collection of analogue audio books consists of approx. 12.000 titles.

In 2000 Nota began a production of digital audio books in the DAISY standard. Nota produces highly structured digital talking books, which makes the user able to navigate in the book.

In 2002 Nota began converting the analogue audio books to digital audio books with structure. Nota expects to make the digital talking books generally accessible for loan in the beginning of 2003. Meanwhile it is possible to join the Nota Digital Audio Book Club - a pilot projekt for Nota users who wants to get familiar wtih the new digital possibilities.


Books in Braille

Reading book in BrailleNota converts books and other printed materials into Braille. Nota produces books, magazines, newspapers etc. in Braille. Users with jobs can have the material they need to conduct their business produced in Braille or as electronic texts.


The current collection of Braille books consists of approx. 4,200 titles.

 

 


E-books

Nota produces e-books which at present means books or other printed material as computer files (in HTML and ASCII formats). The e-books are sent to the users by mail on diskettes, by e-mail or they can be downloaded directly from the Nota homepage. The e-books can be used in various ways. Some people print the text out on Braille printers, others use screen readers and synthetic speech on the personal computer and others again use a digital Braille display. Further the e-books can be converted into large print.
All books published in Braille are also released as e-books.

The current collection of e-books consists of approx. 400 titles.

Braille music

Nota's music library is one of the world's leading producers of Braille music. Music notes is converted to Braille by music teachers and musicians, often in a close partnership with the person who has ordered the piece of music at Nota. The Braille notes are specially arranged for blind users.

The current collection of Braille music notes consists of approx. 6000 titles.

Loan of Braille music:

Contact:
Lena Ellersgaard
E-mail: ler@nota.nu
Telephone: +45 39 13 46 54
Fax:+45 39 13 46 02

Order and purchase of Braille music:

Contact:
Nota acces
E-mail: acces@nota.nu
Telephone: +45 39 13 46 00
Fax:+45 39 13 46 02

More information about Braille music:

Do you need Braille music but have no one to produce it for you? - Let Nota helt you ...

Catalogues of Braille music (in danish)

Magazines

Nota produces almost 90 different magazines and newspapers on audio tapes or in Braille. People can borrow (old issues) or subscribe. A subscription costs the same as the printed version.

Leaflets

Continuously Nota produces leaflets dealing with various subjects and information of relevance to the public service sector. The leaflets are available on audio tapes, in Braille and as e-books and as normally printed text.



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