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Braille Transcribing and Equipment Repair Services
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MICHIGAN
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
456 Cherry Street, SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: 616-458-1187
Toll-Free Phone: 800-466-8084
E-mail: abvi@abvimichigan.org
www.abvimichigan.org
(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille.)
Phil Banner
DBA Phil Banner - Brailler Repair
281 124th Ave.
Shelbyville, MI 49344
269-605-5392
phil.braillerrepair@gmail.com (best way to contact him is by email)
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: 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: 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: 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
Toll-Free Phone: 800-805-0452
(Sells Braille equipment systems and does equipment repair)
Arizona Brailler Repair Service
1135 E. Harmont Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85020
Phone: 602-331-1470
(Repairs Braille equipment.)
Braille Library & Transcribing Services, Inc.
517 N. Segoe Rd. #200
Madison, WI 53705
Phone: 608-233-0222
E-mail: office.vbti@tds.net
Website: www.vbti.org
(Transcribes documents into Braille and audio.)
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 International, Inc.
941 Darby Lake St.
Seffner, FL 33584
Toll-Free Phone: 800-258-7544
Office: 813-689-8628
Fax: 813-689-8628
E-mail: brailleworks@brailleworks.com
Website: www.brailleworks.com
(Braille printing services.)
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.)
National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
Toll-Free Phone: 800-548-7323
Website: www.nbp.org
(Transcribes all types of documents into Braille.)
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS/BPH)
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542
Phone: 202-707-9275
Toll-Free Phone: 800-424-8567
Website: 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.
Quik-Scrybe
1723 Sumac Street
Longmont, CO 80501
303-485-6895
(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 571
Manchester, MD 21102
(via UPS or FedEx)
3205 Laverne Circle
Hampstead, MD 21074
Phone: 410-668-1143
E-Mail: braillerrepair@yahoo.com
(Repairs Braille equipment.)