Libraries and Producers of Alternate Media
(braille, large print, tape, and digital
information)
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On this page, you'll find links to libraries and producers of braille, taped, large print, CD
and digital audio, and digital text. Where possible, we also include links to radio reading
services which stream their content live via the Internet.
You may need special software to listen to some of the audio content to which we link.
The pages that contain that content also have links that allow you to download the type
of audio player you will need to hear the content. Of course, not all of the pages we list
here have Internet audio. Many simply allow you to download text-based information.
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) (New Window)
A division of the Library of Congress, the National Library Service produces and distributes tens of thousands of braille, taped, and large print titles.
Books are available on loan through regional libraries.
National Library Service web-braille page (New Window)
Your Web-Braille user ID and password will be required after you click the aboveweb-braille link. This page allows library patrons to download braille books from the Internet for personal embossing or reading via a braille-aware device.
Fact Sheet on Books for Blind and Visually Impaired Readers (New Window)
A Bibliography on Disability Awareness from the National library Service (New Window)
The American Printing House for the Blind (New Window)
Visit the "Fred's Head" link at the American Printing House site for hundreds of tips on
living independently and dealing with vision loss. The printing house produces braille,
large print, and recorded materials for blind adults and children.
Assistive Media (New Window)
Read stories from the latest issues of "The New Yorker," "Wired," and many other
magazines by clicking on the above link.
Audible.com (New Window)
Visit this site, register, and receive books, magazines, and newspapers in audio formats. There is a monthly fee.
Bookshare (New Window)
Members choose from thousands of books to download in digital Braille and the DAISY format. These books were originally scanned by other members or volunteers.
The Braille Institute of America (New Window)
Learn more about the braille publications for children and adults available from this organization.
Choice magazine Listening (New Window)
This organization offers eight hours of recorded information from more than 100 magazines. The recorded material is available only on four-track cassette tapes. Those interested in subscribing to "Choice magazine Listening" may do so at no cost by visiting the Web site. The free player is available from the library that lends braille and talking books in your area.
The Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (New Window)
Through the Roof is a Christian charity working with disabled people in the UK and overseas.
Is this the right page? (New Window)
Disabled Christian Tape Fellowship
This is a monthly cassette magazine for Christians of all faiths and all types of disabilities. The cost is $12 annually.
Massachusetts Association for the Blind (New Window)
Open the above link to learn more about the Vision Community Services list, a directory of categories that include electronic reading aids, eye conditions and diseases, consumer organizations, recreational resources, large print resources, and more.
Oregon's Talking Book and Braille Service (New Window)
This library lends more than 10,000 books annually to Oregon residents.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (New Window)
Visit our
Life-Long Learning page for more information about RFB&D.
Recording For Recovery (New Window)
This site offers recorded music via cassette to blind and low-vision individuals who are
ill and find music helpful as part of the recovery process. Tapes may be borrowed upon
payment of a membership fee.
Access to Information Services, Rose Resnick Lighthouse (New Window)
Access to Information Services is the San Francisco-area radio information service available on the Internet.
The Texas Textbook Exchange (New Window)
The Texas Textbook Exchange provides electronic textbooks to qualified disabled
students.
The Matilda Ziegler magazine for the Blind (New Window)
This monthly publication is available in braille, diskette, and on four-track half-speed cassette. It is free to blind and visually impaired people throughout the world. The publication's editorial staff gathers items from leading newspapers and periodicals. Articles cover health, travel,
nature, personalities, history, science, music and sports to assure as broad a selection
of articles as possible.
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