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Audiobooks and the accessibility revolution | Extended Audio Description | The Curb Cut Effect

Season 37 Episode 2 | 7m 40s

Audiobooks are a billion-dollar industry, a staple of modern entertainment. But what most people don’t realize is that their roots trace back to a community that desperately needed them—the blind.

Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by and . Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Extras
We were told to "shake it like a Polaroid picture". But what if we got it wrong?
Thousands of Superfund sites have been identified across the United States.
22,000 tons of toxic waste in your own backyard
What do guinea pigs, eugenics and Japanese incarceration during WWII have in common?
Did you know that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 wasn’t supposed to include job protections for women?
Watch a preview of Mr. Polaroid.
Audiobooks are big business today—but they began as a vital tool for blind readers.
Audiobooks are big business today—but they began as a vital tool for blind readers.