Find Large Print, Audio, and Braille

A Division of Independent Living Products
10799 North 90th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
800-377-8033 (Toll free)
480-767-6800
602-296-0297 Fax
www.activeforever.com [3]
E-mail: CustomerService@ActiveForever.com [4]

ActiveForever specializes in practical solutions for a range of medical problems, rehabilitation, and accessibility. A section of their online store is devoted to low vision products.

ActiveForever's Low Vision Department [5] offers a wide selection of daily living aids, large print products, magnifiers, CCTVs, talking watches, magnifying mirrors, lighting, and other low vision products. A list of these products can also be downloaded [6] in PDF format.

1865 Broadway
New York, NY 10023-7505
212-408-1200
212-408-1512 (Fax)
www.americanbible.org [13]
E-mail: info@americanbible.org [14]

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

The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. and Adult Life Products
[20]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 [21]
catalogs@aph.org [22] (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.

Audible.com [28] downloads radio shows, newspapers, magazines, and books in digital audio and offers several subscription options under the AudibleListener Program. Audible offers 23,000 digital audiobooks, audio magazines, newspapers, and radio shows. Compatible with Apple® iPod™, Palm handheld, Pocket PC, or other compatible handhelds.

P.O. Box 621
Bradenton, FL 34206
941-748-3031
941-748-2625 (Fax)
auroraministries.org [31]
E-mail: tapes@auroraministries.org [32]

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

42 Whitecap Drive
North Kingston, RI 02852-7445
800-621-0182 (Toll free)
877-492-0873 (Toll free Fax)
www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com [36]
E-mail: CustomerService@BBCAudiobooksAmerica [37]

BBC Audiobooks America publishes and distributes unabridged audiobooks and radio dramatizations.

Beyond Sight, Inc. [41]
5650 South Windermere Street
Littleton, CO 80120
303-795-6455
303-795-6425 (Fax)
E-mail: support@beyondsight.com [42]

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. [45]
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 [46]

The mission of Blindskills, Inc. [45] 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 [47], 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.bookbole.com [51]
E-mail: contact@bookbole.com [52]

BookBole is a community of accessible book lovers, where members can create their own profiles, add and invite friends, send messages, request books from the community, thank members for sharing books, and much more.

BookBole empowers persons with print and visual impairments to build, share, and manage their personal libraries of accessible books with others across the world. The BookBole web site has been designed and optimized for screen reading software.

BookCourier [55]
Springer Design, Inc.
3160 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 145
San Ramon, CA 94583
925-242-0310
925-242-0357 (Fax)
E-mail: sales@bookcourier.com [56] or support@bookcourier.com [57]

[55]BookCourier is designed for people with vision and learning disabilities that make reading difficult. BookCourier is a portable tool for listening to electronic text, digital files, and music. Downloads files from PCs or the Internet using the BookCourier-supplied transfer software.

The Benetech Initiative
480 California Avenue, Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609
E-mail: info@bookshare.org [60]

The [61]Bookshare.org [61] online community enables thousands of book scans to be shared. Bookshare.org uses a special exemption in the U.S. copyright law that permits the reproduction of publications into specialized formats for people with disabilities. Individual subscriptions enable “all you can read” access to books in easy-to-use digital formats. Proof of disability is required. Group rates are also available.

Update: Bookshare has been rebuilt with state-of-the-art web technology to make it easier for individuals with print disabilities to access digital books. The new design provides improved support for Bookshare's collection of over 43,000 digital books comprising general fiction and non-fiction, educational books, children's literature, textbooks, and best sellers.

The new Bookshare library implements current best practices for web site accessibility and simplifies the reading experience for those who have a print disability and the staff who assist them.

www.brailleauthority.org [64]
E-mail for BANA Chairperson: Jdix@loc.gov [65]

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.

P.O. Box 378
Liberty, MO 64069-0378
800-522-4253
877-882-4253 (Fax)
www.braillebibles.org [69]
E-mail: info@braillebibles.org [70]

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 [74]
E-mail: braillinc@capecod.net [75]

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 [79]
E-mail: Brailleworks@brailleworks.com [80]

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.

P.O. Box 7105
Springfield, IL 62704
800-564-7525 (Toll free)
217-546-7111
www.cancerinplainenglish.com [83]

CancerInPlainEnglish.com provides cancer information in an easy-to-understand audio CD format. The audio CDs are designed to help people make better-informed treatment decisions and give patients and their loved ones a better understanding of their cancer type.

The audio CDs are narrated by Dr. Osvaldo Wesly, a well-respected cancer specialist who has been treating and helping those with cancer for over 21 years. Dr. Wesly covers a range of topics, including detecting cancer, cancer statistics, risk factors, and treatment options.

5 Channel Drive
Port Washington, NY 11050
888-724-6423 (Toll free)
516-883-8280
516-944-6849 (Fax)
[87]E-mail: ChoiceMag@aol.com [88]

Choice Magazine Listening [89] is a free monthly anthology of current articles chosen from over 100 leading magazines, recorded in 4-track Library of Congress format. Choice Magazine is distributed free through regional libraries. Also available through individual subscription.

4444 South 52nd Street
P.O. Box 6097
Lincoln, NE 68516-1302
402-488-0981
402-488-7582 (Fax)
www.christianrecord.org [92]  
E-mail: info@christianrecord.org [93]

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.

National Office:
1929 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M4G 3E8
Canada
800-563-2642 (Toll free)
416-480-7700 (Fax)
www.cnib.ca [98]
E-mail: info@cnib.ca [99]

CNIB is the recognized expert in vision health, and has been making a profound difference in the lives of Canadians affected by vision loss since 1918.

Active in every region of Canada, CNIB staff and volunteers work in offices or often travel to provide support, information and, most importantly, hope to clients in their homes and in rural communities.

As well as vital programs and services, CNIB provides innovative consumer products, research, peer support, and one of the world's largest libraries for people with print disabilities.

Meet Dawn Pickering, OC(C), COMT, CLVT, Professional Practice Leader, Low Vision Services, CNIB. [100]

Copper Dots [103]
Craft Books in Braille
Marjorie Arnott
4233 East La Costa Drive
Sungroves, AZ 85249
480-345-8773
E-mail: marnott@extremezone.com [104]

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 [108]
E-mail: info@dancingdots.com [109]

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.

1447 East Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29307
864-585-1778 (Voice)
864-585-2617 (TTY)
864-585-2611 (Fax)
www.dcmp.org [113]
E-mail: info@dcmp.org [114]

The DCMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the National Association of the Deaf. Services provided include:

• Free-loan accessible (captioned and described) educational videos (streamed from the DCMP website or available on DVD) for K-12 students with vision or hearing loss. Teachers, parents, family members, and other adults who work with qualifying students may register for a free lending account.
• Clearinghouse of accessibility information focusing on the educational use of captioned and described video.
• Training resources for captioning and description service vendors, including a registry of "U.S. Department of Education-approved" captioning and description vendors.
• Gateway to information from a number of partner/collaborator organizations associated with the fields of vision and hearing loss.

Grubenstrasse 12
8045 Zurich, Switzerland
www.daisy.org [118]
Contact information [119]

The DAISY Consortium was formed by talking book libraries to lead the worldwide transition from analog to Digital Talking Books. Members of the Consortium actively promote the DAISY Standard for Digital Talking Books because it promises to revolutionize the reading experience for people who have print disabilities.

The Consortium's vision is that all published information is available to people with print disabilities, at the same time and at no greater cost, in an accessible, feature-rich, navigable format. The DAISY Consortium has established a mission and goals in order to make this vision a reality.

Member Services
1225 South Market Street
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
E-mail: service@doubledaylargeprint.com [122]

The Doubleday Large Print Home Library [123] offers a wide selection of large print best sellers, romance, self-help, health, mysteries, and more in easy-to-read books and large print publications. Doubleday also offers a Large Print Book Club.

1845 East Hovey Avenue
Normal, IL 61761
309-452-3088
800-890-1180 (Toll free)
www.envisionamerica.com [126]  
E-mail: envision@envisionamerica.com [127]

En-Vision America, Inc. provides high-tech products aimed at solving problems for people with visual impairments, including voice-enabled products such as i.d. mate OMNI, the talking bar code reader, and ScripTalk, the talking pharmaceutical reader.

A service of the Virginia M. Woolf Foundation
310-379-8321
www.text-key.com [130]
E-mail: info@extralargeprint.org [131]

Reformats books and other publications from smaller type into 18-, 28-, and 48-point extra large print type. You can read the publications on a computer screen or print them out in large type. No additional software is required; the large print publications can be read and printed with Adobe Reader. Publications are compatible with most screen readers, but an ASCII version is also included.

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.

1700 Commerce Street, Suite 1140
Dallas, TX 75201
866-484-3774 (Toll free)
972-701-8288
972-701-8088 (Fax)
www.hugeprint.com [136]
E-mail: info@hugeprint.com [137]

Huge Print Press custom-enlarges everything from Bibles to textbooks to novels to cookbooks. Unlike other large print providers, you determine what font size you need and want. Font sizes are available in 16- to 36-point type and books are bound in a convenient 8.5"x11" size.

 Independent Living Aids, Inc.
[140]

200 Robbins Lane
Jericho, NY 11753
800-537-2118 (Toll free)
516-937-1848
516-937-3906 (Fax)
E-mail: orders@independentliving.com [141]

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.

www.infoeyes.org [146]

InfoEyes Project Co-Coordinators:

Linda Rossman, Reference Services Librarian
Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library
E-mail: linda.rossman@perkins.org [147]

Catherine A. Durivage, Director
Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library
E-mail: catherine.durivage@state.mn.us [148]

InfoEyes is a question and answer service for people with visual impairments or other print limitations. Ask a question about anything by scheduling an appointment to talk live with a librarian on the Internet.

800-280-5325 (Toll free)
http://iaais.org [151]

An international organization that provides radio reading services for persons who are print disabled. Services include news, feature stories, sports, advertisements, and other special programs.

5210 MacCorkle Avenue SW
South Charleston, WV 25309-1010
304-768-8876
www.icbminc.org [154]

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.

InternetSpeech [158]
877-312-4638

Developer of NetECHO™, which provides access to the World Wide Web via any telephone, cell phone, or personal digital assistant (PDA). Information on any web site, whether voice-enabled or not, is available. A computer is not required. A variety of subscription plans are available.

15 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023
212-769-6270
www.jgb.org/InTouch [161]
E-mail: intouchinfo@jgb.org [162]

InTouch is a national reading service for people who are blind, visually impaired, and physically disabled. Stories from major magazines and newspapers are broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All readers are volunteers. Offers closed circuit radio broadcasts of national and local newspapers and magazines. Visit the InTouch web site to find a provider in your area.

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 [165]
E-mail: admin@jbilibrary.org [166]

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.

13011 Doty Avenue
Hawthorne, CA 90250
866-98-BOOKS
www.kvisionbooks.com [169]
E-mail: sales@kvisionbooks.com [170]

An online source for books about Islam and Muslims. Audio and digital versions of the Koran and related materials are available.

Listen and Learn Recordings [174] promotes friendly, easy to follow, well-structured audio introductions and tutorials that are aimed at everyone from the beginner to the more advanced professional looking to get a running start with some new software or hardware. Audio tutorials include instructions for microwaves, calculators, iPhones and iPods, computer applications, Microsoft windows, and Linux.

All audio is clear, free of background noise, with a relaxed and entertaining style and recorded by users with a genuine interest. When demonstrating a screen reader, the synthesized speech will always be easy to hear and understand and, when necessary, text instructions will accompany audio guides to make instructions easier to follow.

145 River Rock Drive
Buffalo, NY 14207
800-468-4789 (Toll free)
866-317-8533 (TTY)
877-498-1482 (Fax)
www.lssgroup.com [177]

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 [181]
E-mail: lbw@lbwinc.org [182]

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 [185]
E-mail: blind.mission@blindmission.org [186]

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 [189]
E-mail: lbea@qwest.net [190]

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 [194]
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.

Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind [197]
80 Eighth Avenue, Room 1304
New York, NY 10011
212-242-0263
212-633-1601 (Fax)
E-mail: blind@verizon.net [198]

The Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind collects a wide range of articles and covers a wide range of interests from leading newspapers and periodicals. Free monthly distribution to people who are legally blind. Information is provided in braille, cassette, e-mail, and diskette.

Click [201] to purchase Max-Aids Products through Amazon.com.

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 [202]
E-mail: sales@maxiaids.com [203]

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.

[205]National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH) [206] (NAVH) assists clients in locating services and resources in their area, which are appropriate for the visually impaired. These services and resources include low vision services, eye care specialists, state agencies and nonprofits committed to serving the visually impaired, and emotional support services. Some information on international services is also available.

NAVH New York City
22 West 21st Street 6th Floor
New York, NY 10010
888-205-5951
212-255 2804
212-727 2931 Fax
E-mail: staff@navh.org [207]

NAVH San Francisco
507 Polk Street, Suite 420
San Francisco, CA 94102
888-205-5951
415-775-NAVH (6284)
415-346-9593 Fax
E-mail: staffca@navh.org [208]

NAVH's mission is to help the "hard of seeing" worldwide cope with the psychological effects of visual impairment and to provide low vision services, visual aids and training to anyone in need of these services.

NAVH's Low Vision Aids Catalog [209] offers magnifiers, light bulbs, lamps, clocks and watches, writing aids, electronic devices, and other products. NAVH's large print free-by-mail library [210] offers over 9,000 titles and is accessible to anyone in the United States.

National Braille Press [213]
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 [214] has books for adults and children, print books for sighted teachers and parents, and braille gifts. 

Everything Braille [215] provides sources of braille publications, adaptive technology, tactile graphics, braille fun and games, and braille music.

The Library of Congress
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped [218]
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 [219]. 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 [220] 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.

229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
1-800-631-2580 (Information and subscriptions)
[224]
The New York Times Large Type Weekly [225] publishes a weekly news summary from articles in The New York Times.

The Large Type Weekly offers a select package of the week's news printed in 16-point type, which is approximately twice the size of regular newspaper print. The Large Type Weekly is the only newspaper of its kind in the country offering a select package of the week's news especially for people with low vision. Sections include Foreign, National, Business, Science & Health, Arts, Living, Sports, Editorial/Op Ed, and The New York Times crossword puzzle.

8 East Long Street, Suite 420
Columbus, OH 43215
888-723-8737 (Toll free)
614-469-0700
614-469-7077 (Fax)
www.newsreelmag.org [228]
E-mail: info@newsreelmag.org [229]

Newsreel Magazine by and for the Blind is a monthly interactive audio magazine produced in the voices of its blind or visually impaired subscribers. Each issue of Newsreel Magazine contains three hours of content recorded in digital MP3 format or on a 4-track 90 minute NLS format cassette with 50-60 articles.

Subjects include: 

• Latest adaptive technology
• Personal experiences
• Pros & cons: cane vs. guide dog
• Travel tips and suggestions
• Recipes and cooking methods
• Poetry
• Sports information

c/o National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230-4998
866-504-7300 (Toll free)
410-659-9314
410-685-5653 Fax
E-mail: nfbnewsline@nfb.org [233]

NFB-NEWSLINE [234] is a free service for individuals who cannot read regular newsprint. NFB’s electronic system receives digital transmissions from publishers on the morning of publication, reformats the data for conversion to synthetic speech, and uploads to the NFB-NEWSLINE® servers. By dialing a toll-free number, hundreds of newspapers and magazines are made available on a daily basis.

P.O. Box 660003
Dallas, TX 75266-0003
877-661-3533
www.onthegobooks.com [237]
E-mail: CustomerService@onthegobooks.com [238]

Offers online audio book (on CD) rental services. Membership plans are available.

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 [241]
E-mail: opus@opustec.com [242]

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 [245]
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
617-924-3434
E-mail: info@perkins.org [246]

The Perkins Scout [247] 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.

Reader's Digest Road
Pleasantville, NY 10570-7000

Reader's Digest [251] distributes Reader's Digest Large Print Magazine for Easier Reading [252] that includes a monthly large print crossword puzzle, extra-large type, larger photos and illustrations, and special non-glare paper for reading comfort. 'Reader's Digest Digital Magazine' is also available.

Reader’s Digest Road
Pleasantville, NY 10570-7000

Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation [255] offers Select Editions Large Type [256] and "Sightlines [257]," a large print newsletter.

www.readhowyouwant.com [260]
E-mail: info@readhowyouwant.com [261]
Additional international contacts: http://www.readhowyouwant.com/contact.aspx [262]

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.  

P.O. Box 1205
Blue Lake, CA 95525
877-333-8848 (Toll free fax)
www.readthistome.org [265]
E-mail: info@readthistome.org [266]

ReadThisToMe is a free reading service for people who are blind or have low vision. All that is required is a telephone line and a fax machine. No computer is necessary.

The individual faxes the document to be read to the ReadThisToMe toll-free fax number: 1-877-333-8848. The first page of the fax needs to be a cover page that includes the reader’s first name and callback (voice) phone number.

The document itself can be just about anything: a handwritten letter, a bill, a can of food, or a multi-page magazine article.

One of ReadThisToMe's volunteer readers will call the individual back — usually within an hour and read the document. The service is available throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic [270]
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
866-RFBD-585 (866-732-3585)
800-221-4792 Member Services Department
E-mail: custserv@rfbd.org [271]

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D), a nonprofit volunteer organization, is an educational library that serves people who cannot effectively read standard print because of visual impairment, dyslexia, or other physical disability. Their stated mission is to create opportunities for individual success by providing, and promoting the effective use of, accessible educational materials.

22 Bonad Road
Winchester, MA 01890
781-368-9094
781-368-9096 (Fax)
www.rfr.org [275] 
E-mail: info@rfr.org [276]

Publishes a wide range of publications that enable people with disabilities and chronic conditions to remain independent:

• Individuals with a disability or chronic condition
• The parent of a child with a disability
• The adult offspring of an older parent with one or more disabilities
• A professional service provider

Also produces a series of large print materials designed for distribution to clients and patients.

P.O. Box 738
Auburn, NY 13021
800-704-5913 (Toll free)
www.seniorstore.com [279]
E-mail: seniorstore@msn.com [280]

Large print books and videos [281], nostalgia gifts, music, exercise videos. Low vision products [282], talking products, talking gifts.

PMB 154
330 SW 43rd Street, Suite K
Renton, WA 98055-4976
800-248-9965 (Toll free)
www.speaktomecatalog.com [285]

Specializes in products that talk, sing, play music, or record messages. Products include talking clocks, watches, greeting cards, music boxes, calculators, novelties, bibles, books on tape, radios, games, toys, talking thermometers, and digital recorders.

c/o Stephens Development
6303 Thorndon Circle
University Park, FL 34201
888-714-4419 (Toll free)
941-358-8567 (Fax)
http://stephensmusicpub.com [288]
E-mail: stevepub@comcast.net [289]

Large print music [290] for piano and vocal performances.

Bill Brown's Music Lessons by Ear [293]
Music for the Blind
704 Habersham Road
Valdosta, GA 31602
888-778-1828 (Toll free)
E-mail: Bill@musicvi.com [294]

Learn to play guitar, saxophone, piano, banjo, mandolin, flute, violin, bass, drums, ukulele, and harmonica by ear.

RNIB Transcription Centre Southwest
2 White Oaks Court
Davids Lane
Ivybridge
Devon PL21 0DW
United Kingdom
Information about braille music [295], music books and braille transcription [296], and talking scores [297].

Music in large print is available from Library Reproduction Service
800-255-5002
310-354-2601 (Fax)
www.lrs-largeprint.com [298]

A Lending Library for the Blind and Disabled
840 S. 192nd Street
Seatac, WA 98148-2208
206-243-7377
www.tapeministries.org [301]
E-mail: tmnw@tapeministries.org [302]

Tape Ministries Northwest is a lending library of wholesome, inspirational and Christian books on tape, including 1,251 Christian books, Decision Magazine, and Our Daily Bread monthly devotional. Tape Ministries mails tapes nationwide to people who are blind, visually impaired, and physically or developmentally disabled. All services are free.

107 Trimble Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07011
973-272-7667
973-272-7667 (Fax)
www.braillerdepot.com [306]
E-mail: info@braillerdepot.com [307]

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.

www.lds.org [310]

Vision Loss and Blindness Information [311] includes the following resources:

• Ways to Help Those with Vision Loss
• Teaching Tips
• Additional Blindness Resources
• Additional Web Sites

Church publications are available in the following formats: Braille [312], Large Print [313], Half-Speed Audiocassettes [314], and CDs [315].

The General Disabilities Resource Center [316] provides information on Leader and Teacher Resources, Family Resources, Scriptures and Quotes, Materials, and Frequently Asked Questions.

The Utah State Library for the Blind [317] offers a range of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints materials in alternative formats [318].

P.O. Box 5375
Englewood, CO 80155
800-305-2743 (Toll free)
303-721-7511
303-721-7512 (Fax)
E-mail: LargePrint@aol.com [322]

Located within the Denver Book Mall
32 North Broadway
Denver, CO 80203

Offers over 2,000 titles from a wide range of categories, including Classic Literature, Novels, Humor, Mysteries, Inspirational Books, Westerns, and Non-Fiction. In addition to the Denver Book Mall location, books are also available for sale via mail order.

Scottish Braille Press [325]
Craigmillar Park
Edinburgh EH16 5NB
Scotland
0131 662 4445
0131 662 1968 (Fax)
E-mail: enquiries.sbp@royalblind.org [326]

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 [329]

The William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore [330] offers adult fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books. Call or write for title and price information.

295 Kennedy Drive
Waterville, ME 04901
1-800-223-1244 (Orders and customer service)
1-800-558-4676 (Fax)

Thorndike Press [333] offers thousands of large print titles and publishes more than 1,500 new large print titles a year. Books include best-sellers, non-fiction, and Harlequin romances in 16-point print. Call or write for title and price information.

Digital Audio Books for the Blind
Tom Peters, Project Coordinator
6106 South Stillhouse Road
Oak Grove, MO 64075
816-616-6746
www.unabridged.info [336]
E-mail: tpeters@tapinformation.com [337]
State contact information: www.unabridged.info/contact.htm [338]

Unabridged provides narrated downloadable digital audio books for eligible individuals living in California, Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Texas, and Vermont who are blind, visually impaired, or physically challenged.

The goal of Unabridged is to develop and evaluate a multi-state program that provides a downloadable library of narrated digital audio book content and services to blind, low vision, and physically challenged library users in the participating states.

The Unabridged collection contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles. Current popular fiction is the strength of the collection. There are books for children, tweens, and teens, as well as old-time radio programs.

617 State Street
Garland, TX 75040
972-272-1615
972-494-5002 (Fax)
www.vavtx.org [345]
E-mail: info@vavtx.org [346]

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 [349]
E-mail: office.vbti@tds.net [350]

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 [354]
E-mail: Xaviersocietyfortheblind@yahoo.com [355]

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.