NCKU Library’s “Reading Without Boundaries × Voices with Love” Thematic Exhibition Invites You into the World of Accessible Reading
Written & Image credit to NCKU Library.
When we are accustomed to “reading with our eyes,” have you ever considered that reading can also be experienced through the ears, fingertips, and heart? National Cheng Kung University Library (NCKU Library), in collaboration with the National Taiwan Library (NTL), Taiwanese illustrator Poca, and INDOT IMAGE CO., LTD., will present the exhibition “Reading Without Boundaries × Voices with Love: Accessible Reading and Reader Course Achievement Exhibition” from May 5 to August 21 in the LibRE area on the first floor of the NCKU Main Library. Centered on “multisensory reading,” the exhibition showcases special resources for people with visual and hearing impairments, as well as assistive devices for people with visual impairments. A series of outreach activities will also be held to introduce accessible reading resources to faculty, students, and the public, both on and off campus.
“Reading Without Boundaries × Voices with Love” Thematic Exhibition Venue
“Reading Without Boundaries × Voices with Love: Accessible Reading and Reader Course Achievement Exhibition” incorporates the special exhibition “Little Kappa’s Sign Language Class,” brought to NCKU Library from the NTL. Little Kappa serves as an ambassador for Taiwan Sign Language, guiding visitors to learn about Taiwan Sign Language, which “builds bridges with hands.” The exhibition integrates five major topics: Hakka culture, sustainable development, disabilities, Taiwan’s food and agriculture, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It also features AR-based sign language instruction, 60 basic Taiwan Sign Language gestures, and Taiwan Sign Language picture books. Participants can scan QR codes to begin a reading experience unlike any other.
AR (Augmented Reality) sign language instruction integrating digital technology.
To put the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals—SDG 3, Good Health and Well-Being, and SDG 4, Quality Education—into practice, NCKU Library has offered the course “Readers: Recording Audiobooks for the Visually Impaired” since the spring semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. The course guides students in recording audiobooks for readers with visual impairments, fulfilling the university’s social responsibility. It helps students develop care and empathy for disadvantaged groups while enhancing their vocal expression, recording, and audio editing skills. In addition to creating a dedicated webpage to document, introduce, and provide access to the recorded works for users with visual impairments upon application, the library has also had nearly 100 high-quality recordings included in the National Taiwan Library’s Accessible Reading Resources Integrated Search System, thereby expanding the impact of its social service outreach. Selected audio excerpts from this semester’s recording projects—the spring semester of the 2025/2026 academic year—will also be exhibited starting June 3.
In addition, NCKU Library has planned several accessible reading activities, including a “Twin Vision Book Workshop” on June 4, a special Taiwan Sign Language picture book storytelling session for children from the National Cheng Kung University Non-Profit Kindergarten on July 9, and an “Audio-Described Movie Screening” on August 21. Twin vision books are universally designed books that combine visual and tactile elements, presenting the original full-color illustrations and text alongside Braille on the same page. These books promote parent-child shared reading and education for people with visual impairments, advancing equal access to reading. Librarians from the NTL have been specially invited to guide participants in creating their own twin vision books.
Twin Vision Book (I already Know / Chen Min-Yu)
To cultivate awareness of and care for people with disabilities from an early age, NCKU Library has also invited Deaf teacher Chih-Jung Chen, accompanied by a spoken-language interpreter, to lead a Taiwan Sign Language picture book storytelling session featuring “Willy’s Eyes (小威的眼睛)” for children from the NCKU Non-Profit Kindergarten on July 9. NCKU Library hopes to bring children a different kind of learning experience.
The audio-described movie screening offers a way to accompany people with visual impairments in listening to—or “reading”—a movie. It provides people with visual impairments with more diverse channels for social participation, enriches their lives, and supports their integration into society. For sighted members of the public, it also offers a different audiovisual experience. This session will feature the movie *Day Off*, starring Lu Hsiao-fen, with Chien-Lung Tung, a longtime practitioner of film audio description services, invited as the guide. Participants with visual impairments served by the Tainan City Visual Impairment Life Reconstruction Service Center will also visit the library to attend the screening.
For further information ｜ “Reading Without Boundaries × Voices with Love: Accessible Reading and Reader Course Achievement Exhibition”
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2026-05-07
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