1865 Broadway
New York, NY 10023-7505
212-408-1200
212-408-1512 (Fax)
www.americanbible.org
E-mail: info@americanbible.org

Provides the Bible in braille, large print, and cassette, in English and Spanish. Call for ordering and price information.

American Council of the Blind
2200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 650
Arlington, VA 22201
800-424-8666 (Toll free)
202-467-5081
202-467-5085 (Fax)

The American Council of the Blind (ACB), founded in 1961, is a membership organization of blind and visually impaired people. ACB has 51 state and regional affiliates and 20 national special interest and professional affiliates.

ACB's Braille Forum is a free monthly national magazine with a readership of approximately 26,000. It is produced in braille, large print, cassette, and IBM-compatible computer disc. ACB also produces a monthly half-hour radio information program, ACB Reports, for radio reading information services. It also distributes TV and radio public service announcements highlighting the capabilities of blind people.

The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. and Adult Life Products
1839 Frankfort Avenue
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085
800-223-1839 (U.S. and Canada)
502-895-2405
502-899-2274 (Fax)
E-mail: info@aph.org
catalogs@aph.org (request a catalog)

American Printing House for the Blind (APH) offers braille products, books, and supplies; large-print books; computer software and access; labeling and marking; lighting; low vision; mobility devices; personal care; recreation and leisure; talking products; and writing and reading devices.

P.O. Box 621
Bradenton, FL 34206
941-748-3031
941-748-2625 (Fax)
auroraministries.org
E-mail: tapes@auroraministries.org

Provides free audio Bibles to people throughout the world who are legally blind and print-handicapped.

Beyond Sight, Inc.
5650 South Windermere Street
Littleton, CO 80120
303-795-6455
303-795-6425 (Fax)
E-mail: support@beyondsight.com

Beyond Sight offers braille displays and embossers; computers; software; mobility aids; clocks and watches; adapted games; kitchen aids; health and beauty aids; lamps and bulbs; writing aids; magnifiers; helpful gadgets; note takers; recorders and players; telephones; video magnifiers.

Blindskills, Inc.
P.O. Box 5181
Salem, OR 97304-0181
800-860-4224 (Toll free)
503-581-4224
503-581-0178 (Fax)
E-mail: info@blindskills.com

The mission of Blindskills, Inc. is to disseminate resources and information to blind and visually impaired people and their families. Blindskills addresses this mission through its toll-free help line, web site, and bi-monthly publication, DIALOGUE: A World of ideas for Visually Impaired People of All Ages, which is available in five formats. Blindskills, Inc. also provides a toll-free number that can be used by anyone in the United States or Canada. 

www.brailleauthority.org
E-mail for BANA Chairperson: Jdix@loc.gov

The mission of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is to assure literacy for tactile readers through standardization of braille and/or tactile graphics. BANA's purpose is to promote and to facilitate the use, teaching and production of braille.

BANA publishes rules, interprets and renders opinions pertaining to braille in all existing and future codes. It deals with codes now in existence or to be developed in the future, in collaboration with other countries using English braille.

In exercising its function and authority, BANA considers the effects of its decisions on other existing braille codes and formats; the ease of production by various methods; and acceptability to readers.

2602 Vista Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92663-5634
949-631-5596
www.brailleawards.com
E-mail: www.brailleawards.com/contact/contact-us.php

Designs a variety of awards, such as trophies and plaques, in braille. Braille Awards also designs braille signage.

P.O. Box 378
Liberty, MO 64069-0378
800-522-4253
877-882-4253 (Fax)
www.braillebibles.org
E-mail: info@braillebibles.org

Provides Bibles in braille, large print, and audio formats.

65-B Town Hall Square
Falmouth, MA 02540
508-540-0800
508-548-6116 (Fax)
http://home.capecod.net/~braillinc
E-mail: braillinc@capecod.net

Braille Co., Inc., is a professional braille publishing company that specializes in transcription services for vocational and educational needs.

Braille Co., Inc. is capable of transcribing all languages using the Roman, Greek, or Cyrillic alphabet into literary, mathematics, computer, or music braille and can produce textbooks, workbooks, computer manuals, training guides, complex regulatory manuals, schedules, charts, graphs, and tables.

941 Darby Lake Street
Seffner, FL 33584
800-258-7544 (Toll free)
813-654-4050
813-659-8628 (Fax)
www.brailleworks.com
E-mail: Brailleworks@brailleworks.com

Braille Works creates and distributes reading materials for people who are legally blind or have a visual impairment. Their clients include Ruby Tuesday, Red Lobster, Applebee's, PF Chang's, Freedom Scientific, and many financial institutions.

Braille Works “Makes The World a More Readable Place” by providing the means to deliver ADA-compliant large format print, braille, and audio materials for customers with reading and visual impairments.

www.brailletshirts.com

Brailletshirts.com creates braille T-shirts customized with your own phrase. The product line includes three choices for braille dots: metallic nailheads, Crystalina® brand Austrian crystals, and Swarovski® brand premium crystals.

4444 South 52nd Street
P.O. Box 6097
Lincoln, NE 68516-1302
402-488-0981
402-488-7582 (Fax)
www.christianrecord.org  
E-mail: info@christianrecord.org

Christian Record Services is an international organization serving blind and visually impaired individuals in approximately 80 countries worldwide and employs about 160 people throughout the United States and Canada.

They operate National Camps for Blind Children and provide free Christian publications and programs for people with visual impairments. Materials are available in braille, large print, and audio cassette.

Copper Dots
Craft Books in Braille
Marjorie Arnott
4233 East La Costa Drive
Sungroves, AZ 85249
480-345-8773
E-mail: marnott@extremezone.com

Copper Dots offers patterns and books in braille for knitting and crocheting. Recipe books are also available.

1754 Quarry Lane
P.O. Box 927
Valley Forge, PA 19482
610-783-6692
610-783-6732 (Fax)
www.dancingdots.com
E-mail: info@dancingdots.com

Dancing dots: Fostering inclusion in the classroom, studio and stage. Creating and adapting technology to benefit blind musicians and their educators since 1992. Scan printed scores, listen to results or convert to braille music notation. Play your musical ideas into your PC. Convert to print notation, braille score or audio CD. Import from PDF, Finale, Sibelius, etc., via MusicXML.

Dancing Dots offers a variety of products, including the Dancing Dots Accessible Audio and Notation Workstation, braille music courses, and assistive technology such as JAWS for Windows and Duxbury Braille Translator.

Study music by listening to your PC play it note-by-note or chord-by-chord together with verbal descriptions with Dancing Dots' Lime Aloud software.

Learn braille music and any Dancing Dots technology via on-site or remote training.

1601 NE Braille Place
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
800-777-3687 (Toll free)
772-225-3687
800-950-3687 (Toll free fax)
772-225-3299 (Fax)
www.brailler.com
E-mail: info@brailler.com

Enabling Technologies designs, manufactures, and supports a wide range of braille printers and embossers. They also provide a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions about braille embossers.

2190 Dolphin Crescent
Abbotsford, BC
V2T 3T1 Canada
800-987-1231 (Toll free and Fax)
www.braillebookstore.com
E-mail: info@braillebookstore.com

Future Aids offers a Braille Workshop and a wide range of braille products: housewares, toys and games, books, calendars, greeting cards, printing services, signage, business cards, and a computer lab.

7850 South U.S. Highway 1
P.O. Box 1162
Bunnell, FL 32110-8770
386-586-5885
No web site at this time

The Gospel Association for the Blind offers a wide range of topics including Bible studies, biographies, fiction and current issues, science, and music. Services are free and offered in print, cassette, or braille. Also operates a lending library and radio broadcasting.

Howe Press at Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
617-924-3434
617-926-2027 (Fax)

Howe Press supplies Perkins Braillers and accessories; Perkins slates, talking book accessories, and provides brailler repair.

 Independent Living Aids, Inc.

200 Robbins Lane
Jericho, NY 11753
800-537-2118 (Toll free)
516-937-1848
516-937-3906 (Fax)
E-mail: orders@independentliving.com

Independent Living Aids (ILA) offers products for the blind, deaf, vision- and hearing-impaired, including bath accessories; canes and walkers, CCTVs; clocks and timers; computers and technology; kitchen aids; electronics; food and novelties; games; recreation; health care; household; jewelry; lamps; magnifiers; personal care; talking devices; hearing impaired telephones; clocks and watches; braille products; writing materials and more.

VisionAWARE is an affiliate for Independent Living Aids and any purchase from Independent Living Aids made from this web site by clicking on one of their products helps VisionAWARE.

5210 MacCorkle Avenue SW
South Charleston, WV 25309-1010
304-768-8876
www.icbminc.org

International Christian Braille Mission, Inc. (ICBM) produces and distributes New Testament Christian literature in formats readable by blind and visually impaired individuals. ICBM currently distributes material for evangelism and edification in approximately 20 countries worldwide, including England, Malawi, Thailand, India, Australia, Bangladesh, Cuba, and the United States.

Formerly Jewish Braille Institute of America
110 East 30th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-433-1531 (Toll free)
212-889-2525
212-689-3692 (Fax)
www.jewishbraille.org
E-mail: admin@jbilibrary.org

Provides the visually impaired, blind, physically handicapped, and reading disabled of all backgrounds and ages with books, magazines and cultural programs in audio (seven languages), large print and braille. JBI has a broad range of titles, with the largest collection of Jewish interest books for the blind and visually impaired. Free of charge to eligible persons.

Unique Handmade designs by Kelly Fehr
631-875-3558
www.jewelryinbraille.com
E-mail: kellyfehr@comcast.net

Pieces in the assortment include accents of nature inspired texture with the pattern of braille. Most of the work is completed with Precious Metal Clay, BronzClay, and copper.

145 River Rock Drive
Buffalo, NY 14207
800-468-4789 (Toll free)
866-317-8533 (TTY)
877-498-1482 (Fax)
www.lssgroup.com

LS&S specializes in products for people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, and hard of hearing, including talking watches, talking calculators, magnifying glasses, lighting, recorded book players, daily living products, mobility and orientation, assistive technology, amplified telephones, assistive listening devices, alerting systems, vibrating alarm clocks, TTYs, and other communication devices.

P.O. Box 5000
Yucaipa, CA 92399
909-795-8977
909-795-8970 (Fax)
www.lbwinc.org
E-mail: lbw@lbwinc.org

Provides Christian books, pamphlets, and tracts in braille in 30 languages.

7550 Watson Road
St. Louis, MO 63119
888-215-2455 (Toll free)
314-918-0415
www.blindmission.org
E-mail: blind.mission@blindmission.org

The Lutheran Blind Mission Society (LBMS) encourages, trains, and support blind people and trains blind leaders and missionaries.

The Lutheran Library for the Blind has 4,000 braille, large print, and audiocassette religious tracts, publications, and religious education materials, which it loans free of charge.

1740 Eugene Street
White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3312
651-426-0469
www.users.qwest.net/~lbea
E-mail: lbea@qwest.net

The Lutheran Braille Evangelism Association is a non-profit ministry, founded in 1952 by the blind Lutheran pastor John Gustav Erickson. Its mission is to provide Scripture and other Christian materials to blind and sight-impaired persons throughout the world. Materials are available in braille, large print, audiotape, CD, and in digital format via BibleCourier, an electronic pocket Bible.

Magnifying Aids
1780 Main Street, Suite A
Dunedin, FL 34698
866-691-2450 (Toll free)
727-234-0664
727-491-3857 (Fax)

Magnifying Aids offers braille; clocks and watches; computer software and access; diabetes management; kitchen and housekeeping; labeling and marking; lighting; low vision; mobility devices; personal care; recreation and leisure; talking products; telephones and accessories; writing and reading devices.

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Maxi-Aids
42 Executive Boulevard
Farmingdale, NY 11735
800-522-6294 (orders)
631-752-0521 (information)
631-752-0738 (TDD)
631-752-0689 (Fax)
www.maxiaids.com
E-mail: sales@maxiaids.com

Maxi-Aids offers alerting indicators; assistive tools; braille products; canes for the blind; labeling and marking; large print; lighting; low vision products; magnification; players/recorders; radios; games, recreation, and leisure; sewing aids; talking products; writing and reading aids.

Mayster Braille Loom®
301-951-1899
301-951-1897 (Fax)
www.maysterbrailleloom.com
E-mail: jjmaydesigns@aol.com

Jennifer Mayster conceived the idea for a special kind of loom that would allow her students who were blind or had low vision to learn braille and weaving at the same time. Using the Perkins Brailler as a model, she invented the Mayster Braille Loom. The loom has seven shafts and seven front levers, which correspond to the levers on the Perkins Brailler.

The loom is strung with yarn of different colors and textures. Each color and texture corresponds to one of the six braille dots. The weaver simultaneously pushes a combination of these levers, which lift different sets of strings and create textile patterns that are actually words. Blind persons can read these words by touch, and sighted persons may decipher the words by the color combination.

95 Allens Creek Road
Bldg. 1, Suite 202
Rochester, NY 14618
585-427-8260
585-427-0263 (Fax)
www.nationalbraille.org
E-mail: NBAoffice@nationalbraille.org

The mission of the National Braille Association, Inc. is to provide continuing education to those who prepare braille, and to provide braille materials to persons who are visually impaired.

National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
888-965-8965 (Toll free)
617-266-6160
617-437-0456 (Fax)

National Braille Press (NBP) is a nonprofit braille printer and publisher offering braille books, magazines, textbooks, tests, and customized embossing services.

The National Braille Press Bookstore has books for adults and children, print books for sighted teachers and parents, and braille gifts. 

Everything Braille provides sources of braille publications, adaptive technology, tactile graphics, braille fun and games, and braille music.

National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314
410-685-5653 (Fax)

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of information that exist."

With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the largest membership organization of blind people in the United States. The NFB works to improve blind people's lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs that encourage independence and self-confidence. The NFB has affiliates in all 50 states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and over 700 local chapters. In January 2004, the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind. To find the local chapter in your area, go to State Affiliates of the NFB.

Programs and services include:

• The International Braille and Technology Center for the Blind
• NFB-NEWSLINE®
• NFB-LINK®
• Jacobus tenBroek Library
• NFB Scholarship Program
• Braille Readers Are Leaders Program
• Braille Is Beautiful
• NFB ShareBraille
• Possibilities Fair for Seniors

The Library of Congress
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
National office address:
1291 Taylor Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
202-707-5100
202-707-0744 (TDD)
202-707-0712 (Fax)

Find Braille and Talking Books

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), [link opens in new window]Library of Congress, administers the Braille and Talking Book Library Service, a free program that loans recorded and braille books and magazines, music scores in braille and large print, and specially designed playback equipment to residents of the United States who are unable to read or use standard print materials because of visual or physical impairment.

Local cooperating libraries throughout the United States mail NLS audiobooks, magazines, audio equipment, braille books, and braille magazines directly to enrollees at no cost. If you or someone you know is interested in receiving Talking Books, please click here to fill out a request form. Talking books and magazines and braille publications are delivered to eligible borrowers by postage-free mail and through a network of cooperative libraries. Religious publications include: Bibles, Other Scriptures, Liturgies, and Hymnals in Special Media.

Search the NLS catalog for braille and talking books, braille and large print sheet music, digital books, maps, and more.

Update:

On March 1, 2007, the National Library Service announced that C-1 and E-1 cassette players would no longer be produced. This gradual phase-out of cassette technology will make way for the production and distribution of digital talking books and players.

During the digital transition, NLS will continue to circulate and repair cassette book machines through the year 2011 until the digital transition is complete.

12811 NW 29th Court
Vancouver, WA 98685
360-326-8031
360-397-0491 (Fax)
www.nextlevelat.com
E-mail contact

Next Level specializes in technology solutions for those with visual impairments and learning disabilities. Michael Hooks, president and founder, has over ten years of experience teaching and working in the field of blindness and low vision.

13333 Thunderhead Street
San Diego, CA 92129-2329
866-OPUSTEC or 866-678-7832 (Toll free)
858-538-9401
858-538-9401 (Fax)
www.opustec.com
E-mail: opus@opustec.com

Opus Technologies develops and sells software, print, and braille materials for learning and using braille, including braille music, for blind musicians and students, braille transcribers, parents, teachers and educators, and schools and libraries.

Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
617-924-3434
E-mail: info@perkins.org

The Perkins Scout is a comprehensive resource for information about blindness and visual impairments. Topics include general information on blindness, resources for persons who are 55+, help for families, cooking and kitchen safety, gardening, orientation and mobility, adjusting to blindness, transition, and many other resources for educators and other professionals.

www.readhowyouwant.com
E-mail: info@readhowyouwant.com
Additional international contacts: http://www.readhowyouwant.com/contact.aspx

ReadHowYouWant offers books in a wide range of formats, including large print, e-books, braille, and DAISY.

ReadHowYouWant has developed conversion technology that reformats existing books into high quality alternative formats quickly, easily, and at price points comparable to standard format books.

Beginning in April, readers will be able to go to the HumanWare website to download free, first chapters of 20 bestselling ReadHowYouWant titles each month as part of the "Free Chapter Download Program."

The free, first chapters come from popular books from a variety of well-known publishers of adult and young adult books, including Wiley, Random House Australia, Murdoch Books, and Weekly Reader.  

Discount Rehabilitation and Medical Supplies
150 Sagewood Drive
Winterville, GA 30683-1563
800-827-8283 (Toll free)
706-213-1144
603-843-2144 (Fax)
www.rehabmart.com  
E-mail: info@rehabmart.com  

Offers a wide range of blindness and low vision products and equipment, including braille, canes, home management devices, writing aids, large print, magnifiers, talking products, men's and women's watches, and toys and games.

107 Trimble Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07011
973-272-7667
973-272-7667 (Fax)
www.braillerdepot.com
E-mail: info@braillerdepot.com

The mission of the Brailler Depot is to provide braille and low vision solutions that are efficient, affordable, and easy to use. Products include embossers, braille displays, video magnifiers, reading machines, software, hand-held magnifiers, and Perkins braillers.

2200 University Avenue West, Suite 200
Saint Paul, MN 55114
800-871-8780 (Toll free)
651-203-2200
651-203-2203 (Fax)
www.thelowvisioncenter.com
E-mail: lowvisionstore@yahoo.com

The Low Vision Store carries a full line of daily living products and reading machines for people who are blind or have low vision. They cover the five-state area of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa and will do free in-house demonstrations for all reading machines.

76 Leabrook Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540
215-357-7715
609-924-5207
Web site
E-mail: rhbogia@aol.com; Jamesaamick@aol.com

The Princeton Braillists are creators of tactile maps and drawings for the blind. Their maps and drawings are created by hand in metal foil, then duplicated by the Thermoform process to make clear, sharp copies.

The 11 x 11 ½ inch plastic sheets are bound into volumes with cardboard covers and a spiral plastic binder. A wide range of maps and atlases are available.

Scottish Braille Press
Craigmillar Park
Edinburgh EH16 5NB
Scotland
0131 662 4445
0131 662 1968 (Fax)
E-mail: enquiries.sbp@royalblind.org

The Scottish Braille Press produces a range of magazines and books that are sold to blind subscribers at the price of the original print copy. The range of books and magazines available is provided in their catalogue, which can be downloaded in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF formats. 

At Braille International, Inc.
3290 S.E. Slater Street
Stuart, FL 34997
888-336-3142 (Toll free)
772-286-8366
772-286-8909 (Fax)
E-mail: info@brailleintl.org

The William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore offers adult fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books. Call or write for title and price information.

16 Stone Hill Road
Oswego, IL 60543
888-554-8448 (Toll free)
630-554-8448
630-554-8453 (Fax)
www.truxes.com
E-mail: sales@truxes.com

Produces signage and elevator signage in braille, embossed ADA metal, reverse etch ADA, polymer ADA, applied ADA graphics with raster braille (cut and mount), and polycarbonate embossed ADA.

1853 SW Airport Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97333
541-754-4002
541-738-6505 (Fax)
www.viewplus.com
E-mail contacts

ViewPlus Technologies provides a range of products that make mainstream technology accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired, including braille printers, braille translation software, and braille math access software.

ViewPlus provides many products that can be coupled with braille printers, including the following packages: Beginning Braille Aide, Math Made Simple, Inclusive Tactile Learning, and Office Production Assistant.

4858-A SW Scholls Ferry Road
Portland, OR 97225
888-318-2582 (Toll free)
503-297-1510
503-459-4003 (Fax)
www.visioncue.com
E-mail: kmarks@visioncue.com

VisionCue, a leading provider of assistive technology for the visually impaired, offers a host of magnification, text-to-speech for computers and cell phones, and other low vision products.

These products include desktop and portable magnifiers from Optelec and Low Vision International, two leading manufacturers in the field. Also available is iZoom, the breakthrough portable screen magnifier that can be used on any Windows computer without any administrative rights or
downloads.

VisionCue can help you with the right products that serve your specific needs. Often the simplest of solutions opens a world of possibilities.

617 State Street
Garland, TX 75040
972-272-1615
972-494-5002 (Fax)
www.vavtx.org
E-mail: info@vavtx.org

Visual Aid Volunteers, Inc. is a non-profit braille production center that serves clients throughout the United States. Braille transcription services include:

• Textbooks
• School projects
• Tests
• Restaurant menus
• Novels and other literary works
• Hotel information
• Church hymnals, bulletins, and lessons
• Business documents

517 North Segoe Road, #200
Madison, WI 53705-3172
608-233-0222
608-233-0249 (Fax)
www.vbti.org
E-mail: office.vbti@tds.net

Volunteer Braillists and Tapists, Inc. (VBTI) is a Madison-based non-profit Wisconsin corporation dedicated to providing print materials in braille or on audiocassette.

VBTI serves visually- or print-impaired persons regardless of age, race, religion, sex, or national origin and can transcribe a wide range of reading materials, including:

• Textbooks and school materials, including foreign languages, mathematics, and class materials for pre-school through graduate school
• Job-related materials
• Leisure reading books for children and adults
• Daily living materials: cookbooks, appliance instruction manuals, computer manuals, inspirational writings, knitting and crocheting patterns, and crossword puzzles
• Practical items such as menus, bank statements, agendas, minutes of meetings, and playbills.

154 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
800-637-9193 (Toll free)
212-473-7800
212-473-7801 (Fax)
www.xaviersociety.com
E-mail: Xaviersocietyfortheblind@yahoo.com

Provides free spiritual and inspirational Roman Catholic reading materials and lending library services in braille, large print, audiocassette, and digital formats.

As new translations of Scripture and readings and prayers for the Mass are approved, the Xavier Society will be ready to transcribe them.