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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
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: 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 exchange1235 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
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
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
National Federation of the Blind
National Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Library of Congress