List compiled by the Michigan Commission for the Blind.

Updated 4-1-07.

Please contact turneys@michigan.gov with corrections or updates.

MICHIGAN

Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired

456 Cherry Street, SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Phone: (616) 458-1187

Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-466-8084

E-mail: abvi@abvimichigan.org

www.abvimichigan.org

(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille.)

Paul Banner

Brailler Repair

518 Edison

Kalamazoo, MI 49004

(269) 342-0526

paulbanner@gmail.com

(Repairs Perkins braillers)

Kent District Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

3350 Michael Avenue SW

Wyoming, MI 49509

Phone: (616) 647-3989

(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille.)

Macomb Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

16480 Hall Road

Clinton Township, MI 48038-1132

Phone: (586) 286-1580

Toll-Free TDD/TTY: 1-800-649-3777

(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille.)

Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund

3500 North Elm Road

Jackson, MI 49201

Phone: (517) 780-5096

(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille.)

Readings for the Blind

29350 Southfield Road

Suite 130

Southfield, MI 48076-2060

Phone: (248) 557-7776

Toll-Free Phone: 1-888-766-1166

(Audio books)

Recording For The Blind & Dyslexic: Michigan Unit

5600 Rochester Road

Troy, MI 48085

Phone: (248) 879-0101

(Audio recordings)

Seedlings Braille Books for Children

P.O. Box 51924

Livonia, MI 48151-5924

Phone: (734) 427-8552

Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-777-8552

(Provides low-cost Braille books for children.)

Temple Beth El Braille Bindery

5145 Chestershire Court

West Bloomfield, MI 48322

Phone: (248) 788-0358

(Transcribes documents of all types into Braille and repairs Braille equipment.)

Temple Beth El Braille Bindery: Tri-County Braille Volunteers

7400 Telegraph Road

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301

Phone: (248) 851-1100

(Transcribes documents of all types into Braille and repairs Braille equipment.)

OTHER STATES

Ackley Appliance Service

Braillerman

4301 Park Avenue #540

Des Moines, IA 50321

Phone: (515) 288-3931

(Repairs Braille equipment.)

Adaptive Consultants, LLC

P.O. Box 6542
Evansville, IN 47719

www.votechrehab.com

Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-805-0452

(Sells Braille equipment systems and does equipment repair)

Arizona Brailler Repair Service
1235 E. Harmont Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85020
Phone: (602) 331-1470

(Repairs Braille equipment.)

Braille Plus, Inc.

3276 Commercial Street SE
Salem, Oregon 97302
Phone: (503) 391-5335
Toll-Free Phone: (866) 264-2345
www.brailleplus.net

(Transcribes documents into Braille, large print, audio, and electronic formats)

Braille Works
2207 Jaudon Road
Dover, Florida 33527
Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-258-7544
E-mail: brailleworks@brailleworks.com
www.brailleworks.com
(Transcribes documents into Braille, large print, audio, and electronic formats)

Howe Press

Perkins School  for the Blind

175 N. Beacon Street

Watertown, MA 02472

Phone: (617) 924-3434

(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille and repairs Braille equipment.)

Naperville Area Transcribers for the Blind

670 N. Eagle Street

Naperville, IL 60563

Phone: (708) 963-0944

(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille.)

88 St. Stephen Street

Boston, MA 02115

Toll-Free Phone: 800-548-7323

www.nbp.org

(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille.)

Library of Congress

Washington, DC 20542

Phone: (202) 707-9275

Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-424-8567

http://www.loc.gov/nls/

The Library of Congress has compiled a directory, Volunteers Who Produce Books (1996, publication ISSN 0193-113X), of volunteer groups and individuals who transcribe and record books and other reading materials for blind readers. The listing is alphabetical by state.  Send for your free copy in large print or Braille.

1723 Sumac Street

Longmont, CO 80501

(303) 485-6895

http://www.quikscrybe.com/

(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille, large print, and audio formats)

Ron's Braille Transcribing Service
9910 E. Peach Street
Girard, PA 16417
(814) 774-5709

(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille.)

The Selective Doctor, Inc.

(via U.S. Postal Service)

P.O. Box 28432

Baltimore, MD 21234-8432

(via UPS or FedEx)

3014 Linwood Avenue

Baltimore, MD 21234-5821

Phone:  (410) 668-1143

(Repairs Braille equipment.)

Volunteer Braillists and Tapists, Inc.
517 N. Segoe Rd. #200
Madison, WI 53705
Phone: 608-233-0222
E-mail: office.vbti@tds.net
www.vbti.org

(Transcribes documents into Braille and audio.)