Service Name: BRAILLE AND TALKING BOOK LIBRARY

Organization Name: CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY

• Description: Provides accessible reading materials for individuals who are visually impaired, blind, or have difficulty reading standard print. It includes a wide range of books and magazines in braille, audio formats, and large print, as well as playback equipment.
• Website: http://www.btbl.ca.gov/
• Email: btbl@library.ca.gov
• Phone(s):
• Hours: Tue-Thur 9:30am-4pm Website is accessible 24/7
• Eligibility: Must have a certified authority confirm that she/he is permanently or temporarily: Legally blind, with vision in the better eye of 20/200 or less with corrective glasses, or Have a visual field no greater than 20 degrees in diameter, or Be unable to see well enough or focus long enough to read standard print, even with corrective glasses, or Be unable to handle print books or turn pages because of a physical disability, or Be certified as having a perceptual or reading disability of sufficient severity to prevent reading printed material in the usual manner.
• Areas Served:
  • United States
• Categories:
  • Low Vision Aids
  • Book Loan
  • Braille Materials/Collections