Do you know someone who would
benefit from having access to free books and other materials in audio and Braille
format? The National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) administers a
program through a national network of cooperating libraries that circulates
books and other materials to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.
Who is eligible? US residents
who are legally blind or have other physical disabilities. Read more here.
What is available? Books,
magazines, music scores, and other materials. Listening devices are also
provided free of charge. Read more
here.
The website has a wealth of
information: applications to sign up, lists of available books, magazines,
music scores, etc, as well as direct audio downloading serivce, Braille transcription and proofreading courses, online catalogs, and more.
NLS also has a newsletter and
you might also be interested in the NLS Music Notes.
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