This may not be a complete listing of braille document producers. It is not an endorsement by the American Council of the Blind.
If you cannot find what you are looking for here, try searching on Duxbury’s World Wide Braille Producers page—which includes braille producers in foreign countries--at www.duxburysystems.com/brailleprod.asp or NLS Reference Directories page at www.loc.gov/nls/reference/directories/sources.html.
Many of these providers also produce large print and other accessible formats.
Access-USA
242 James Street
PO Drawer 160)
Clayton NY 13624
Toll Free: 800-263-2750
Toll Free Fax: 800-563-1687info@access-usa.comwww.access-usa.com/Welcome_1.htm
They transcribe print documents as well as specialty items such as braille/print labels and tags for products. Price quotes are available upon request.
Access Braille
1421 West 12th Street
Bloomington IN 47404
408-762-4836info@accessbraille.comhttps://accessbraille.webs.com/
They will transcribe textbooks, technical manuals, product catalogs, and other documents. Price quotes are available upon request.
Adapt to Dot
Attn: Jennifer Johnson
2709 Napoleon Street
Indianapolis IN 46203
(317) 783-7941jenny@legend-oldies.com
A home-based braille transcription service that caters to individual service. They can receive documents in print or on disk.
Adapt to Dot can handle literary braille, math, and computer-related materials, but not music. They can accommodate a rush job for an extra charge. Contact them for price quotes.
Alabama Instructional Resource Center for the Blind
705 South Street East
Talladega, AL 35160
256-761-3237lacy.teresa@aidb.state.al.uswww.aidb.org
Produces accessible textbooks and educational material for blind and visually impaired students in the state of Alabama. Takes on additional Braille translation projects in literary and Nemeth Braille as time permits.
American Council of the Blind
1703 N. Beauregard St.
Suite 420
Alexandria, VA 22311
Toll Free: 800-424-8666
202-467-5081info@acb.orgwww.acb.org
For information on services and pricing, contact them.
American Printing House for the Blind
1839 Frankfort Avenue
Box 6085
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
502-895-2405
Toll Free: 800-223-1839
Fax: 502-899-2284info@aph.orgwww.aph.org/
Associated Services for the Blind (ASB)
919 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19107
215-627-0600
Fax: 215-922-0692asbinfo@asb.orgwww.asb.org
ASB offers a complete, full-scale braille production department on-site. They large-scale output, and custom braille, where they have the ability to braille everything from a single utility bill to school textbooks to restaurant menus. Call for an estimate of price and turnaround time.
Audio & Braille Literacy Enhancement, Inc.
Central Library Building
803 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
414-286-3039
Fax: 414-286-5450
Email: info@ablenow.orgwww.ablenow.org/
Provides high quality audio, digital and braille transcriptions of a broad range of printed materials, including school textbooks, adult and children's library books, magazines, professional job-related materials, tax forms, medical handouts, crucial health-related materials, restaurant menus and even wedding programs.
Baruch College Computer Center for the Visually Impaired
1 Bernard Baruch Way, Box H-0648
New York NY 10010
646-312-1420
CCVIP Braille Services
Do you or your organization need materials in Braille? CCVIP’s Braille Production service is both quick and affordable. We produce short documents and brochures.
This service is available to companies, organizations and individuals. If you are interested, please call CCVIP at 646-312-1420 for more information.
Blind Industries and Services of Maryland
3345 Washington Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21227
Toll Free: 888-322-4567
410-737-2600
Fax: 410-737-2665amciver@bism.orgwww.bism.org/
Can produce up to 500 copies of a document. Call or e-mail for a quote
Braille Access Center
Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB)
2214 E. 13th Street
Vancouver, WA 98661-4120
(360) 696-6321, ext. 183braille@wssb.govwww.wssb.wa.gov/Content/offcampus/bac.asp
The Braille Services Team offers affordable certified translation in literary, science, mathematics, foreign languages and music of a wide variety of documents.
Braille Boutique
549 Cambridge Drive
Saginaw TX 76179
(817) 896-2953mfarley@brailleboutique.netwww.brailleboutique.net
Can transcribe literary and Nemeth braille, as well as tactile graphics for worksheets, flyers, greeting cards, etc. Offers a line of brailled specialty items.
Braille by Multimedia Transcription Service
131 Main Street, Suite 120
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
201-996-9423
Fax: 201-996-9422mts.ber@hipcil.orgwww.mts-braille.com/
Their product offerings consist of all types of print material transcribed into braille, large print, and audiocassette to ensure full access for people with vision loss.
Braille Center, region 4 ESC
7145 W. Tidwell Road
Houston TX 77092 -2096
713-462-7708
Fax: 713-744-6514braille@esc4.netwww.esc4.net/default.aspx?name=homepage
Their mission is to provide error-free braille material to people with visual impairments in a timely manner. Region 4 employs about 8 people working full time to produce braille books K-12 students, primarily Texas; specialist in doing standardized tests & graphics (certified literary, proofreading, member NBA]), They also provide braille services for other organizations.
Braille Enterprises
3713 Swift Run Court, Suite 100
Abingdon, MD 21009
410-612-1252
Fax: 410-346-5449
General information/sales: sales@brailleenterprises.com or bob@brailleEnterprises.com
Produces menus for restaurants, greeting cards, brochures, program handouts, utility bills, training materials, business cards, certificates. Also produces large-print.
The Braille House
14103 Galvani Dr.
Cypress TX 77429
Telephone and Fax: 281-894-8485admin@thebraillehouse.comwww.thebraillehouse.com/index.html
The Braille House is a small Texas based business that specializes in braille transcribing of textbooks and related materials for colleges, universities, and other educational institutions all across America. They provide braille transcription services for Literary, Math, Science, Foreign Language, and Computer related materials. They also provide tactile graphics for the above mentioned subjects. Prices for transcribing will vary depending on the subject matter to be transcribed. For price quotations and delivery information please call or e-mail their office.
Braille Inc.
65-B Town Hall Square
Falmouth, MA 02540
508-540-0800
Fax: 508-548-6116braillinc@capecod.nethttp://home.capecod.net/~braillinc/
Braille Inc. can receive documents in print or on IBM disks for braille transcription. English and foreign language literary braille, Nemeth code, diagrams (figures, charts, tables, schematics), and music braille
Braille Institute of America
Braille Press Services
741 North Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Toll Free: 800-272-4553 and ask for Braille Publishing
323-663-1111
To send an e-mail, go tohttps://bia.brailleinstitute.org/BrailleInstitute/WebForms.nsf/peContactUs?OpenFormwww.brailleinstitute.org/home.aspx
Braille Press Services of the Braille Institute produces more than 9.2 million pages of braille annually. Items include restaurant menus, children’s textbooks, ballots, maps, and bus schedules. Price quotes are available on request.
BrailleIt.com
4910 Dawnview Terrace
Golden Valley MN 55422
763-522-2501maureensmusic@comcast.net or go to www.brailleit.com/ for an e-mail form.www.brailleit.com/
Braille It transcription service is a self-run home-based business run by Maureen Pranghofer. BrailleIt.com has the technology and skill to produce high quality braille documents in an affordable, timely, and professional manner.
Braille materials can be produced from print, CD or email files sent in a doc, or pdf format.
Approximate costs are as follows:
- $1.00 per print page (minimum charge $5.00)
- $.75 per page if more than one copy is needed.
- $6.00 per bind of each volume. Binding is sturdy spiral with a crystal see-through front cover and black back cover. Volumes can have covers labeled in Braille upon request.
- $100.00 additional fee if items are not sent via email and need to be scanned in from hard copy.
- $50.00 if material is sent in PDF format
Braille Jymico
4545 1re Avenue,
Québec, Canada G1H 2S8
Toll Free: 877-272-4553
418-624-2105
Fax: 418-624-0994info@braillejymico.com
Chicago Office
70 West Madison St.,
Three First National Plaza, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60602-4270
312-214-2380
Fax: 312-214-3110www.braillejymico.com/
Jymico produces scientific documents, tactile graphics, and music,
Braille Masters
Ontario, Canada
519-432-8319
Email: info@braillemasters.comwww.braillemasters.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=1
They are a Canadian business dedicated to equal access. They provide braille and large print products such as restaurant menus, hotel directories, business cards, and braille signage to Canadian and international customers.
Braille Plus
PO Box 1104
Gilbert, AZ 85299-1104
480.782.0223
Fax: 480.782.0267info@brailleplus.comwww.brailleplus.com/
Braille Plus accepts information in print, on disk, or via fax. Your print document can be turned into any alternate format, from hard copy or electronic file. Documents and faxes that are not scannable are hand entered. Files from most software applications are usable.
Rates vary, depending on the type of document being prepared. The more technical or complex it is, the higher the cost. Each format also has its own materials cost. Sometimes the best solution is to prepare a project in a combination of formats. Contact us and they will gladly provide a free estimate.
Braille Plus, Inc.
2659 Commercial St SE, Suite 264
Salem, OR 97302
503-391-5335
To send an e-mail go to https://brailleplus.net/contact-us/https://brailleplus.net/
They are expert in producing print documents in all four major alternate formats. Rates vary, depending on the type of document being prepared. The more technical or complex it is, the higher the cost. Each format also has its own materials cost. Contact them for a free estimate.
Braille Works
941-942 Darby Lake St.
Seffner, FL 33584
Toll Free: 800-258-7544brailleworks@brailleworks.comwww.brailleworks.com
Offers restaurant menus, transportation schedules, financial statements, and other documents in braille; also large print and screen reader accessible files.
Canadian Braille Press
1335 Leeds Avenue, Unit 7
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1B 5K9
Toll Free: 888-236-0829
613-274-7856
Fax: 613-274-4443canadianbraillepress@hotmail.comwww.canadianbraillepress.com/
Produces Monthly & Annual Reports, Policy Statements, Invoices & Billing, Brochure & Schedules, Manuals, Directories, Guidebooks, Collateral Materials, Information Packages, Procedural Information, Menus, and more in braille. Also produces large print.
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Accessible Text Service
1929 Bayview Ave
Toronto ON M4G 3E8
Canada
Toll Free: 800-563-2642 ask for ext. 4222
Fax: 416-480-7700webaccess@cnib.cawww.cnib.ca/en/services/cnib_web_digital_accessibility_services/digital_documents_PDF_services/Pages/default.aspx
The CNIB Library is one of the largest producers of materials in accessible formats in the world; including braille, audio, large print and tactile.
Carolyn’s Braille Services
PO Box 704
Edmonds WA 98020
425-778-8428
To send an e-mail, go to http://cmbrailleservices.com/contact/http://cmbrailleservices.com/
Certified by LOC/NLS in Literary Braille Transcribing. Professional braille transcription, creative solutions, over 20 year’s experience. Long and short jobs for individuals, businesses, organizations, government. Fees start at $.25/braille page; $10 minimum. Produces brailled menus, legal and medical documents, bank statements, pay stubs, workplace materials, training manuals, seminar and workshop materials, bus schedules, letters, invitations, spice bottle labels, address lists and so much more.
Cat's Meow Braille Transcription
P. O. Box 8289
Wichita, KS 67208-0289
316-619-4750info@catsmeowbraille.comwww.catsmeowbraille.com/
Cat's Meow Braille Transcription transcribes printed materials into high quality Braille documents. Materials may be submitted either electronically or in print. I am certified by the Library of Congress in literary Braille transcription and am working toward certification in Nemeth Code.
Fees are based on the size and complexity of the project, the medium by which materials are submitted, and the desired completion date. All documents need to be seen before I can release a firm quote. Call for quotes or additional information.
Clovernook Center
7000 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati OH 45231
513-522-3860 – phone
To send an e-mail, go to www.clovernook.org/contact.phpwww.clovernook.org/index.php
As a large braille press, they can produce production orders of books and magazines. Price quotes are available upon request.
Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
Services for the Visually Impaired
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 210
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-589-0894
Fax: 877-595-9228info@clb.orgwww.clb.org/
Produces agendas, brochures, budgets, business cards, correspondence, directories, greeting cards, invitations, letters, manuals, and restaurant menus in braille.
Crawford Technologies USA Inc.
Toronto Office:
45 St Clair Avenue West, Suite 102
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, M4V 1K9
416-923-0080
Fax: 416-923-8897
New York Office:
22 Depot Street
PO Box 5198
Potsdam, New York 13676-5198
8660-679.0864
Fax: 315-274-9073
Fort Collins Office:
2950 East Harmony Road, Suite 291
Fort Collins, CO 80528
970-460-7334
To send an e-mail, go to www.crawfordtech.com/contact-us/contact-uswww.crawfordtech.com/
Crawford Technologies offer a range of Document Accessibility Services, such as Braille printing services, large-print documents and conversion to audio and eText.
Dancing Dots
1754 Quarry Lane
P.O. Box 927
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0927
610-783-6692
Fax: 610-500-5072
To send an e-mail, go to www.dancingdots.com/main/info.htmwww.dancingdots.com/
Dancing Dots can transcribe a printed score or create the braille transcription from your Lime, MusicXML or MIDI computer music files.
Easy to Read Documents
Melita Waters
4326 W. Colby
Springfield, MO 65802
417-832-0281
Fax 417-832-9730melita.waters@easytoreaddocuments.comwww.easytoreaddocuments.com/
Contracts, appliance instructions, bills and statements, hotel room information, menus, legal documents, rental agreements, guide books, business cards, etc. – all should be available in braille or large print..
You send us your document (clean, typed or printed, on disc or electronically) and they return your original and the requested braille/large print copy(s), on 8-1/2 by 11 paper, both sides (if appropriate), coil bound, stapled or punched.
Education Service Center, Region 20
Braille Services
1314 Hines Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78208-1899
Toll Free: 800-514-9310
210-370-5678
Fax: 210-370-5696jesse.bonilla@esc20.nethttp://portal.esc20.net/portal/page/portal/esc20public/BrailleServices
The trained and certified employees of the Braille Services Department at ESC-20 provide transcription and production of quality braille materials. For information on services or pricing, please contact them.
Frontier Computing
2221 Yonge Street, Suite 406
Toronto, ON M4S 2B4
Toll Free 888-480-0000
416-489-6690
Technical Support: 888-269-8180
416-489-6693
Send documents to brailleitnow@frontiercomputing.on.cawww.frontiercomputing.on.ca/
Frontier Computing accepts information in print or on disk, in DOS or Windows formats. They produce both single-sided and interpoint braille on either 8.5" by 11" or 11" by 11.5" paper. They handle literary, Nemeth and computer braille in English or French, but do not transcribe music.
For interpoint, they charge $2.00 Canadian per page. For single-sided, the price is $1.00 Canadian. Turnaround for short jobs is 24 hours. For longer jobs, 72 hours or more. They do rush service in 8 hours.
Future Aids: The Braille Superstore
(A Division of MarvelSoft Enterprises, Inc.)
33222 Lynn Ave.
Abbotsford, BC
V2S 1C9 Canada
Toll Free: 800-987-1231
Toll-Free Fax: 800-985-1231info@braillebookstore.com,www.braillebookstore.com/view.php?C=Braille+Printing
Simply send an e-mail and indicate how many copies of the document you need brailled. Then, just copy and paste the text you would like transcribed into the body of the e-mail, and hit Send. (Please note that they no longer accept attached documents, the text must be present in the body of the e-mail that requests the transcription. In addition, they cannot work from printed hard-copies - an electronic file must be supplied.) If you need your Braille documents urgently, please kindly also include your phone number in the e-mail message, so they can finalize the order and ship your box as quickly as possible. Once they have received and reviewed your document, you will be contacted via e-mail with a price quote.
SeeWriteHear (formerly gh, LLC)
7303 E. Earll Dr., Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 696-1869
Email: info@seewritehear.com
Web site: https://www.seewritehear.com/
The braille conversion team consists of Library of Congress–certified braille transcribers, experienced braille proofreaders, and skilled graphic artists. The team handles literary braille for education, government, and business clients, and specializes in Nemeth braille for math and science (STEM) materials, such as college mathematics and professional technical content. Also offers braille embossing on a variety of materials, mass-producible high-resolution tactile graphics, and high-volume printing, binding, and shipping services.
The Lighthouse International
111 E. 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
212-821-9689.
braille@lighthouse.orgwww.lighthouse.org/services-and-assistance/lifestyle-independence/print-access-center/
The Print Access Center can convert all kinds of conventional printed material into an accessible format, by enlarging or scanning it, or by translating a document into braille. They can also download documents and resources from the Internet.
Braille Services are available to any person or company wishing to have material transcribed into braille. Types of material transcribed include menus, letters, greeting cards, •college exams, radio and TV scripts for commercials, signage and brochures for museum exhibits, law exam boards, and healthcare provider member handbooks
Hadley School for the Blind
700 Elm Street
Winnetka IL 60093
Toll Free: 800-323-4238
847-446-8111
Fax 847-446-9820BraillingServices@hadley.eduwww.hadley.edu/brailling.asp
Brailles personal items such as greeting cards, invitations, short personal letters of one to two pages, labels for identifying belongings and other short print items of a personal nature. Mailing of greeting card to the recipient is included if you provide Hadley with a print card and the name and address of the person you want it mailed to. To be eligible for the mailing service, the recipient must be visually impaired and eligible to receive free matter. Fee: Negotiable (Free estimate)
Helen Keller Services for the Blind
Louis Anzalone Braille Center
One Helen Keller Way
Hempstead, NY 11550
516-485-1234
Fax: 516-538-6785info@hknc.orgwww.hknc.org/
Produces braille and large-print textbooks.
Helping Hands Braille Ministries/Source of Light Ministries International
1011 Mission Road
Madison, Georgia 30650
706-342-0397 Ext 115
Fax: 706-342-9072helpinghands@slmin.orgwww.brailleministries.org/index.htm
Helping Hands Braille Ministries, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation established for the purpose of supplying Christian literature in braille and/or other specialized formats for use by the visually impaired. Their goal is to provide these materials to the readers at minimal cost to them. All of their staff and workers are volunteers and they are dependent entirely on the Lord for their financial needs.
Although their primary objective is the production of evangelical Christian literature, they will also transcribe other materials as time permits, provided they are not in conflict with their primary objective.
Hope Braille
Amy and Robert Furman
Atlanta, GA
Phone: (470) 270-9590
Email: amy@hopebraille.com
Website: www.hopebraille.com
Full spectrum braille service provider, transcribing braille since 2004. Providing transcription of any materials from textbooks and educational materials to insurance and legal documents. Elementary to college level transcription services available with a specialty in higher level math and sciences. Other services include: tactile illustration (in-house illustrator), thermoforming, digital file delivery, embossing (single-sided, interpoint, and Tiger), binding, labeling, Braille consulting, and proofreading. NLS Certified in Literary Braille and Literary Braille Proofreading. Fluent in: UEB, UEB Technical, Nemeth, EBAE, Foreign Language, Computer Braille Code, Promising Practices, Formats and More. Contact for information and pricing.
Horizons for the Blind
125 Erick St., A103
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Toll Free: 800-318-2000
815-444-8800
Fax: 815-444-8830mail@horizons-blind.orgwww.horizons-blind.org/
They provide accessible billing and financial statements, newsletters, restaurant menus, hotel directories and user manuals for cell phones and other electronic equipment. They process over 25,000 billing statements per month in braille, large print and audio for financial institutions, utility companies, communications companies and others.
Jewish Braille Institute
110 East 30th Street
New York NY 10016
Toll Free: 800-433-1531
212-889-2525
Fax: 212-689-3692admin@jbilibrary.orgwww.jbilibrary.org/
JBI produces a great deal of customized Braille for blind children and adults.
Terra Reproductions
1335 Leeds Ave.
Ottawa ON K1B 5K9
Canada
613-731-3571
Fax: 613-731-0478tjelly@terrareproductions.com or robvanderkuip@terrareproductions.comwww.terrareproductions.com
Braille printing and braille signs, stickers, business cards, overlays for different products (such as wine bottles).
Kansas Braille Transcription Institute (KBTI)
P.O. Box 48091
Wichita KS 67501
316-265-9692
Fax: 316-265-0184info@kbti.orgwww.kbti.org/index.html
Hours of operation: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST
Low-cost and speedy turnaround Braille transcription services: literary, early developmental braille literacy, textbook, Nemeth, music, tactile graphics (raised line drawing, collage, and computer-generated), multiple foreign languages (including Arabic), proofreading, low-cost mass production capabilities, binding/labeling/shipping. Provides large print: full color, black-and-white, low-cost mass production capabilities, binding/labeling/shipping. Also offers free braille transcription training and proofreading to the level of national certification (distance learning). Repairs both manual and electric Braille writers.
Lighthouse Louisiana (formerly Lighthouse for the Blind New Orleans)
123 State Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
Toll Free: 888-792-0163
504-899-4501
To send an e-mail, go to www.lighthouselouisiana.org/Contact-Uswww.lighthouselouisiana.org/
Brailles textbooks and smaller items such as menus, outpatient instructions, and greeting cards.
Lutheran Braille Workers
13471 California St.
P.O. Box 5000
Yucaipa, CA 92399
Toll Free: 800-925-6092
909-795-8977
Fax: 909-795-8970lbw@lbwinc.orgwww.lbwinc.org/
Lutheran Braille Workers produces Braille Bibles in Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Cantonese, Estonian, French, Indonesian, Kiswahili, Latvian, Malayalam, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and English Contracted and Un-contracted Braille.
A Grade 2 Bible produced by Lutheran Braille Workers consists of 37 volumes embossed on durable 10x12 quality Braille paper with a production cost of $185 per set. Each Bible takes up 5 feet of shelf space and is lovingly produced by their volunteers. The Bibles are provided free of charge to blind and vision impaired readers throughout the world. In addition to the Bible, LBW also offers a variety of other Christian books and pamphlets in multiple languages.
Massachusetts Association for the Blind
Vision Community Services
Attn: Braille Program
200 Ivy Street
Brookline, MA 02446
Toll Free: 800-852-3029 (in MA)
617-738-5110
Fax: 617-738-1247braille@mablind.orgwww.mabcommunity.org/
Metrolina Association for the Blind
VP Accessible Braille Services
704 Louise Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28204
704-887-5118bschmiel@mabnc.orgwww.mabnc.org/braille-and-large-print/braille-and-large-print.cfm
Documents may be received in electronic data files as encrypted data sent over public networks, data sent to a file transfer protocol drop box, or data sent over a dedicated data line. ABS also accepts paper hardcopies, which can be scanned and edited by their editors for production in Braille, large print and audio CD format.
Midwestern Braille Volunteers
104 W Adams Ave
Kirkwood MO,US 63122
314-966-5828
Fax: 314-966-0388mbvol@sbcglobal.nethttp://www.mbvol.org/
Braille production of Textbooks; Fiction; Non Fiction; Newsletters; Play Scripts; Manuals; Job instructions; ; Menus; Patient Instructions; Recipes; Cook books; Legal Documents; Contracts; Wills; Music; Personal letters; Greeting Cards; Invitations; and Financial Statements
Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund
3500 N. Elm Road
Jackson, Michigan 49201
517-780-5096
Fax: 517-780-5448cindy.olmstead@mi-braille.orghttp://mi-braille.org/
National Braille Press, Inc.
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
Toll Free: 888-965-8965
617-266-6160orders@nbp.orgwww.nbp.org/
National Braille Press handles every type of braille and large-print job for organizations across the country. Their highly-automated, desktop division makes it feasible for them to produce a few copies of a document--a service which has grown with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
TechAdapt, Inc.
3426 Bridlewood Court
Bellingham, WA 98226
360-756-1296 (home) 214-264-8895 (office)sales@techadapt.comwww.techadapt.com/index.html
Produces literary works, textbooks; children's books; foreign language materials; specialized educational; materials; custom tactile graphics; personal and professional correspondence; business cards; flyers ; and promotional materials; bus schedules; forms; menus; and custom corporate projects in braille. TechAdapt can work with files from virtually any publishing package, such as PostScript, QuarkXPress, Adobe PDF, Adobe InDesign/PageMaker/FrameMaker, Microsoft Publisher, XML, Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, HTML, WordPerfect and others.
T-Base Communications Inc.
USA
806 Commerce Park Drive
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
Canada
19 Main Street
Ottawa, ON K1S 1A9
Toll Free: 800-563-0668info@tbase.comwww.tbase.com/
T-Base Communications provides alternative format solutions, assisting government and Fortune 500 companies to communicate with their customers who cannot access information in conventional ways. Specializing in website accessibility, braille, large print, e-Text and audio formats, these services offer leading organizations the opportunity to reach a wider audience while simultaneously meeting the diverse information needs of their client base.
Catherine Thomas
Braille Production Specialist
7501 Ridge Boulevard Apt 2A
Brooklyn NY 11209
718-745-4343braille@panix.com
No web address
Information can be submitted for brailling via email, on cassette, computer disk, or in clean-copy print. Paper sizes range from index cards to 1" by 11.5" paper. They can also prepare material in grade two braille for electronic use on a braille display. They do not transcribe music, scientific notation, or math. Braille pages are interpoint unless single-sided is preferred. The price is $1.00 per braille page. Very elaborate formatting may be subject to an additional transcription charge. For multiple copies, the price drops to $.25 per page.
Spiral binding and covers are optional at a cost of $1.00 to $3.00 per volume, depending on size. Turn-around time is two days to several weeks, depending on the size of the job and prior bookings. Priority service is available for an additional charge.
VP Braille Service
2221 South Real Road #120
Bakersfield, California 93309-5234
2221 South Real Road #120
Bakersfield, California 93309-5234
360-200-5454vpbs2010@yahoo.comwww.thebraillest.org/
Volunteer Braille Services
Attn: Cindi Laurent, Coordinator
1710 Douglas Drive
Golden Valley, MN 55422
(763) 544-2880vbsmn@comcast.netwww.vbsmn.org/
They braille textbooks, math, library, and foreign language materials. Price quotes are available upon request.
Washington State Braille Services
2214 East 13th Street
Vancouver WA 98661-1420
360-696-6321
Fax: 360-737-2120braille@wssb.orgwww.wssb.wa.gov/Content/offcampus/bac.asp
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