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Core values

- **Accessibility**: The center provides barrier-free media, including braille books, audiobooks, large print materials, and braille music scores, which are essential for individuals with blindness, visual impairment, and reading disabilities[3].
- **Promotion of Literacy**: It promotes reading and literacy among blind, visually impaired, and reading-impaired children through various projects and collaborations with schools and parents[3].
- **Community Inclusion**: The center supports public libraries in offering special services to users with diminishing eyesight and provides counseling on barrier-free media, enhancing community inclusion[3].
- **Cultural and Educational Access**: By converting texts and music into accessible formats, DZB lesen ensures that people with disabilities have equal access to cultural and educational resources[3].