Recorded and Braille Materials in BENGALI


1.   Library of Congress, NLS materials:  

     Swapna Vasadatta (Bengali novel) on cassette (RCF
     2657), acquired for the NLS Special Foreign Library
     Collection and available through NLS cooperating
     libraries from the Multistate Center East.


2.   Other U.S. sources:


     Audio-Forum
     One Orchard Park Road
     Madison, CT 06443  
     Tel.: 800-243-1234, fax: (203) 245-0769, 
     E-mail: info@audioforum.com
     www.audioforum.com
     (sells audio language learning materials)

     
     Global Bengal Initiatives Inc.
     1 Memorial Drive, Suite 1100
     Cambridge, MA 02142
     Tel.: 718 627-0481, fax: 978 268-5104
     E-mail: support@bengalcommerce.com
     www.bengalcommerce.com
     (sell commercial audio books)

     
     Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc.
     P.O. Box 5000
     Yucaipa, CA 92399-1450
     Tel.: (909) 795-8977, fax: (909) 795-8970
     E-mail: lbw@lbwinc.org
     www.lbwinc.org
     (portions of the Bible in braille free to blind persons)


     Multi-Cultural Books and Videos, Inc.
     28880 Southfield Rd., #183
     Lathrup Village, MI 48076  
     Tel.: 800-567-2220, (248) 559-2676, 
     fax: (248) 559-2627
     E-mail: service@multicultbr.com
     www.multiculturalbooksandvideos.com
     (commercial audio materials)


     Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic         
     20 Roszel Road
     Princeton, NJ 08540
     Tel.: 800-221-4792/4793, fax: (609) 987-8116
     www.rfbd.org
     (ESL textbooks on tape)

            
3.   Foreign sources:


     BBC World Service
     www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice
     (online audio news)


     National Association for the Blind           
     11-12 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road
     Worli Seaface, Mumbai 400 025
     INDIA
     Tel.: (91-22) 4988134, fax: (91-22) 4932539
     E-mail: nabin@bom3.vsnl.in
     www.nabindia.org
     (braille and talking books)


     National Institute for the Visually Handicapped
     116 Rajpur Road
     Dehradun 248001
     Uttaranchal, INDIA
     Tel.: (91-0135) 2744491; fax: (91-0135) 2748147
     E-mail: nivh@sancharnet.in; director@nivh.org
     www.nivh.org
     (braille and talking books)