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Fighting global illiteracy with the 'Talking Book'
By Tom Paulson
Words can be just as important as vaccines, drugs or better seeds when it comes to helping the world’s poorest.
And Cliff Schmidt, founder of a Seattle-based organization called Literacy Bridge, has created a device to get these valuable words out to the world’s poorest. It’s called the Talking Book.
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