AUDI RESOURCES

214 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA 94102,
Telephone: (415) 431-1481    Fax: (415) 863-7568
TTY/TDD: (415) 431-4572
Website: http://www.adaptionsonline.com
Email: adaptations@lighthouse-sf.org
Free / Low Income

The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides solutions for individuals living with vision loss through rehabilitation training, advocacy and access to information. Services include the Vision Loss Resource Center for questions and information about blindness and vision loss; low vision examinations are available on site; rehabilitation specialists teach strategies for reading print, orientation and mobility, technology training, transitional counseling, life long education, and traditional camping opportunities are adapted for blind and visually impaired campers at the Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa. Adaptations carries an immense variety of optical and adaptive aides including everything from cooking aides and talking watches to video magnifiers and adaptive software programs such as JAWS and ZoomText. Volunteers read time-sensitive printed materials in daily radio broadcasts, also available on the internet. Personal Services Volunteers assist individuals living with vision loss in their home and in the community.

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Lutheran Library for the Blind

7550 Watson Road, St. Louis MO 63119,
Telephone: (314) 918-0415    Fax: (314) 963-0738
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.

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Narrative Television Network

5840 South Memorial Drive, Suite 312, Tulsa OK 74145-9082,
Telephone: (800) 801-8184    Fax: (918) 627-4101
Website: http://www.narrativetv.com
Email: info@narrativetv.com

Voice Description of TV action.

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National Braille Press

88 Saint Stephen Street, Boston MA 02115,
Telephone: (888) 965-8965    Fax: (617) 437-0456
Website: http://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. Sell affordable braille childrens books and practical books for adults: computer books, cookbooks, etc. Also braille textbooks and exams, corporate projects on contract, and books for the Library of Congress.

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National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

The Library of Congress, 1291 Taylor Street, N.W., Washington DC 20542,

TTY/TDD: (202) 707-0744
Website: http://www.loc.gov/nls
Email: nls@loc.gov

Publishes reference circulars, bibliographies, fact sheets, etc. maintains a comprehensive, reference listing of Bibles and other sacredwritings in Special Media. In addition to the reading program, the Library of Congress has another program designed to teach you music, from harmony to learning how to play an instrument. Music manuscripts are also available in braille and large print. The music service is available only through the National Library Service in Washington, D.C, See website listed, and not through State regional or subregional libraries.

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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 subregional libraries Developed especially for people with low vision, The New York Times Large Print Weekly offers a select package of the week's news printed in 16-point type -about twice the size of the regular type size. With its updated, color-enhanced design, a mail subscription to The Large Print Weekly is a striking and clearly readable way to enjoy The Times. * For subscriptions in the U.S., mail delivery is available 2 days after publication in most areas. * For subscriptions outside the U.S., papers will arrive 1 - 12 weeks after publication depending on selected mailing options.

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Newsline

AL
Telephone: (800) 952-5666
Website: http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Newspapers_by_Phone.asp
Free / Low Income

Newspapers read. Free service.

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