Getting Started
Take advantage of the services offered by the Colorado
Talking Book Library (CTBL). CTBL provides postage-free recorded, braille,
and large print library materials to eligible residents in Colorado. Please click here for the Application. For more information on CTBL Services and eligibility follow the links below.
Audio Files
Catalogs
Certifying Authority
Collection
Eligibility
Machines
Subject Code List - Complete
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Audio Files
These are short audio files explaining the services provided by CTBL.
Catalogs
Bimonthly magazines will tell you about newly-released books and provide you
with information on related library services. "Talking Book Topics" ( in
large-print, flexible disc, and cassette ) and "Braille Book Review" ( in
large-print and in Braille) are two catalogs that are available. Be sure to
try and Order Book Online, since the entire CTBL collection of recorded is
available online. You may also order other general catalogs of recorded or
Braille books.
Certifying Authority
The list of professionals who are authorized to sign the application form
are listed on the last page of the form, which states:
"Certifying authority" is defined to include doctors of medicine and
osteopathy, ophthalmologists, optometrists, registered nurses, therapists,
professional staff of hospitals, institutions, and public or welfare
agencies (e.g., social workers, case workers, counselors, vocational
rehabilitation counselors, home teachers, and superintendents). In the
absence of any of these, certification may be made by professional
librarians. In the case of a Reading Disability, the certifying authority
must be a doctor of medicine or osteopathy. Certifying authorities are not
permitted to certify relatives.
Please note that only medical doctors MD or doctors of osteopathy DO may
certify the application of a Coloradan with a reading (learning) disability,
such as dyslexia or attention deficit disorder.
Collection
You can select your recorded books and magazines from a national collection
that includes bestsellers, classics, mysteries, westerns, poetry,
biographies, informational works, religious literature, children's books,
and foreign language materials. You can also subscribe to more than 70
popular magazines.
ELIGIBILITY
Individual:
You are eligible for the Colorado Talking Book Library service if:
- you are legally blind;
- your vision in the better eye is 20/200 or less with corrective lenses or your widest diameter of visual field is no greater than 20 degrees;
- you cannot see well enough or focus long enough to read standard print,
though you wear glasses to correct your vision;
- you are unable to handle print books or turn pages because of a physical
disability
- you are certified by a medical doctor as having a learning disability, due to
an organic dysfunction, that is severe enough to prevent you from reading in
the usual manner
(The disability may be permanent or temporary.)
Institutional:
In order to provide service to your institution at least one individual
using your facility must be eligible for Talking Book Library service and
registered with CTBL at this time.
Machines
CTBL books and magazines are recorded at a special speed, slower than
commercial recording, and require special playback equipment. The Colorado
Talking Book Library will loan you the equipment, which you may keep as long
as you are actively using the recorded books and magazines. If the equipment
you are using needs service or repair, return it to the library and
replacement equipment will be sent to you free of charge.
The Long Island Talking Book Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled has created an instructional video to assist patrons in using the standard cassette player. Use this link to view the Cassette Machine Instructional Video.
Subject Code List - Complete
Our subject code listing is available as an Acrobat PDF document (you can download he free Adobe Acrobat Reader Software for viewing online or offline through your Web browser, or to be printed out. A copy is also included with the Application for Free Library Service. Please contact Colorado Talking Book Library if you have questions about a code or can't locate a subject.
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