Large Print, Audio & Braille Books
Alphabetical Index of Audio, Large Print, and Braille Resources
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W
Large Print, Talking Books, Braille, Radio, and TV Reading and music programs are offered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The reading service will allow you to listen to books and magazines from current novels to how to invest your money.
Materials — records, tapes and playback equipment, and braille books — come to you through the mail, all without cost. Catalogs containing new listings are also sent periodically.The first step in obtaining this excellent free service is to write or phone for an application form. In Northern California, except for Fresno and San Francisco, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is provided through the regional library.
Library Services
The National Library Service publishes a circular, Sports, Outdoor Recreation and Games for Visually and Physically Impaired Individuals, that describes adapted sports equipment and other useful information for people with impaired vision. NLS also publishes a series of free leisure booklets, including Birding and Fishing. These titles are available in print, on records, or in braille.
AccuBraille
141 Industrial St. Unit 1, San Francisco, CA 94124
Telephone: (415) 970-9229 Fax: (415) 970-9228
Website: www.garnettsignstudio.com
Email: marku@garnettsign.com
Manufactures braille decals and braille instruction plates or signs for elevators, ATMs, vending machines mail boxes, etc. for compliance with ADA. Also produces braille and large-print instruction booklets.
American Foundation for the Blind - AFB West
44 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: (415) 392-4845 Fax: (415) 392-0383
(800) 232-5463
Website: www.afb.org
Email: sanfran@afb.net
Free/ Low Income
In addition to information and referral, AFB provides technical assistance to agencies, schools and employers. Regional newsletter available. Phone or write to request catalog of publications and brochures relating to vision loss.
American Printing House for the Blind
P.O. Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206-0085
Telephone: (800) 223-1839 Fax: (502) 899-2274
Website: www.aph.org
Email: info@aph.org
Sells braille, large type, and electronic books, braille music, braille and recorded magazines, synthetic speech computer products, talking book equipment, instructional and daily living aids, and a database of accessible books.
Associated Services for the Blind
Recorded Periodicals
919 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19107, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: (215) 627-0600 Fax: (215) 922-0692
Website: www.asb.org
Free/ Low Income
Cassette recordings of popular magazines which are not available through the National Library Service. Free
Audible.com
65 Willowbrook Blvd., Wayne, NJ 07470
Telephone: (888) 283-5051
Website: www.audible.com
Email: customerservice@audible.com
Audible offers the largest selection of audio books. You own the books that you receive through their subscription service.
Audio Bible
P.O. Box 272, Anderson, SC 29622
Telephone: (864) 260-9977 Fax: (864) 225-0692
(888) 262-9977
Website: www.audio-bible.com
Email: Webmaster@Audio-Bible.com
Free on-line King James narration by Alexander Scourby, using Real Audio software.
Audio Books Online
3325 Hinesburg Road, Richmond, VA 05477-9702
Telephone: (800) 639-1862
Website: www.audiobooksonline.com
Email: lbohen@audiobooksonline.com
For purchase of audio books on-line.
Audio Editions, Books on Cassette
(800) 231-4261
P.O. Box 6930, Auburn, CA 95604
Telephone: (530) 888-7801 Fax: (800) 882-1840
(800) 231-4261
Website: www.audioeditions.com
Email: info@audioeditions.com
Over 10,000 audio books in stock covering all interests. Free catalog.
Audio To Go
22272 Pepper Road, Unit A, Lake Barrington, IL 60010
Telephone: (888) 829-7867 Fax: (847) 381-2447
(847) 381-9900
Website: www.audiotogo.com
Email: custserv@audio-to-go.com
Audio rook rentals. Subscribe, and choose books you want to hear. You will receive your audiobook selections in the mail with return postage and label provided.
Aurora Ministries
P.O. Box 1848, Bradenton, FL 34206
Telephone: (941)748-3031 Fax: (941) 748-2625
Website: www.auroraministries.org
Email: aurora@auroraministries.org
Provides an Audio Bible completely free of cost to those who cannot use regular print because of low vision, visual impairment or physical limitation. 63 languages available.
BBC Radio
Website: www.bbc.co.uk
Free/ Low Income
Free online news, current affairs and readings. Also go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ or on demand stories including: classic drama, mystery, serials, short fiction, comedy, daily plays, and more. Or, to download select podcasts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
Blackstone Audiobooks
Department N, PO Box 969, Ashland, OR 97520
Telephone: (800) 729-2665 Fax: (451) 482-9294
Website: www.blackstoneaudio.com
Email: estone@blackstoneaudio.com
Over 25,00 Audio Books. Free catalog.
Blindskills, Inc.
P. O. Box 5181, Salem, OR 97304-0181
Telephone: (503) 581-4224 Fax: (503) 581-0178
(800) 860-4224
Website: www.blindskills.com
Email: info@blindskills.com
Free/ Low Income
Blindskills, Inc. is publisher of the bi-monthly magazine, DIALOGUE, A World of Ideas for Visually Impaired People of All Ages. DIALOGUE is available in five accessible formats: braille, large print, cassette, disk, and email.
Books Aloud, Inc.
Box 5731, San Jose, CA 95150-5731
Telephone: (408) 808-2613 Fax: (408) 808-2625
Website: www.booksaloud.org
Email: info@booksaloud.org
Lends recorded books free of charge. Verification of visual impairment, or disability required. Also, now have a small growing Touch and Sound Program; call for more information.
Books on Tape, Inc.
Random House
400 Hahn Rd., Westminster, MD 21157
Telephone: (800) 626-3333 Fax: (800) 659-2436
Website: www.booksontape.com
Sells audio books.
Braille & Talking Book Library
900 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (800) 952-5666
Free/ Low Income
Free service. Call for application. Good selection of material. Serves all of Northern California, except for San Francisco, which has it's own free service through the SF public library.
Braille Authority of North America (BANA)
Website: www.brailleauthority.org
Email: brl_authority@cox.net
BANA is a consortium of groups of and serving blind persons that updates braille codes, formats or techniques, and assures literacy for tactile readers through standardization of braille. They have an excellent definition of braille on their web site, a
Braille Publishers, Inc.
15 St. Andrews Road., #6, Valley Springs, CA 95252
Telephone: (209) 772-8850 Fax: (209) 772-8851
Website: www.braillepublishers.com
Email: rebbett@braillepublishers.com
Produces braille and large print materials and tactile graphics. Academic testing materials.
Braille Solutions
A Division of Goodwill Industries of the Redwood Empire, 651 Yolanda Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Telephone: (707) 579-1115 Fax: (707) 523-0552
Website: www.braillesolutions.org
Email: ddavid@GIRE.ORG
Braille Solutions translates print to Braille and/or large print. We also offer binding services.
Braille Superstore
MarvelSoft Enterprises, INC
33222 Lynn Avenue, Abbotsford, Canada BC V2S1C9
Telephone: (800) 987-1231 Fax: (800) 985-1231
(604) 854-6641
Website: www.braillebooks.com
Email: info@braillebooks.com
Free/ Low Income
Braille books for children. Talking software, including typing tutors and screen readers. Talking products. Braille, tactile games, etc.
Braille Transcribers of Humbodlt
Telephone: (707) 442-4048
California State Library
Braille and Talking Book Library, 900 "N" Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (916) 654-0640 Fax: (916) 654-1119
(800) 952-5666
Website: www.library.ca.gov/html/pubser05.cfm
Email: btbl@library.ca.gov
For written correspondence: P. O. Box 942837, Sacramento, CA. For the Fresno and San Francisco regions, two sub regional libraries listed below provide recorded materials on audio cassette or disc by mail, home visits, or walk-in service. Magnifiers and o
Choice Magazine Listening
85 Channel Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050
Telephone: (516) 883-8280 Fax: (516) 944-6849
(888) 724-6423 Toll Free
Website: choicemagazinelistening.org
Email: choicemag@aol.com
Free/ Low Income
Free bimonthly selections from many different print magazines, recorded on special speed 4-track cassette tapes playable on the special-speed Library of Congress playback machines; Offered to college level and older; no return policy.
Christian Duplications International, Inc.
1710 Lee Road, Orlando, FL 32810
Telephone: (407) 298-6612 Fax: (407) 578-6665
(800) 327-9332
Email: cdi@worldramp.net
Several Christian texts available for purchase on audiocassette. Duplication and Replication Services.
Clarity Solutions
2222 Park Place, Suite 1C, Minden, NV 89423
Telephone: (800) 575-1456 Fax: (775) 783-0966
Website: www.clarityusa.com
Clarity Solutions manufactures the Clarity Autofocus video magnifier.
Cokesbury
201 Eight Avenue South, P.O. Box 801, Nashville, TN 37202-0801
Website: www.cokesbury.com
Email: cokes_serv@cokesbury.com
Various Christian texts available for purchase on audio and videocassette.
Descriptive Video Service, WGBH
Media Access Group at WGBH
125 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02134
Telephone: (800) 333-1203 Fax: (617) 300-3700
TDD/TTY: TTY/TDD (617) 300-2489
Website: www.wgbh.org/wgbh/access/dvs
Email: access@wgbh.org
Free/ Low Income
Makes some television programs and feature films access able to the visually impaired by adding narrated descriptions during pauses in the regular soundtrack. Available on PBS, CBS, and Fox in the San Francisco and Sacramento areas, and on Turner classic Mo
En-Vision America, Inc.
ScriptTalk
2012 W. College Avenue, Suite 200, Normal, IL 61761
Telephone: (800) 890-1180 Fax: (309) 452-3643
(309) 452-3088
Website: www.envisionamerica.com
Email: envision@envisionamerica.com
Free/ Low Income
ScriptTalk -Hand held device that reads (specially encoded) prescription labels; I.D mate II- Portable bar code scanner that audibly reads bar codes.
Episcopal Disability Network
3024 East Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Telephone: (612) 729-4322
(888) 422-0320
Free/ Low Income
For purchase: Episcopal Book of Common Prayer on audiocassette.
Fresno County Free Library-Talking B
770 North San Pablo Avenue, Fresno, CA 93728
Telephone: (559) 488-3217 Fax: (559) 488-1971
(800) 742-1011 TDD/TTY: (559) 488-1642
Website: www.fresnolibrary.org/tblb
Email: wendy.eisenberg@fresnolibrary.org
Hours: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday through Friday Offering the free recorded material and other services listed above, the Talking Book Library for the Blind also has a special collection of classic radio plays, and publishes a library newsletter.
G.H. Braille
1305 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47906
Telephone: (765) 775-3776 Fax: (765) 775-2501
(866) 693-3687
Website: www.ghbraille.com
Email: info@ghbraille.com
GH is a provider of braille translation services, tactile graphics, and accessible HTML for the disabilities community. Digital talking book player, DTB content conversion, nimas conversion, consulting.
Hosanna/ Faith Comes by Hearing
2421 Aztec Road NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107
Telephone: (505) 881-3321 Fax: (505) 881-1681
(800) 545-6552
Website: www.faithcomesbyhearing.org
Email: info@fcbhmail.org
For purchase of Audio Bible in various formats; over 200 languages.
JBI International
110 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (800) 433-1531 Fax: (212)689-3692
(212) 889-2525
Website: www.jbilibrary.org
Email: admin@jbilibrary.org
Loans free large print, braille, and talking books on topics relating to Judaism, in English, Russian, Romanian Yiddish, and Hungarian. Seven audio magazines plus quarterly concert, lecture, and poetry series available on cassette. Free catalog.
Jiggerbug
8721 Santa Monica Blvd. Ste. #2, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Telephone: (800) 435-2000
Website: www.jiggerbug.com
Email: support@jiggerbug.com
With Jiggerbug you can rent as many audio titles as you want for one low monthly Membership fee. You keep a revolving library of up to 5 audio titles at a time (depending on your membership plan) and can exchange them for new available titles as often as
KALW Radio
Website: http://www.kalw.org
Free/ Low Income
Free live streaming radio using computer and realplayer software (also free). Arts, news, world music, readings and more. See schedule on website.
KPFA Radio
Website: http://www.kpfa.org
Free/ Low Income
Free. Arts, entertainment and current affairs. Offers more than 26 weekly shows as free podcasts. Good help section to easily get set up.
Library Reproduction Service
Telephone: (800) 255-5002 Fax: (310) 354-2601
310-354-2610
Website: www.lrs-largeprint.com
Email: lrsprint@aol.com
Large print classics for all ages & children's literature. Also available are large print made-to-order reproductions of any and all materials. Free catalog.
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
214 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: (415) 431-1481 Fax: (415) 863-7568
Website: www.lighthouse-sf.org
Email: admin@lighthouse-sf.org
This newspaper reading service is carried on the SAP channel of KTVU channel 2 Fox TV, in San Francisco. Refer to the owners manual for stereo TV's or VCR's to learn how to switch from stereo to SAP. Pre-tuned stand-alone SAP receivers are also available
Lutheran Library for the Blind
7550 Watson Road, St. Louis, MO 63119
Telephone: (314) 918-0415 Fax: (314) 963-0738
(888) 215-2455
Email: blind.mission@blindmission.org
Free/ Low Income
Free magazines in braille, in large print, or on audiocassette: the Christian Life, the Lutheran Digest, Lutheran Layman, Lutheran Messenger for the Blind, Lutheran Witness, Lutheran Woman's Quarterly, My Devotions.
Narrative Television Network
5840 South Memorial Drive, Suite 312, Tulsa, OK 74145-9082
Telephone: (800) 801-8184 Fax: (918) 627-4101
(918) 627-1000
Website: www.narrativetv.com
Email: info@narrativetv.com
Voice Description of TV action.
National Braille Press
88 Saint Stephen Street, Boston, MA 02115
Telephone: (888) 965-8965 Fax: (617) 437-0456
(617) 266-6160
Website: www.nbp.org
Email: orders@nbp.org
The guiding purposes of National Braille Press are to promote the literacy of blind children through braille, and to provide access to information that empowers blind people to actively engage in work, family, and community affairs.
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
The Library of Congress, 1291 Taylor Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20542
(800) 345-8901 TDD/TTY: TTY/TDD (202) 707-0744
Website: www.loc.gov/nls
Publishes reference circulars, bibliographies, fact sheets, etc. maintains a comprehensive, reference listing of Bibles and other sacred writings in Special Media. In addition to the reading program, the Library of Congress has another program designed t
New York Times Large Type Weekly
P.O. Box 70, Northvale, NJ 07647-
Telephone: (800) 698-4637 Fax: (201) 750-5340
Email: 1-800@nytimes.com
Weekly domestic edition $78.00 per year, and $39.00 for six months, plus tax if applicable. Braille and recorded versions free from the sub regional libraries Developed especially for people with low vision, The New York Times Large Print Weekly offers
Newsline
Telephone: (800) 952-5666
Free/ Low Income
Newspapers read. Free service.
Newsweek Talking Magazine
Readers Digest Braille and Talking Magazine
American Printing House for the Blind, P.O. Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206
Telephone: (502) 899-2352 Fax: (502) 899-2353
Website: www.aph.org
Email: info@aph.org
Sells braille, large type, and electronic books, braille music, braille and recorded magazines, synthetic speech computer products, talking book equipment, instructional and daily living aids, and a database of accessible books.
NPR Radio
Website: http://www.npr.org
Free/ Low Income
Free, on demand news, entertainment and current events. Archived shows available, including Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation, Performance today, World cafe, Scared Classics, and More.
Radio Spirits
PO Box 3107, Wallingford, CT 06492
Telephone: (800) 723-4648
(203) 265-8044
Website: www.radiospirits.com
Radio Spirits' library of old-time radio programs includes radio dramas, mysteries, detective stories, comedies, westerns, science fiction and adventure stories that originally aired from the 1930s to the 1960s - during what has been named "The Golden Age"
Raz-Kids
1840 E. River Road Suite #320, Tucson, AZ 85718-5834
Telephone: (866) 889-3731 Fax: (866) 889-3729
(520) 327-9934
Website: www.raz-kids.com
Email: support@raz-kids.com
Raz-Kids is an online collection of interactive leveled books and quizzes designed to guide and motivate emergent and reluctant readers as well as improve the skills of fluent readers. The program consists of 85 online books, along with quizzes and worksheets.
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation
Large-Type Publications, P.O. Box 241, Mount Morris, IL 61054-9982
Telephone: (800) 877-5293 Fax: (914) 244-7481
(914) 244-5349
Website: www.rdpfs.org
Email: partnersforsight@rd.com
Large print reading material.
Reading Service of the Redwoods
350 E Street, Suite 109, Eureka, CA 95501
Telephone: (707) 443 0884
Email: readingservice@sbcglobal.net
Free/ Low Income
Provides on air reading of local newspapers on Keats 2nd audio channel 13, from 10 am to 11.30 am. Call for info.
Recorded Books, Inc.
270 Skipjack Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Telephone: 1-800-638-1304 Fax: (410) 535-5499
Website: www.recordedbooks.com
Email: recordedbooks@recordedbooks.com
For purchase or thirty-day rental: chapters of King James New Testament on audiocassette (inquire for price).
Recorded Periodicals
Associated Services for the Blind, 919 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: (215) 627-0600 Fax: (215) 922-0692
Website: http://www.asb.org/services/recording.htm
Email: jcorrigan@asb.org
Recorded Periodicals has been in the business of providing recorded materials for people who are blind and visually handicapped for over 20 years. Subsidized subscription.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Northern California Unit, 488 West Charleston Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Telephone: (650) 493-3717 Fax: (650) 493-5513
Website: www.rfbd.org
Email: ksaltzman@rfbd.org
RFB&D is an invaluable educational resource, enabling those with print disabilities to complete their educations. With more than 107,000 titles in our Library, RFB&D is the number one producer in the world for audio textbooks.
Sacramento Braille Transcribers, Inc.
2791 - 24th Street, Room 7, Sacramento, CA 95818
Telephone: (916) 455-9121 Fax: (916) 452-9140
Free/ Low Income
Transcribes textbooks, literature, math, music, children's storybooks in both braille and tactile/braille editions, and, when time allows, transcribes for individuals, organizations, businesses, etc. All at no cost. Free braille book lending library.
San Francisco Public Library
Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: (415) 557-4253 Fax: (415) 357-4375
Website: http://sfpl.org
Email: lbphmgr@sfpl.org
Free/ Low Income
Hours: 10 AM to 6 PM on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1 PM to 6 PM Mondays and Thursdays Noon to 5 PM Fridays In addition to the free recorded material and other services listed above, the San Francisco library has computers with scanners and voice and large-pr
Tantor Media, Inc.
114 Mill Rock Road E, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Telephone: (877) 782-6867 Fax: (888) 782-7821
Website: www.tantor.com
Email: Info@Tantor.com
Tantor Media produces a collection of unique, unabridged classics on MP3-CD and CD audio formats. They feature world-renowned authors such as Verne, Doyle, Stevenson, Grey and more.
Tell Me
Telephone: (800) 555-8355
Free/ Low Income
Free voice activated info. Choose from categories: News, Sports, Stock Quotes, Entertainment, Travel.
This American Life
Website: http://www.thislife.org
Free/ Low Income
Free. Stories that are like movies for radio. There are people in dramatic situations where things happen to them. There are funny moments and emotional moments and - hopefully - moments where the people in the story say interesting, surprising things about it all. 10 years of archives available.
Ulverscroft Large Print (USA) Inc.
Telephone: (800) 955-9659
Website: www.ulverscroft.com
Email: sales@ulverscroftusa.com
Large-print and Audio, fiction and non-fiction. Free catalog.
Unitarian Universalist Association
25 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108
Telephone: (617) 742-2100
Website: www.uua.org
Email: bookstore@uua.org
For purchase: hymns in braille, in large print, and on audiocassette (inquire for price).
VISION Community Services
(A Division of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind)
23 A Elm Street, Watertown, MA 02472-2021
Telephone: (617) 926-4232 Fax: (617) 926-1412
Website: www.mabcommunity.org
Email: inr@mabcommunity.org
Free/ Low Income
Free catalog: Vision Community Services Resource List, available in large print or cassette. Printed materials available on braille and audio-cassette. Specialized products and personalized instruction through catalog.
VisionCue
4858A SW Schools Ferry Road, Portland, OR 97225
Telephone: (503) 279-1510 Fax: 503) 459-4003
Website: www.visioncue.com
Email: atinfo@visioncare.com
Develops and manufactures hardware and software for blind and low vision computer users; ALVA braille displays, LUI, CCTV's, Parrot Voicemate, Talks cell phone accessibility software.
Writers Voice Radio
Website: http://www.writersvoiceradio.com
Free/ Low Income
Free. Live down streaming audio, podcast, or download to your computer. Weekly 30-minute program features a guest author reading from their latest book.
Xavier Society for the Blind
154 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010-4595
Telephone: (212) 473-7800
Free/ Low Income
Free lending library of religious/inspirational reading matter in braille, large print, cassette and Catholic periodicals. Free catalog.