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Video Describing the National Campaign for Literacy, Textbooks, Transcribers, and Technology

The National Campaign for Literacy, Textbooks, Transcribers, and Technology is a public awareness and advocacy program that promotes the new career of braille textbook transcriber at the federal and state levels, and raises general awareness for the needs of blind and visually impaired schoolchildren for timely access to textbooks. The following public service announcement is currently airing in major media outlets around the country:

Erik Weihenmayer sits atop a mountain of books, reading a book in braille



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Erik Weihenmayer sitting atop a mountain of books, reading a book in braille
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