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Along the Coast: Learning Ally volunteers bring speech to the printed word

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2015 at 16:30

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By Ron Hayes

   How would you describe a map of Africa to a blind person?
   How would you explain a chart of the fluctuating U.S. economy to someone who cannot see that chart?
   How would you talk like a pirate?

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