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Resources

Below are website links to a whole array of services, assistance, products available to the visually impaired. Check back frequently for a continually updated list.

 

EMVIA's Collection - Products for the Visually Impaired

 

Local Resources

Arizona School for the Blind

Desert Low Vision

Dots for Families

SAAVI

Sun Sounds of Arizona

Tucson Downtown Lions Club

Brailler repair - Nino Sengua, 790-6062. He will pick up and deliver

 

 

State Resources

Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind

 

Arizona State Library, Braille Talking Book Division

Poviding books, magazines and other library resources in alternate formats for all Arizona residents whose visual or physical disabilities prevent the use of conventional print materials.

 

Braille Plus, LLC

Braille: literary, foreign language; spiral binding; computer-produced; can accept material in print or disk. Other information: commercial, fee for service, guarantee 100% accuracy.

P.O. Box 1104, Gilbert, AZ 85297

(480) 782-0223   fax (480) 782-0267

 

Desert Volunteer Braille Guild

c/o The Foundation for Blind Children

Braille: literary, textbooks, math, French, Spanish; thermoforming; spiral binding; computer-produced; software (MicroBraille, Pokadot, Ed-It PC, and text conversion for MegaDots and Duxbury). Large print: general, math, music, textbooks, computer science, foreign languages; spiral binding; by digital copying and enlarging

Other information: accepts no assignments outside state, sponsors transcribing classes, maintains book-master collection, offers paper and braillon exchange

1235 East Harmont Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85020

(602) 331-1470/(602) 678-5810/(6002) 678-5816

 

Recorded Recreational Reading for the Blind

Recording: general, local news and recreational material; open-reel masters; 4-track cassette duplication

9447 North 99th Avenue, Peoria, AZ 85345

(602) 933-0985

 

RFB&D Recording Studio

Recording: educational texts for students in kindergarten through postgraduate studies; 4-track cassette duplication.

3627 East Indian School Road, Suite 108, Phoenix, AZ 85018

(602) 468-9144  fax (602) 553-0226

 

Trinity Braille Ministry

Braille: literary, music, United Methodist literature; thermoforming; spiral binding; embossing. Sponsors transcribing classes, maintains book-master collection.

Trinity United Methodist Church

3104 West Glendale Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85051
(602) 973-1415

 

 

National Resources

American Foundation for the Blind

Audio Descriptive International

Family Connect

First Steps for the Blind

Foundation for Blind Children

Hadley School for the Blind

Joan Brock

Label It! Braille and Audio Strategies for Identifying Items at Home and Work - a very good recording, #67704, on labeling. Also available in Braille, ASCII text, Portabook, and print formats for $10 at National Braille Press, or by calling 800-548-7323

Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Motion Picture Access (MoPix)

National Braille Press

National Federation of the Blind

National Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Library of Congress

Seedlings

Talking Book Library

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