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Issued 2004
This reference circular lists instructional materials, supplies, and equipment currently available for learning braille, and cites sources about braille literacy. The resources given are intended to assist sighted individuals who are interested in learning braille or want to transcribe print materials into braille; instructors who teach braille; persons with visual impairments who are interested in learning to read and write braille; and family members, friends, and professionals who desire information about braille literacy.
Unless otherwise indicated, items listed in this circular are not part of the National Library Service for the Blind program, and their listing does not imply endorsement. Prices are subject to frequent change and should be verified with the supplier before ordering. Complete addresses of sources are listed in Section VI: Addresses of Sources.
(Full addresses are in section VI.)
Code books are the official documents that set forth rules of usage for, or the transcription of, the various types of braille (literary, mathematics, computer, and music) in the United States. The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) provides current information about all braille codes www.brailleauthority.org.
English braille, American edition, 1994; revised 2002. Compiled under the authority of the Braille Authority of North America. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind. $20 print or braille, CD-ROM edition available from Opus Technologies. $49.
Chart of contractions, selected symbols, and simplified rules. Compiled by the Illinois Braille and Sight Saving School, Jacksonville, IL, 1959. Available from the American Printing House for the Blind, $2.72 braille.
Guidelines for linear braille format. Compiled by the Braille Authority of North America. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1987. $2.50 print or braille. Braille transcribers certified by the Library of Congress may obtain braille or print copies free on request from the Braille Development Section (BDS), National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Nemeth braille code for mathematics and science notation, 1972 revision. Compiled by the American Association of Workers for the Blind, Association for the Education of the Visually Handicapped, the National Braille Association, and the Braille Authority of North America. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1972. $40 print or braille.
Addendum 1 to the Nemeth braille code for mathematics and science notation, 1972 revision: Ancient Numeration Systems. Adopted by the Braille Authority of North America; transcribed by Von E. Eulert, American Red Cross Braille Service. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1991. $5 print or braille.
Reference sheet. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind. $2.50 print or braille.
Braille code for chemical notation. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1997. $20 print or braille.
Computer braille code: 2000. Compiled by the Braille Authority of North America. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 2000. $20 print or braille.
The Computer braille code made easy. 3rd ed. Boston: National Braille Press, $7 print or braille.
Step-by-step guide on the computer code. Includes tips on how to read e-mail and web addresses.
Flowchart design for applicable braille codes supplements. Compiled by the Braille Authority of North America. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1992. $17 print or braille.
Music braille code. Compiled by the Braille Authority of North America. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1997. $41 print or braille. Also available from National Braille Association.
Alphabetical index of braille signs. Arranged for braillewriter and slate work. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind. $2.50 print.
Braille: a code for success; a comprehensive tutorial for the National Literary Braille Competency Test. Compiled by the International Braille Research Center, National Federation of the Blind, and the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Washington: U.S. Dept. of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 1999. Print or braille available free from National Federation of the Blind.
Braille codes and calculations. By Mary Ellen Pesavento. Berkeley, CA: Pesavento Press. Revised 1997. Although sold separately, Braille Codes and Calculations and Dot Writing are designed to be used together. Available from Exceptional Teaching Aids, $72; with Dot Writing $86.95.
Braille enthusiast's dictionary. Compiled and edited by M. Cay Holbrook and Alan J. Koenig. Germantown, TN: Scalars Publishing, 1995. $65 print, plus $3.50 shipping.
Braille formats: principles of print to braille transcription, 1997. Developed under the sponsorship of the Braille Authority of North America. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1998. $30 print (three volumes) or braille (twelve volumes).
Braille letter drill. By H.R. Latimer, revised by Marjorie Hooper. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1943. $4.96 print; $7.92 print/braille.
Braille transcribing workbook. By Norma L. Schecter. Huntington Beach, CA: Beach Cities Braille Guild, 1992. $7 plus $2 shipping, print. Used with lessons in braille transcribing.
The Burns braille transcription dictionary. By Mary F. Burns. New York: AFB Press, 1991. $19.95 print.
Chart of braille characters and contractions. By Bernard M. Krebs. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1968. $25 braille.
Dot writing. Available from Exceptional Teaching Aids. $16.95. Includes a systematic introduction to standard English braille plus practice words and sentences.
The computerized braille tutor. By Gaylen Kapperman, and others. Alexandria, VA: Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER). $11 for AER members; $21 for non members (Canadian orders, add $2.50/tutor; overseas orders, add $5/tutor).
Instruction and practice for the basic literary braille code. (Requires DOS computer with a hard drive that can allocate five megabytes of memory.)
English braille grade 2 contractions: word signs, short form words, punctuation, and composition signs. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1960. 63¢ print; 27¢ braille, up to five copies free. The print version of this guide is also known as the alphabetical index of braille signs.
Handbook for learning to read braille by sight. By Leland Schubert. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1968. $20.40 print.
Instruction manual for braille transcribing. Revised edition by Constance Risjord, John Wilkinson, and Mary Lou Stark. Washington: Library of Congress, 2000. Free to enrollees in the Library of Congress correspondence course. Also available from the American Printing House for the Blind. $26.50 print, $136 braille.
Drills reproduced in braille: supplement to instruction manual for braille transcribing, 2000. Produced in braille for the Library of Congress. Available from American Printing House for the Blind. $8 braille.
Lessons in braille transcribing. By Bernard Krebs. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1978. $6.50 print, $50.60 braille. Addendum, $1 print, $3.60 braille.
Literary braille practice sentences. By Dorothy Quenten Joseph; revised by Roberta Becker and Phillip Mangold, 1994. Castro Valley, CA: Exceptional Teaching Aids. $17.95 print, plus $4.25 shipping.
NBA literary braille refresher course for teachers and transcribers. Rochester, NY: National Braille Association, revised 2002. $50 print; $158.40 braille for individuals; $391.50 braille for all others. Assists teachers preparing for state or national competency tests, and transcribers and proofreaders wishing to sharpen their braille skills.
New programmed instruction in braille. 3rd ed. By Samuel C. Ashcroft, LaRhea Sanford, and Alan Koenig. Germantown, TN: Scalars Publishing, 2001. $60 print, plus $3.50 shipping. Integrates, cross references, and summarizes current English Braille, American edition rules. Provides tests and answer keys to facilitate learning independently or with a class or instructor. A companion reader with correlated chapter readings in tactile braille is available.
Quick reference list of braille signs. Compiled by the Louis Braille Center. Edmonds, WA: Louis Braille Center. $5 braille and print, $4 braille only. Includes reference lists of the braille alphabet, numbers, contractions, and composition and punctuation signs.
Quick reference manual, to accompany braille formats: principles of print to braille transcription. Rochester, NY: National Braille Association, 1997. $20 print for members, $40 non members, $75.80 braille for individuals, $186.50 for all others.
Rehabilitation teaching braille textbook review. By Cheryl Richesin. Alexandria, VA: Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER). $30 for AER members; $40 for non-members. Available in print, large print, and on disk. Canadian orders, add $6/book; overseas orders, add $12/book. Developed as a resource manual for rehabilitation teachers who teach braille readers.
Signs and rules of English braille. Compiled by the Louis Braille Center. Edmonds, WA: Louis Braille Center. $12 print with simulated braille. A basic handbook covering uncontracted and contracted braille. Includes the alphabet, numbers, punctuation, and contractions with simplified rules of usage, Roman numerals, and special symbols. Concepts are illustrated with examples. Suitable as a self-teaching book for beginners or as a reference book for those with some knowledge of braille.
Braille transcribers' kit: math. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind. $12. Raised-line graphics of commonly occurring figures for transcribing of elementary math books. Master sheets contain five each of rulers, number lines, protractors, unlabeled thermometers, clock faces, as well as three sizes of low-relief graph paper. Master sheets can be thermoformed to provide multiple copies of figures.
Computerized Nemeth code tutor. By Mario Cortesi, and others. Alexandria,VA : Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER), $11 for AER members; $21 for non-members; overseas orders add $2/book.
Cracking the Nemeth code. By Michael Czerwinski. Newark: New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1978. Available from Metropolitan Chapter, American Red Cross. $65.74 includes print and braille.
Guidelines for mathematical diagrams, including number lines addendum. By Braille Authority of North America. Rochester, NY: National Braille Association 1983, 1990 addendum. $22 print, $56.40 braille for individuals, $136.50 braille for all others.
An introduction to braille mathematics. By Helen Roberts, Bernard Krebs, and Barbara Taffet. Washington: Library of Congress, 1978. Available from the American Printing House for the Blind. $50.85 print, $114.40 braille. Errata, 1995. $25 braille.
Learning the Nemeth braille code: a manual for teachers and students. By Ruth H. Craig. Salt Lake City: Brigham Young University Press, 1979. Available from American Printing House for the Blind. $32 print or braille.
Multiplication and division table. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 2000. $25 braille.
Nemeth code reference sheet. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind. $2.50 print; $5 braille.
Nemeth reference sheets. Boston, MA: National Braille Press, 2003. $14.95 print or braille; $25 print/braille.
Strategies for developing mathematics skills in students who use braille. By Toni Heinze, Gaylen Kapperman, and Jodi Sticken. Alexandria, VA: Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER). $20 for AER members; $30 for non-members; Canadian orders add $2/book; overseas orders, add $10/book; $25 with the Nemeth code tutor.
Introduction to braille music transcription. By Mary Turner De Garmo. Washington: Library of Congress, braille edition 1970, braille addenda 1974 and 1983; print edition including addenda, 1974; addenda, 1974 and 1983. Available from the American Printing House for the Blind. $75.19 print; $1.83 print addenda for 1983 only; $124.80 braille; $6.80 braille addenda.
Lessons in braille music. By H.V. Spanner. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1961. $4.73 print, $43.20 braille, $22 exercises only. Used in connection with the revised International manual of braille music notation, 1956.
New international manual of braille music notation, 1997. Compiled by Bettye Krolick. Amsterdam: Braille Music Subcommittee, World Blind Union. Available from Opus Technologies. $79 print, $89 braille, $149 CD-ROM.
Contracted German: the reformed German braille contractions. By Adam Heinz. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1972. $10.80 braille.
Interim manual for foreign language braille transcribing. By Barbara H. Tate and others. Rochester, NY: National Braille Association, 2002. $16 print for NBA members, $32 print non members; $100 braille for NBA members, $248 braille non members.
The Braille Development Section of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, offers free correspondence courses leading to certification in braille transcribing or proofreading, provides certification for those who successfully complete training through other programs, and administers the National Literary Braille Competency Test to applicants who wish to demonstrate competence in the application of literary braille. Interested persons are encouraged to enroll in a locally sponsored braille class, if possible; however, correspondence instruction is available for persons who do not have local options or who prefer to study through correspondence. Instructional materials for each course are provided free. Individuals must purchase equipment and paper; sources for these items are listed in Sections III and IV. To enroll in one of the courses, request an application form from Braille Development Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, braille@loc.gov.
Instruction in the formation and rules for the use of braille letters, numbers, contractions (braille abbreviations for letter groups), and other braille signs used in transcribing general, nonscientific literature from print into braille. Consists of nineteen lessons and a final examination. Completion of the course earns the Library of Congress literary braille transcribing certificate. This course is a prerequisite to all other transcribing courses.
Prerequisite: applicants must be citizens or residents of the United States and must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
Application for certification as a literary braille transcriber
Instruction in the braille signs, rules, and concepts used to transcribe mathematics and scientific texts into braille. Consists of sixteen lessons and a final examination. Completion of the course earns the Library of Congress mathematics braille transcribing certificate.
Prerequisites: general eligibility for braille courses; Library of Congress certification in literary braille; minimum of six months transcribing experience as a certified braillist transcribing textbooks.
Application for certification as a mathematics (Nemeth code) braille transcriber
Instruction in the braille signs, rules, and concepts used to transcribe conventional print music notation into braille. Course consists of thirty-four lessons, a preparatory exercise for the final examination, and the final examination. Completion of the course earns the Library of Congress braille music transcribing certificate.
Prerequisites: general eligibility for Library of Congress braille courses; Library of Congress certification in literary braille transcribing; a minimum of six months transcribing experience as a Library of Congress certified literary braille transcriber; ability to read accurately moderate to complex conventional music notation.
Application for certification as a music braille transcriber
Instruction in the special techniques and the code rules required to proofread literary braille transcriptions. Includes lessons assigned from the Library of Congress literary braille transcribing manual, five proofreading lessons, and a final examination. Completion earns the Library of Congress literary braille proofreading certificate.
Prerequisites: general eligibility for Library of Congress braille courses; broad reading experience with braille books and materials; ability to read and write braille, using correct character formation and literary braille format; ability to type 25 words per minute without error.
Application for certification in literary braille proofreading
Instruction in the braille signs, rules, and concepts required to proofread mathematics braille transcriptions. The course consists of sixteen lessons and the final examination. Completion earns the Library of Congress mathematics braille proofreading certificate.
Prerequisites: general eligibility for Library of Congress braille courses; Library of Congress certification in either literary braille proofreading or mathematics braille transcribing; ability to type 25 words per minute without error.
Application for certification in mathematics (Nemeth code) braille proofreading
Examines general knowledge and use of the literary braille code; designed primarily for individuals who teach children and adults who are blind or visually handicapped.
Prerequisites: United States citizenship or residency; either a passing grade on at least one college-level braille course, or successful completion of the Library of Congress literary braille transcribing course through Lesson 14, or five years of experience in reading and writing braille.
Colleges and universities that offer special education or rehabilitation training related to visual impairments often provide classes for learning braille. A listing of the colleges and universities offering courses in education of visually impaired and deaf-blind students and in orientation and mobility is available at www.aerbvi.org or contact the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER).
The directory Sources of custom-produced books: braille, audio recordings, and large print lists organizations and volunteer groups that transcribe braille or teach transcribing classes. The directory is online at www.loc.gov/nls/reference/directories/sources.html, in web-braille at www.loc.gov/nls/reference/directories/sources1.brf, or available in large print or hardcopy braille from the Reference Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
This listing does not imply NLS endorsement or verification of accuracy.
Beginning with braille: first hand experiences with a balanced approach to literacy. By Anna M. Swenson. New York: AFB Press, 1998. $45.95, paperback and ASCII disk.
Provides activities for promoting literacy at the early stages of braille instruction, includes strategies for designing and delivering braille instruction, and offers suggestions for tasks such as reading aloud to young children, selecting and making early tactile books, and teaching tactile and hand movement skills. Also provides tips for designing worksheets, introducing braille contractions, teaching the use of the braillewriter, and facilitating the writing process in braille.
Learning media assessment of students with visual impairments: a resource guide. By Alan J. Koenig and M. Cay Holbrook. Austin: Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1995. $25 print or braille.
Designed for teachers and diagnosticians working with visually impaired students of all ages, including students with additional disabilities, to assess and evaluate appropriate learning and literary media for them. Featured topics: use of sensory channels and determining types of general learning media.
Lots of dots: learning my ABC's. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 2003. $24.
A raised-line coloring book designed to facilitate braille character recognition through repetitive activities. Each page consists of a jumbo braille cell, upper and lowercase letters shown with their braille equivalents, and a tactile graphic depiction of an easy-to-find object that begins with that letter.
On the way to literacy: early experiences for visually impaired children. By Josephine M. Stratton and Suzette Wright. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1991. $15.95 print handbook, $219.95 for the complete braille set.
Consists of a print handbook for parents and teachers and ten storybooks in braille and in print that feature tactile and visual illustrations and provide practice in refining finger and hand skills. The handbook and storybooks can be purchased separately or as a complete package.
Patterns prebraille program. By Hilda Caton, Eleanor Pester, and Eddy Jo Bradley. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1987. $28.95 braille (complete kit).
A sequential readiness program designed for use generally at the preschool or kindergarten level, before students begin a basic braille reading program.
Touch and tell. By Betty Duncan. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1969.
A three-volume set and a booklet of teacher instructions. Embossed illustrations of simple objects helps a child learn concepts such as left and right shapes, size, number, and tracking across the page. For ages five to six.
BrailleMaster™ talking braille tutor. Jericho, NY: Independent Living Aids, Inc. $295.
Introduces students to groups of braille characters or words with similar characteristics. As the buttons representing the characters are pressed, a voice identifies the character. Nineteen lessons provide a logical progression covering the alphabet, numbers, punctuation, single cell-letter combination contractions, single-cell whole word contractions, dot-preceded contractions, and seventy-three standard abbreviated words.
Speech assisted learning (SAL). Castro Valley, CA.: Exceptional Teaching Aids, Inc. Available from Freedom Scientific Blind/Low Vision Group. $4,595 complete curriculum.
A braille instruction method using speech-assisted learning on an interactive braille instruction station. Consists of a pressure-sensitive platform, electronic braille keyboard, stereo speakers, compact flash, standard disk drive, earphone jack, volume control, speech-rate control, microphone, foot pedal, and rechargeable battery. The station recognizes braille from worksheets and speaks appropriate directions.
Tack-Tiles® braille systems. Plaistow, NH: Tack-Tiles® Braille Systems, LLC. $695.
Consists of 320 TACK-TILES®, four slates that hold eight rows of twenty tiles, two slates that hold four rows of ten tiles, and a carrying case. Literary braille sets in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Sets are also available for nonliterary braille codes: Nemeth, music, and computer notation. TACK-TILES® may be used with or as a supplement to most standard and established braille-instruction techniques.
The Braille game board. St-Lambert, Quebec, Canada: Rudbecom Inc., $79.99 US.
A learning tool for braille readers to invent and play games while sharpening their braille skills. Consists of a pegboard grid with which to create words.
Additional tools and games for learning to read and write braille are available from American Printing House for the Blind, Braille Institute of America, and Exceptional Teaching Aids.
Also consult Guidelines and games for teaching efficient braille reading. By Myrna R. Olson and Sally Mangold. New York: AFB Press, 1981. $24.95 print.
ABCs of braille. By Bernard Krebs. New York: Jewish Guild for the Blind, 1973. Available from American Printing House for the Blind. $77 braille. $25 teacher's guide.
Beginning braille for adults. By Ramona Walhof. Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, 1996. $10 braille manual with instructional cassette.
Braille: a different approach. By Jeff Weiss and Johnette Weiss. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1984. $34.88 braille. Volumes 1 and 2, contracted braille. 1984. $25 per braille volume. Instructor's manual, 1984. $25 braille, $3 cassette.
Braille beginnings: a phonics based braille reading series. By Karen Condie. Published in cooperation with Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Available from Karen Condie.
Designed to make learning to read braille fun. Consists of a series of eighty phonics-based lessons in three levels that teach braille contractions. Provides story or prose work pages for independent work and word search or braille art activities. Each level includes a separately priced workbook, student text, and teacher's manual.
Braille by touch: a home-study course in uncontracted braille. By the Louis Braille Center. Edmonds, WA: Louis Braille Center. $10-40.
Consists of three braille books and three corresponding large- print books on basic braille concepts, practice readings in uncontracted braille, and instructions on using various types of numbers. Books may be purchased separately or in combinations. Designed as a self-teaching course for individual study or for small groups and classes for blind and sighted persons who wish to learn braille together.
The Braille code: a guide to grade three. By Ruth Hayden. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, braille edition, 1958; print edition, 1976. $25 print; $38 braille; available on loan from network libraries, BRA18831.
The Braille connection: a reading and writing program for former print users (formerly Read again). Developed by American Printing House for the Blind (APH) and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1998. Complete kit. $163.50 print, $204.50 braille. Workbooks and practice book can be purchased individually or in combination.
Designed to teach former adult and teenage print readers how to read braille. Guides students through tactual discrimination to uncontracted braille and then through contracted braille. For use under the supervision of a qualified braille teacher.
Braille FUNdamentals: a braille curriculum for students from primary to high school levels. By Jeri Cleveland, Nancy Levack, Debra Sewell, and Renée Toy. Austin: Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 2002. Prices range from $20 for the assessment to $400.
A comprehensive program for teaching the braille code to beginning braille readers or to those readers who need to learn braille when they are older. Four volumes cover primary, upper elementary, middle school, and high school levels with age-appropriate activities included at each level. Includes pre braille assessment, braille checklists, and ideas for games. Can order individual volumes or the complete set.
Braille in brief. Jumbo dot edition. By Bernard Krebs. New York: Jewish Guild for the Blind, 1973. Available from Braille Institute of America. $53.20 print/braille. Braille in brief kit. 1968. $13.62 braille.
Braille series, books I-III. Program for teaching braille reading to blind adults. Jackson, IL: Illinois Braille and Sight Saving School. Available from American Printing House for the Blind, 1992. $5.59, book I, uncontracted braille, one side; $7.25, book II, beginning contracted braille, one side; $8.51, book III, completing contracted braille, interpoint. (Print editions of books I-III are printed parallel to the braille line-for-line and page-for-page). Practice materials. $2.70 print, $16.28 braille.
Stories progress from uncontracted to slightly contracted braille and from much enlarged to standard braille. The practice materials are sold separately (fifteen stories) and relate to specific pages of the three books in the series.
Braille too! Cedar Rapids, IA: Grant Wood Area Education Agency. $215 complete instructional program.
An instructional braille reading and writing program for secondary students. It includes six hundred pages of reading material and almost two hundred pages of writing practice. Sample packets are available free of charge.
Braille writing dot by dot kit. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind. Contains: Teacher's manual (ten basic lessons in each writing method, three beyond the basics lessons); exercise cassette with dictation exercises; alphabet; braille reference sheet; peg slate and big cell (teaching device for the slate). $42 print kit; $47 braille kit.
Comprehensive instruction in writing braille with either a braillewriter or a slate and stylus. Appropriate for blind children or adults who want to learn to write braille.
Discovering braille: a workbook for beginning readers. By Michael Czerwinski. Newark: New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1977. Available from Metropolitan Chapter, American Red Cross. $30 includes print and braille. Workbook of special signs. $30 includes print and braille.
Getting in touch with reading: a fresh approach. By Margaret M. Smith. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1993. $25 braille. Jumbo braille edition available from Braille Institute of America.
Designed for beginning braille readers.
A guide to the slate and stylus. By Jennifer Dunnam. Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, 2000. $8 braille, $14 print; available on loan from network libraries, BR13457.
Advocates the use of the slate and stylus as a means of taking braille notes before learning electronic methods. Provides suggestions and exercises to assist in becoming proficient in this skill, which is equivalent to writing with a pen or pencil.
Just enough to know better: a braille primer. By Eileen P. Curran. Boston: National Braille Press, 1988. $15 print/braille.
A self-paced workbook that teaches just enough braille for one to learn to identify the braille alphabet, numbers, contractions, and even a few exceptions to the rules.
Kester braille. By Louise Johnson. Orem, UT: Louise Johnson. The Level 1 and Level 2 teacher's guide and student workbooks are $25 each, print.
An introductory braille instruction manual written to teach braille reading and writing for children ages four to eight can be adapted for older children who have difficulty learning.
Key to grade three braille. By Louis Rodenberg. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, braille edition 1945; print edition 1977. $18.20 print, $16 braille; available on loan from network libraries, BRA18832.
Learning to read braille contractions. By Michael Czerwinski. Newark: New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1975. Available from Metropolitan Chapter, American Red Cross, $34.32 includes print and braille. Workbook. 1977. $39.52 includes print and braille.
The McDuffy reader: braille primer for adults. By Sharon Duffy. Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind. $15 braille or print (pictures of the dot formations); teacher's guide, $10 braille, print, or cassette.
Modern methods of teaching braille. By Claudell Stocker and others. Book one: Kansas braille reading-readiness book, student's text (braille only). Book two: Braille reading simplified, student's text (braille only). Teacher's manual (braille and print). Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1970. Book one, $24.96 braille only; book two, $22.08 braille only; teacher's manual 76¢ print, $10.56 braille.
Patterns: the primary braille reading program. By Hilda Caton. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1980, 1982. Has six levels, from readiness to the third reader level. Each level consists of pupil and teacher texts, worksheets, and post tests. $64.95- $206.95 price range for kits for each level.
Patterns library series. By Eleanor Pester and others. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1980. Practice books designed to follow each level of the Patterns program. Each kit contains twenty-two to twenty-seven books. $49.95-$85.95 braille kits.
Print and braille literacy: selecting appropriate learning media. Edited by Hilda Caton. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1991. $5.50 print, $14.50 large print, $10.50 braille.
Teaching the braille slate. By Phillip Mangold. Castro Valley, CA: Exceptional Teaching Aids, 1993. $15 print.
Tools for selecting appropriate learning media. Edited by Hilda Caton. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1994. $26 print, $28.75 large print, $45 braille.
The world at my fingertips. By Norma L. Schecter. Huntington Beach, CA: Beach Cities Braille Guild 1985.
Braille with facing print pages. Free to rehabilitation counselors and other agencies working with blind adults. A jumbo-braille primer on jumbo braille intended for blind adults with loss of tactile sensitivity.
Braille music chart. New revised edition. Compiled by Edward W. Jenkins. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1960. $2.33 print; $12.32 braille.
Dictionary of braille music signs. By Bettye Krolick. Washington: Library of Congress, Music Section, 1979. Available on free loan from NLS Music Section.
How to read braille music. By Bettye Krolick. San Diego: Opus Technologies, 1998. $12.95 print, $19.95 braille, $79 CD-ROM. Also available from Dancing Dots. $19.95 braille, $79 CD-ROM; braille edition on loan from NLS Music Section, BRM 29811.
An introduction to music for the blind student: a course in braille music reading, Parts I and II. By Richard Taesch. Valley Forge, PA: Dancing Dots. The full set includes three print volumes and four braille volumes. $249 part I, $179 part II.
Part I is an instructional course-curriculum in music fundamentals, music reading, sight singing, theory, and ear-training using the braille music code as the medium. Part II includes a detailed set of "theory examinations" and a separate volume of exercises in the form of single-line melodies, duets, and canons.
Primer of braille music. Revised edition. Compiled by Edward W. Jenkins. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1960 with 1971 addendum. $24.95 print, $17.28 braille.
Who's afraid of braille music? A short introduction and resource handbook for parents and students. By Richard Taesch and William McCann. Valley Forge, PA: Dancing Dots. $10 print and braille.
Designed for teacher or parent of a blind student who has an interest or need to learn to read braille music, or for a blind musician who wants to know more about how music looks in braille, and to learn to read, write, play, and sing music using braille.
Manual for Spanish braille. By D. Goodlin. Allentown, PA: Lehigh Valley Braille Guild, 1978. Available from the American Printing House for the Blind. $23.85 braille.
The Hadley School for the Blind offers several tuition-free home- study courses to help newly blinded persons acquire skills in communication, with a special emphasis on braille. Academic credits are given for some courses. Courses are available in braille and on audio cassette:
To enroll or for more information contact Hadley School for the Blind.
Classes or personal assistance for learning to read and write braille are offered by most state commissions and lighthouses for the blind and other rehabilitation agencies. A local library or telephone operator can provide the telephone number of the nearest agency.
The Nemeth Code Tutorial
www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/notenemeth.asp
A free tutorial for braille readers and persons who may be interested in using braille note-taking devices to study the Nemeth Code.
Braille school or blindness-related courses
www.brailleschool.com/index.php
Do-it-yourself course in text format for those who use a screen reader to learn braille at their own pace.
Beginning with braille: a balanced approach to literacy. By Anna M. Swenson. New York: AFB Press, 1998. $39.95 print and ASCII disk.
Braille into the next millennium. Published jointly by the Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and the Friends of Libraries for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals in North America. Washington: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 2000. Free, print; braille (BR 13188) and cassette (RC 50969) on loan from regional libraries.
Anthology of articles by international braille experts.
Braille literacy curriculum. By Diane P. Wormsley. Philadelphia: Overbrook School for the Blind. $36, plus shipping and handling, print.
Presents strategies for incorporating braille into the total curriculum for blind students. Includes resources, references, tips, and techniques for making braille come alive for the students.
Determining the reading medium for students with visual impairment: a diagnostic teaching approach. By Alan J. Koenig and M. Cay Holbrook. Journal of visual impairment and blindness, v. 83, June 1989: 296-302.
Determining the reading medium for visually impaired students via diagnostic teaching. By Alan J. Koenig and M. Cay Holbrook. Journal of visual impairment and blindness, v. 85, Feb. 1991: 61-68.
DOTS for braille literacy. Atlanta: AFB National Literacy Center.
A free newsletter published three times a year that includes information about new braille-related products, strategies for teaching, and resources for teachers, family members, and others interested in braille literacy.
Handbook for itinerant and resource teachers of blind and visually impaired students. By Doris M. Willoughby and Sharon L.M. Duffy. Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, 1989. 533p.
Library of Congress certification in braille transcribing through distance learning. Houston, TX: Region IV Education Service Center, 1994. Twenty-one videotapes. $630.
A parent's guide to the slate and stylus. By Barbara Cheadle. Future reflections, v. 13, fall 1994: 6-14.
"Prebraille readiness." Future reflections, v. 10, winter-spring 1991: 13-16.
Print and braille literacy: selecting appropriate learning media. By Hilda Caton. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1991.
"Print...braille...literacy." Journal of visual impairment and blindness, v. 83, June 1989: 288-313.
"A process approach to teaching braille writing at the primary level." By Anna M. Swenson. Journal of visual impairment and blindness, v. 85, May 1991: 217-221.
The reading fingers: life of Louis Braille, 1809-1852. By Jean Roblin, translated from the French by Ruth Mandalian. Edmonds, WA: Louis Braille Center. $14 print or braille.
See/hear. A quarterly newsletter of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) for families and professionals on visual impairments and deafblindness.
Specifications for selecting a vocabulary and teaching method for beginning braille readers. By Hilda Caton, Eleanor Pester, and Sharon Goldblatt-Bensinger. Louisville: University of Louisville and American Printing House for the Blind, 1979.
Teaching braille: a creative and practical art. By Ruth Dean Zulli. Dialogue, v. 32, summer 1993: 14-18.
Understanding braille literacy. New York: AFB Press, 1993. Twenty-five-minute video. $39.95 plus $4.50 shipping.
The war of the dots. By Robert B. Irwin. New York: AFB Press, 1970. 56p.
World braille usage. UNESCO and the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Washington: Library of Congress, 1990. 124p. Free. Print.
The world under my fingers: personal reflections on braille. Edited by Barbara Pierce. Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, 1995. Free.
Discusses who should learn braille, usefulness of braille, the value of learning braille as a child, reflections on braille, what is braille, and what does it mean to a blind person.
(Full addresses are in section VI)
For individuals who have family members or classmates who read braille, or for students who wish to gain awareness of communication avenues for blind persons.
The braille is beautiful curriculum. Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind. Available at www.nfb.org/bibsite/bibenter.htm. $250.
Provides a basic knowledge of braille and an awareness of blindness for children in grades four through six. Includes instruction and student workbooks, two video presentations, sets of slates and styli, braille paper, books written by blind persons on the topic of braille, a teacher's guide, plastic sheets for creating braille labels, braille alphabet cards, quizzes, and interactive games.
Braille literacy: issues for blind persons, families, professionals, and producers of braille. By Susan J. Spungin. New York: AFB Press, 1990. 12p.
Braille for the sighted. By S. Harold Collins. Eugene, OR: Garlic Press. $6.95 print. Also available from some local bookstores.
A thirty-two-page book in a puzzle and game format that uses simulated braille to teach the alphabet and numbers.
The braille trail: an activity book. By Frances Mary D'Andrea, and Anna M. Swenson. New York: AFB Press. 42p. $30.
Designed to teach sighted children about braille and to encourage literacy among all children. It includes braille sheets, fifty Braille Bug alphabet cards, a parent/teacher guide, games, graphics, activities, the biographies of Helen Keller and Louis Braille, and information about braille, and assistive technology.
Braille workbox. Edmonds, WA: Louis Braille Center. $38.
A four-part unit consisting of print and simulated braille that contains the story of Louis Braille, an explanation of the fundamentals of braille, exercises for reading simple words and sentences, four pages of braille to provide the experience of reading by touch, a lesson in braille writing with a slate and stylus, a braille alphabet card, and a book in embossed braille with a print translation of either The Night Before Christmas, The Shoemaker and the Elves, or Aesop's Fables.
Discovering the magic of reading: Elizabeth's story. Louisville: American Printing House for the Blind, 1995. Twenty-five minute video. Request price.
A pre-literate exposure to braille for parents of visually impaired preschoolers.
The secret code (Rookie Readers). By Dana Meachen Rau, and illustrated by Bari Weissman. Published by Children's Press, 1998. Available from Amazon.com through the SpedEx web site at www.spedex.com/text/store/literacy/9.htm. $13.30 print.
Oscar, a blind boy, explains to his classmates that his books are not written in secret code, but in braille. The braille alphabet is illustrated so that sighted children can learn to recognize the letters and decipher a note that Oscar sends to a friend. Reading level, ages 4-8, 32p.
Braille alphabet cards may be obtained from the following sources; contact the organizations regarding price:
Perkins Brailler, standard manual $595, electric $855
Perkins Unimanual Brailler (for persons limited to the use of one hand), $645
Perkins large-cell brailler, manual, jumbo dot $685, $930 electric
Extension keys for Perkins brailler, $35.50
Narrow-paper adapter for Perkins brailler, $14.75
Dymo tape holder, $23.75
Line scale, $17.50
American Printing House for the Blind (quota funds only)
Howe Press of Perkins School for the Blind
TAJ Braille Typewriter; portable, lightweight, similar to Perkins braillewriter, $475, plus $10 shipping/handling
A wide assortment of slates and styluses is produced for a variety of uses. Slates generally come in one-line, four-line, six-line, and eight-line models and vary in the number of cells per line. Styles include E-Z Read slate, pocket slate, desk slate, playing-card slate, correction slate (for transcribers), jiffy slate, cassette-labeling slate, loose-leaf pocket-notebook slate. Although the standard stylus accompanies all slates, various additional styluses are available. Examples include reversible stylus, regular stylus, pencil stylus, and flat stylus. Slates and styluses are also available for jumbo braille.
American Printing House for the Blind
Howe Press of Perkins School for the Blind
Lighthouse International Store
National Federation of the Blind
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Computer-related equipment is constantly changing and improving. Please contact the companies listed for information on new equipment.
Braille displays provide braille access to computers by converting the information on a computer screen into braille. In response to information from the computer, braille is produced on the display by pins that are raised and lowered (refreshed) in combinations to form braille characters. When used with screen access programs, braille displays allow users to access any portion of the screen information. They are commonly available in twenty-, forty-, or eighty-character braille-cell configurations of six or eight dots each. Some displays are portable and battery-powered.
Braille notetakers are portable devices that allow a user to take notes by inputting standard braille characters using a braille-style or QWERTY keyboard. Some of these devices also allow users interaction with the text through synthesized speech, a braille display, or both. Some allow the text to be edited and translated from the braille characters to their print equivalents.
Adaptive Technology, $5,295; $10,495
Electronic Vision Access, $5,030.25; $9,970.25
Keyboard Alternatives, $5,795; $10,995
PulseData HumanWare, $5,295; $10,495
Adaptive Technology, $6,295; $9,995
Electronic Vision Access, $5,980.25; $9,495.25
GW Micro, $6,295; $9,995
PulseData HumanWare, $6,245; $9,995
Bartimaeus, $3,495
Enabling Technologies, 70BSLITE, $3,395; 70BSBLT4, $5,495
Freedom Scientific, $3,495; $5,595
Keyboard Alternatives, $3,445; $5,495
LS&S Group, $995
PulseData HumanWare, $995
Freedom Scientific, $1,299, $1,399
LS&S, $995, $1,299
Adaptive Technology, $4,999-$9,999
Electronic Vision Access, $5,034.05-$9,499.05
PulseData HumanWare, $5,299-$9,999
Adaptive Technology, $5,699; $10,899
Electronic Vision Access, $10,354.05
PulseData HumanWare, $10,899
Electronic Vision Access, $4,275-$13,371.25
Sighted Electronics, $4,500-$14,075
Sighted Electronics, Inc. Call for price.
Baum. Call for price.
Adaptive Technology, $10,995
VisuAide, $4,195
Adaptive Technology, $4,495; $8,565; $10,550
Electronic Vision Access, $4,270.25; $8,136.75; $10,022.50
Keyboard Alternatives, $5,950; $8,615
Electronic Vision Access, $5,125.25
Braille embossers produce tactile braille output. They differ in such factors as embossing speed, line width, and type and weight of paper. Embossers may print on either one or two sides of the paper and may produce either six- or eight-dot braille.
Prices given are subject to change without notice and may not include shipping and handling and other charges that may be incurred. Please contact the companies directly (see address section) to verify current prices and product specifications.
Freedom Scientific, $1,695
Enabling Technologies, $10,500
Enabling Technologies, $15,995
American Thermoform Corporation, M4/0-0060, $3,795
American Thermoform Corporation, M4/0-0200, $36,995; M4/0-0400, $77,995.
American Thermoform Corporation, $3,950
Enabling Technologies, $3,795
PulseData HumanWare, $3,795
American Thermoform Corporation, M7/E-0200, $3,695
Sighted Electronics, $3,695
Sighted Electronics, $2,995
American Thermoform Corporation, M7/E-0100, $4,295
Sighted Electronics, $4,295
Sighted Electronics, $8,140
Enabling Technologies, $3,795; $4,095 for Pro or Pro60
PulseData HumanWare, $3,795
Enabling Technologies, $14,995
PulseData HumanWare, $3,695-$3,945
PulseData HumanWare, $3,295
Sighted Electronics, $1,995 single-sided, $2,835 double-sided
Enabling Technologies, $2,495-$2,995 and $3,795 respectively
PulseData HumanWare, $2,495
Sighted Electronics, $37,000
Enabling Technologies, $3,295-$3,595
ViewPlus Technologies, $9,750
Freedom Scientific, $3,795-$4,045
Software for braille transcription includes automated translators that convert letters, numbers, and other standard characters into contracted braille, and direct-input programs that require a knowledge of braille codes and a one-for-one input of each character to be output in braille.
Computer Application Specialties Company, monthly license subscriptions ranging from $11 for single users to $39 for five users; or one-time fees beginning at $269.
Duxbury Systems, $595
Duxbury Systems, $595
Micro Engineering, $155
National Federation of the Blind, free download
Duxbury Systems, free download
National Braille Association, free download; disk version is $5
Enabling Technologies, $4,600
Dancing Dots, $795 and $295 respectively
, $795
Opus Technologies, $99
Opus Technologies, $299
Opus Technologies, $795
Duxbury Systems, no extra cost
Duxbury Systems, $395
Braille writing paper is available in a variety of sizes to accommodate an array of braille writing and embossing equipment. Sizes include 3" x 5", 3" x 6", 5" x 8" for looseleaf binders, 5" x 11" for Mini Pitch Brailler, 8 1/2 " x 11", 9" x 12", and 11" x 11". Other sizes are also available. Braille writing paper is available in heavy and light grades. Heavy grade provides more durable dots; light grade is easier to emboss by slate and stylus. Braille paper is available in buff, white, manila, or brown-glazed finish and may be ordered unpunched or punched for three, six, or nineteen holes. Paper is packaged in different quantities. (Not all sources stock all sizes.)
American Printing House for the Blind
Howe Press of Perkins School for the Blind
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Heavy-grade manila paper specially developed for the Ohtsuki BT-5000 embosser that can also be used on vacuum-form machines.
American Printing House for the Blind
American Thermoform Corporation
A plastic-like paper developed for use with the thermoform machine. Can be used in a braillewriter or with a slate and stylus. Available in heavy and light grades and in several sizes.
American Thermoform Corporation
Tractor feed, available in sizes 8-1/2" x 11", 11" x 11-1/2," 14" x 11", and 6" x 6" continuous cards. Comes in heavy and light grades.
American Printing House for the Blind
American Thermoform Corporation
Howe Press of Perkins School for the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
Royal National Institute for the Blind
An assortment of notebooks and binders suitable for storing various sizes of braille paper and cards: three-ring pocket notebook, six-ring pocket notebook, and three-ring notebook for 8-1/2" x 11" and 11" x 11-1/2"; nineteen-ring looseleaf binder and nineteen-ring Krebs binders for 11" x 11-1/2" paper in three paper capacities; spiral-bound pocket notebook, plastic and cardboard covers cut to size and punched for plastic comb binding.
American Printing House for the Blind
American Thermoform Corporation
Howe Press of Perkins School for the Blind
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Southwest Plastic Binding Company
An embosser for making braille business cards. A handheld device that allows one to emboss up to four lines of braille, thirteen cells each on a business card by squeezing the handle. The die for each Impresser must be custom made.
American Printing House for the Blind
Labeling materials include Dymo braille tape, Teflon-skied tape, aluminum tape, clear cassette labels, braillabels (8-1/2"x 11" adhesive-back sheets that can be cut to size), perma clear adhesive-back labels, embossables (for use with braille embossers, tractor fed, 8-1/2" x 11", adhesive back), and 2" x 5" clear plastic labels.
American Printing House for the Blind
American Thermoform Corporation
Howe Press of Perkins School for the Blind
Lighthouse Store
Embosses braille on vinyl or magnetic tape. Dial includes complete braille alphabet, some contractions, and punctuation. Holds 1/2" width tape.
Lighthouse Store
Adaptive Technology Consulting, Inc.
P.O. Box 778
Amesbury, MA 01913
(978) 462-3817
(978) 462-3928 fax
gyarnall@adaptivetech.net
www.adaptivetech.net
P.O. Box 669
Manchester Center, VT 05255
(802) 362-3612
800-859-0270
(802) 362-1670 fax
sales@aisquared.com
www.aisquared.com
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600
(212) 502-7777 fax
afbinfo@afb.net
www.afb.org
American Foundation for the Blind
National Literacy Center
100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 525-2303
(404) 659-6957 fax
literacy@afb.net
www.afb.org/section.asp?sectionid=50.
American Printing House for the Blind
1839 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 895-2405
800-223-1839
(502) 895-1509 fax
info@aph.org
www.aph.org
American Red Cross Metropolitan Chapter
209 Fairfield Road
Fairfield, NJ 07004
(973) 797-3336
(973) 575-8548 fax
jbente@rcmetronj.org
American Thermoform Corporation
1758 Brackett Street
La Verne, CA 91750
(909) 593-6711
800-331-3676
(909) 593-8001 fax
sales@americanthermoform.com
www.atcbrleqp.com
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
1703 North Beauregard Street
Suite 440
Alexandria, VA 22311
(703) 671-4500
877-492-2708
(703) 671-6391 fax
aer@aerbvi.org
www.aerbvi.org
1481 Chain Bridge Road
Suite 100
McLean, VA 22101
(703) 442-5023
(703) 734-8381 fax
adapt2c@bartsite.com
www.bartsite.com
info@baum.de
www.baum.de/index.php
Beach Cities Braille Guild
P.O. Box 712
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 536-9666
Braille Authority of North America
c/o Kim Charlson, Chair
Braille and Talking Book Library
Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 972-7249
(617) 923-0004 fax
kim.charlson@perkins.org
www.brailleauthority.org
741 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 663-1111, (323) 660-3880
(323) 663-0867 fax
info@brailleinstitute.org
www.brailleinstitute.org
1415 57th Avenue West
Bradenton, FL 34207-3646
(941) 739-5555
800-648-2266
(941) 739-5503 fax
sales@carolynscatalog.com
www.carolynscatalog.com
Computer Application Specialties Company
P.O. Box 22219
Lincoln, NE 68542-2219
(402) 423-4782
(402) 423-5154 fax
BRLquestion@c-a-s.com
www.braille2000.com
1754 Quarry Lane
P.O. Box 927
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0927
(610) 783-6692
(610) 783-6732 fax
info@dancingdots.com
www.dancingdots.com
270 Littleton Road, Unit 6
Westford, MA 01886
(978) 692-3000
(978) 692-7912 fax
orders@duxsys.com
www.duxburysystems.com
Electronic Vision Access Solutions
39 Canal Street
P.O. Box 371
Westerly, RI 02891
(401) 596-3155
800-872-3827
(401) 596-3979 fax
contact@evas.com
www.evas.com
1601 Northeast Braille Place
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
(772) 225-3687
800-777-3687
(772) 225-3299 fax
info@brailler.com
www.brailler.com
20102 Woodbine Avenue
Castro Valley, CA 94546
(510) 582-4859
800-549-6999
(510) 582-5911 fax
ExTeachings@aol.com
www.exceptionalteaching.com
Freedom Scientific
Blind/Low Vision Group
11800 31st Court North
St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805
(727) 803-8000
800-444-4443
(727) 803-8001 fax
Info@freedomscientific.com
www.freedomscientific.com
1312 Jeppesen Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
(541) 345-0063
(541) 683-8767 fax
www.garlicpress.com
One GBC Plaza
Northbrook, IL 60062
800-723-4000
www.gbcconnect.com
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
4401 Sixth Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404-4499
(319) 399-6415
(319) 399-6457 fax
info@medten.aea10.k12.ia.us
www.aea10.k12.ia.us/divlearn/
brailletoo.html
725 Airport North Office Park
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
(260) 489-3671
(260) 489-2608 fax
support@gwmicro.com
www.gwmicro.com
700 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
(847) 446-8111
800-323-4238
(847) 446-9916 fax
student_services@hadley.edu
www.hadley-school.org
Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 924-3490
(617) 926-2027 fax
Info@Perkins.org
www.perkins.org
200 Robbins Lane
Jericho, NY 11753-2341
(516) 937-1848
800-537-2118
(516) 937-3906 fax
can-do@independentliving.com
www.independentliving.com
7859 South 280 East
Sandy, UT 84070
(801) 569-9061
leekarencondie@msn.com
c/o The Gilman Group, L.L.C.
P.O. Box 6356
Rutland, VT 05702-6356
(802) 775 1993
(802) 773 1604 fax
info@abilityhub.com
www.abilityhub.com/keyboard/
2501 Technology Drive
Louisville, KY 40299
(502) 261-9000
(502) 261-9001 fax
111 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 821-9384
(212) 821-9707 fax
Low Vision Products
36-20 Northern Boulevard
Long Island City, NY 11101
800-453-4923
320 Dayton Street, Suite 125
Edmonds, WA 98020-3590
(425) 776-4042
(425) 778-2384 fax
lbc@louisbraillecenter.org
www.louisbraillecenter.org
197 West 1100 South
Orem, UT 84058
sierra@fiber.net
P.O. Box 673
Northbrook, IL 60065
(847) 498-9777
800-468-4789
(847) 498-1482 fax
lssgrp@aol.com
www.lssonline.net
42 Executive Boulevard
P.O. Box 3209
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(631) 752-0521
800-522-6294
(631) 752-0689 fax
sales@maxiaids.com
www.maxiaids.com
5714 Skyloft Drive
Riverside, CA 92509-6338
(909) 685-6338
Three Townline Circle
Rochester, NY 14623-2513
(585) 427-8260
800-424-5797
(585) 427-0263 fax
nbaoffice@nationalbraille.org
www.nationalbraille.org
88 Saint Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 266-6160
800-548-7323
888-965-8965
(617) 437-0456 fax
www.nbp.org
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314
(410) 685-5653 fax
materials@nfb.org
www.nfb.org
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
1291 Taylor Street NW
Washington, DC 20542
(202) 707-5100
braille@loc.gov
www.loc.gov/nls/bds.html
13333 Thunderhead Street
San Diego, CA 92129-2329
(858) 538-9401 phone and fax
866-678-7832
opus@opustec.com
www.opustec.com
Overbrook School for the Blind
Towers Press
6333 Malvern Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19151
(215) 877-0313
(215) 877-2709 fax
www.obs.org
North American Sales Office
175 Mason Circle
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 680-7100
800-722-3393
(925) 681-4630 fax
usa@pulsedata.com
www.pulsedata.com
Region IV Education Service Center
7145 West Tidwell
Houston, TX 77092-2096
(713) 744-6368
Royal National Institute for the Blind
105 Judd Street
London WC1H 9NE
ENGLAND
020 7388 1266
020 7388 2034 fax
helpline@rnib.org.uk
www.rnib.org.uk
P.O. Box 67014 Lemoyne
St. Lambert, Quebec, J4R 2T8
CANADA
(514) 996-4430
(450) 671-5921 fax
info@braillegame.com
www.braillegame.com
P.O. Box 382834
Germantown, TN 38183-2834
(901) 737-0001
(901) 737-2882 fax
info@scalarspublishing.com
www.scalarspublishing.com
The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
923 Broad Street, Suite100
Durham, NC 27705
(919) 286-1911
(919) 286-7876 fax
www.shodor.org
69 Woodland Avenue
Westwood, NJ 07675
800-666-4883
sales@sighted.com
www.sighted.com
Southwest Plastic Binding Company
109 Millwell Court
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
(314) 739-4400
800-325-3628
www.swplastic.com
Star Continuous Card Systems, Inc.
32 Bacton Hill Road
Frazer, PA 19355-1026
800-458-1413
800-637-6708 fax
sales@braillepaper.com
www.braillepaper.com
204 West University Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 356-8391
stipes@soltec.net
www.stipes.com
Tack-Tiles® Braille Systems, L.L.C.
P.O. Box 475
Plaistow, NH 03865
800-822-5845
braille@tack-tiles.com
www.tack-tiles.com
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
TSBVI Outreach
1100 West 45th Street
Austin, TX 78756
(512) 206-9103
800-872-5273
www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear
1853 Southwest Airport Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97333
(541) 754-4002
(541) 738-6505 fax
info@viewplus.com
www.viewplus.com
841, Jean-Paul-Vincent
Longueuil, Québec
CANADA, J4G 1R3
(450) 463-1717
888-723-7273
(450) 463-0120 fax
info@visuaide.com
www.visuaide.com
Compiled by
Freddie L. Peaco
Reference Section
January 2004
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