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American
Association of the Deaf-Blind
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Springs, MD
20910
TTY (310)
588-6545 Fax (310)588--8705
Voice 1 800
735-2258
aadb@erols.com
http://www.tr.wou.edu/dlink/aadb.htm
Consumer
advocacy organization for people who have combined vision and hearing
impairments. Provides information of
interest and sponsors an annual meeting
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American Bible
Society
1865 Broadway
New York. NY 10023
(212)581-7400
1 800 32-BIBLE
abs@webzone.net
http://www.americanbible.org
Markets the Bible
on cassette tape and in braille. Also
has concordances.
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American Council of
the Blind
1155 15th
Street, NW, Suite 1004
Washington, DC
20005
1 800 424-8666
(202) 467-5081 Fax (202) 467-5085
info@acb.org
http://acb.org
consumer group of individuals
who are blind and visually impaired.
Provides a regular publication, the Braille Forum, and supports state
chapters and national conventions.
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American Foundation
for the Blind
11 Penn
Plaze,
Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600 TDD (212) 502--7662
afbinfo@afb.net
http://www.afb.org
Markets a variety
of recreational and adapted aids plus has films, pamphlets and publications
available related to blindness. Also publishes "A Directory of Agencies
Serving Visually Handicapped in the United States," a complete listing
of services by states.
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American Printing
House for the Blind, Inc.
1839 Frankfort
Avenue
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, KY
40206-0085
(502) 895-2405 Fax (502) 899-2274
1 800 223-1839 U.S.
and Canada
catalogs@aph.org
Produces braille
and tactile teaching aids. Promotes
independence of blind and visually impaired persons by providing special
media, tools, and materials needed for education and life.
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Bartimaeus Library
for the Blind
3607 Woodbine Lane
Brooklyn Center, MN
55429
(612) 561-6955
Evangelical
organization which maintains a circulating lending library of Christian books
on cassette for those who are blind and visually impaired. Books are on two track tape and can be
planed on any standard cassette player.
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Bible Alliance,
Inc.
P.O. Baox 621
Bradenton, FL 34206
(813) 748-3031
Aurora@auroraministries.org
Distributes free
Bibles on cassette tape to blind persons.
Materials are available in several languages.
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Bible Tapes
5564 Rising Sun
Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
19120
One album (12
cassette tapes) King James Version, $19.95 each. Add $1.50 for postage and handling for each album ($3.50 in
Canada.)
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Bibles for the
Blind and Visually Handicapped
3228 Rosehill Road
Terra Haute, IN
47805-1297
Braille@indiana.net
http://braille.indiana.net/braille/
Produces the Bible
and evangelical tracts in braille and distributes free to those with
financial need or at cost for those who can afford it.
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Blindskills, Inc.
P.O. Box 5181
Salem, OR
97304-0181
(503) 581-4224
blinkskl@teleport.com
http://www.blindskills.com
Produces Dialog and LifePrints in Braille, larllge print or on 4 track cassette. Available by subscription.
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Braille Bible
Foundation
P.O. Box 948307
Maitland, FL
32794-8307
(407) 834-3628
1 800 766-9080
Provides the King
James Version of the Bible in grade 2 Braille. Produces a Braille concordance in three volumes which is
available on request. Also has other
testimonial types of materials available in Braille
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Braille Books.com
88 Captain Morgans
Boulevard
Nanaimo, British
Columbia
V9R 6R1 Canada
(250) 616-7414
info@braille-books.com
http://www.braille-books.com
Produces hundreds
of high quality, low cost Braille and print/braille books for children and
adults. In addition, they offer
braille business cards, very
reasonable transcription services of all materials into braille, cassette or
computer disc.
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Braille Circulating
Library, Inc.
2700 Stuart Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 359-3743
braillecl@aol.com
They have Christian
books, pamphlets, sermons and music in Braille, on talking book records, on
open-reel tape, and on cassettes.
These are all available for free loan to blind persons in the
U.S. Their collection is both large
and comprehensive in scope. The loan
library is available for six weeks at a time and materials can be renewed.
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Braille Institute
Library
741 North Vermont
Los Angeles,
CA 90029
(323) 663-1111
1 800 272-4553
http://www.socialservices.com/vi/braille.html
Comprehensive
rehabilitation facility which includes a media center and a library with some
Christian materials including books on tape by Joni Ericson Tada.
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Braille
Publications
P.O. Box 1315
Holland, MI 49422
(616) 396-49422
Provides a variety
of braille publications from a reformed theology perspective.
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Broadman Cassette
Club
127 Ninth Avenue,
North
Nashville, TN 37234
This is an
opportunity to purchase cassettes at a substantial savings through membership
in the Broadman Cassette Club. Their
catalog lists a wide variety of cassettes, both music and the spoken word.
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CARE Ministries,
Inc.
P.O. Box 1830
218 Louisville Road
Starkville, MS
39759
(662) 323-4999
1 800 336-2232
care@staruser.com
http://www.stargtr.net/care/
Provides
consultations, training and technical assistance to churches and religious
organizations for accommodating blind and disabled persons. Provides national services to assist those
who are blind to know Christ and to find their place in the body of
Christ. Specific services include
information and referral, technical assistance, Bible studies in a variety of
media, prayer support and advocacy.
Produces Our Daily Bread and
The Evangelical Sunday School Lesson on
cassette tape along with a variety of Bible study materials.
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CD Word
5420 LBJ Freeway
Lincoln II, Suite
240
Dallas, TX 75240
(214) 770-2414
Produces and
distributes an interactive computerized bible library including 16 major
works, for CD-ROM readers and IBM compatible personal computer systems.
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Christian Education
for the Blind, Inc.
P.O. Box 331388
Fort Worth, TX
76163
(817) 263-0004 Fax (817) 292-7918
Distributes
recorded Sunday School lesson materials for teachers of adults. (both uniform convention and Life and
Work.) Also distributes the Evangel Voice magazine monthly. Recorded devotional materials and
music. Christian Education for the
Blind also maintains a tape library of Christian books that are available for
loan. There is no charge for any of
the services of this organization.
You should contact directly, particularly in regard to any need that
you may have for recorded lesson material other than those which they
regularly produce and distribute.
They also have available Words
of Life, a Braille hymnbook containing the words to 150 favorite hymns.
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Christian Council
on Persons with Disabilities
7120 W. Dove Court
Milwaukee, WI 53223
(414) 357-6672
info@ccpd.org
http://www.ccpd.org
A consortium of
organization s concerned with advocating Christ's perspective regarding
people with disabilities and their part in His Church.
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Christian Education
for the Blind, Inc.
P.O. Box 331388
Fort Worth, TX
76163
(817) 263-0004 Fax (817) 292-7918
Provides Baptist
Sunday School materials for blind persons as well as Braille hymnals and
Bibles. Also has children's books in
Braille.
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Christian
Fellowship for the Blind, Inc.
P.O. Box 26
1124 Fair Oaks
Avenue
South Pasadena, CA
91031-0026
(818) 799-3935
Provides Christian
materials in Braille and on cassette tape including periodicals such as Decision Magazine, Focus on the Family, and
Our Daily Bread. Also maintains a lending library.
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Christian Listening
P.O. Box 87
Van
Wyck, SC 29744
Christian materials
and books available.
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Christian Mission
for the Blind, Inc.
54450 boy Scout
Road
Lawrenceville, IN
46226
(317) 549-2386
Distributes
religious materials in Braille and on tape.
Also has an extensive Christian tape lending library.
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Christian Newsreel
49 South Sunset
Blvd.
Coldwater, MI 49036
Provides a regular
taped magazine with a variety of articles from different authors available at
a subscription fee.
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Christian Services
for the Blind International, Inc.
P.O. Box 26
South Pasadena, CA
91031-0026
(626)799-3935
csb@social.com
http://www.social.com/csb
Provides Christian
materials in Braille and on cassette tape including periodicals such as Decision
Magazine, Our Daily Bread and Power
For Living Magazine. Also maintains
free lending library.
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Christian Record
Services, Inc.
4444 South 52nd
Street
Lincoln, NE 68516
(402) 488-0981
Produces Braille
and taped materials and maintains a lending library.
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Circle of Love
Cassette Ministry
1002 South Johnson
Pasadena, TX 77506
(713) 477-4307
georg.gray@psl-online.com
Produces and
distributes by subscription, a Christian magazine entitled Circle of Love, specifically for
people who are blind or visually impaired.
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Clearer Vision
Ministries
P.O. Box 570268
Orlando, FL
32857-6639
(407) 884-6639
cvminc@gdi.net
http://www2.dgi.net/~cvminc
Provides recorded
Christian materials and magazine for use by blind and print impaired persons,
especially Bible College students.
Also provides technical assistance to local churches seeking to
minister to/with print impaired persons.
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Clovernook
Center/Opportunities for the Blind
7000 Hamilton
Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45231
(513) 522-3860
1 888 234-7156
http://www.clovernook.org
A comprehensive
rehabilitation and employment center for the blind, Clovernook also runs a
large scale Braille production program for books and lengthy materials.
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Deaf/Blind
Evangelism
4143 Edmondson
Indianapolis, IN
46226
(317) 549-3433
Offers Braille and
sign language resources, and Bibles.
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Earful of Books
9607 Research,
Suite 710
Austin, TX 78759
1 800 532-7385
Service which
provides rental books on cassette tape, many read by the original
authors. Books include both popular
Christian and secular books. Special
lists of Christian titles are available.
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Eyes of Faith
Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 743336
Dallas, TX
75374-3336
(214) 669-1103
Produces and distributes
Christian Braille educational materials for children including Sunday School
materials, Christian School textbooks and Home Schooling materials.
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G.L. Wilson Tape
Outreach Ministry
4928 White
Boulevard
Mapleton, Ga 30059
(404) 948-8856
Provides a regular
Christian magazine on cassette tape and a variety of Christian materials
especially designed to encourage spiritual growth. Also provides large print Bibles to those with financial need.
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Gospel Association
for the Blind, Inc.
P.O. Box 62
1450 South West 10th
Avenue, Bldg. B-2
Delray Beach, FL
33444
(561) 274-9700
Has a large free
circulating library of Brail;e and taped materials. Billy Graham's sermons and books in Braille and on cassette
tape.
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Gospel Light
foundation for the Blind, Inc.
485 Tewsbury Lane,
N.E.
Palm Bay, FL 32907
(407) 724-9036
glfb82@aol.com
Offers two Braille
Bible courses, Right with God and Doctrines of Grace, and a cassette lending
library with a catalog available on cassette.
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http://www.gospelcom.net
This web site
maintains a variety of resources including various translations of the Bible,
concordances and search capabilities, daily devotions, including My Utmost for His Highest, Our Daily
Bread, Guideposts, The Upper Room, Spurgeon's Morning and Evening devotions, and many others. Also maintains a number of bible study
references and links.
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Guideposts
Associates, Inc.
39 Seminary Hill
Road
Carmel, NY 10512
(914) 225-3681
http://www.guideposts.org
Guidepost Magazine is available at the
regular subscription rate in Braille, large print and on cassette.
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Hadley School for
the Blind, Inc.
700 Elm Street
P.O. Box 299
Winnetka, IL 60093-0299
(847) 446-8111
1 800 323-4238
hadley@theramp.net
Provides academic
and vocational education through free correspondence courses for blind and
visually impaired persons including college level Greek and Hebrew. Also offers free courses for parents of
blind children.
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Helen Keller
National Center for Deaf-blind Youth and Adults
111 Middleneck Road
Sands Point, NY
11050
(516) 944-8900
Fax (516) 944-7302 TTY (516) 944-8637
http://www.helenkeller.org
National
Rehabilitation Center for people who are both visually and auditorially
disabled. In addition, the center
maintains 10 regional offices and state affiliates in many locations.
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Hermaneutika
P.O. Box 2200
Big Fork, MT
59911-2200
(406) 837 2244 Fax (406) 837-4433
Sells
Computer-Aided Bible Research materials, some which may be used with large
print and speech access softward for peole who are blind and visually
impaired.
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Hosannah!
2421 Aztec Road, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87017-4200
1 800 545-6552
Produces a number
of Scriptural resources of interest to those who are blind including taped
versions of the Bible and dramatized tapes of children's bible stories called
Kid's Pack and a series of
children's books with accompanying cassette tapes called Psalms and Proverbs in Song.
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International Bible
society
P.O. Box 62970
1820 Jetstream
Drive
Colorado Springs,
CO 80921
(719) 488-9200
http://www.gspelcom.net/ibs
As translation
sponsors of the New International Version of the Bible, provides the NIV in
numerous languages on cassette and video tape and in large and giant print.
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International
Church Braille Mission
4210 Maccorkle
Avenue, S.W.
South Charleston,
WV 25309-1010
(304) 768-8876
This lending liberary has Christian books and sermons in
Braille and on cassette. Also Sunday
School materials, a hymnbook, Bibles, and periodicals.
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John Knox Library
for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
20419 1st
Avenue, South
Seattle, WA 981998
(206) 878-2425
Provides a variety
of Christian materials and magazines including Our Daily Bread on cassette tape. Catalog available upon request.
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John Milton Society
for the Blind, Inc.
475 Riverside
Drive, Room 455
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-3335
http://www.jmsblind.org
Provides free
Christian literature in large print, cassette tapes and Braille.
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Joni and Friends
P.O. Box 3333
Agoura Hills, CA
91301
(818) 707-5664
jasmin@jasministries.com
http://www.joniandfriends.org
Provides advocacy
and public education as to the needs and abilities of disabled persons. Sponsors international conferences for
workers in ministry to the disabled.
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Library of congress
National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
1291 Taylor Street,
N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20542
(202) 707-5100
nls@loc.govt
http://gnn.com/wic/govt.30.html
Maintains a free
cassette tape lending library and produces Braille publications. Also trains Braille transcribers. Holdings of the library include a number
of Christian materials and an electronic Bible resources on the WEB reference
circular.
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Lifegate, Inc.
P.O. Box 1771
Martinsville, IN
46151-0771
Salvaltion tract,
"God's Simple Plan of Salvation" available in Braille and giant
print.
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LifeWay Christian
Resources
127 Ninth Avenue
Nashville, TN 37234
(615) 251-6000
info@lifeway.com
http://lifeway.com
Cassette tapes and
records are available from the LifeWay Christian Resources stores. Sunday School literature is also
available.
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Logos Research
Systems, Inc.
715 S.E. Fidalgo
Avenue
Oak harbor, WA
98277
(360) 679-4496
1 800 87L-OGOS
http://www.logos.com
Produces and
destributes an interactive computerized, Bible library including 16 major
works, for CD-ROM readers and 1 BM compatable personal computer users. Also 2.0 version which is written for
Windows 3.1.
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Mark 2 Ministries
P.O. Box 30286
Indianapolis, IN
46230
(317) 466-8244
Provides ministry
to a variety of disability groups and is currently providing bible study
materials in Braille from NAV Press and from Precept Ministries. Sunday School and other bible study may be
produced upon request.
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Martha Arney
Library for the Blind
3911 Hayes Street,
NW
Minneapolis, MN
55421
(612) 788-0508
meamra@aol.com
Lending library of
Christian materials for people who are blind and visually impaired.
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Matilda Zigler
Magazine for the Blind
20 West 17th
Street
New York, NY 10011
Braille or recorded
editions.
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Metrolina Sight
Services
Metrolina Association
of the Blind
704 Louise Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28204
(704) 372-3870
braille@charlotte.infi.net
Provides economical
Braille and large print transcription services for individuals, agencies and
churches.
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Mount Olive Tape
Lending Library
P.O. Box 422
Mount Olive, MS
39119
(601) 797-3011
Extensive and
in-depth lectures from a reformed theology perspective available by
requesting a catalog.
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National
Association of Parents for the Visually Impaired
P.O. Box 562
Camden, NJ 13316
(315) 245-3442
Provides support to
parents of blind and visually impaired children.
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National Braille
Association, Inc.
3 Townline Circle
Rochester, NY 14623
(716) 427-8260
nbaoffice@compuserve.com
http://www.mambers.aol.com/nbaoffice/index.htm
A volunteer,
non-profit organization dedicated to providing transcriptionist training,
production and distribution of Braille materials including religious and
secular music. Materials are
available for a small fee. They also
maintain a Braille book bank.
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National Braille
Press
88 St. Stephens
Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 266-6160
orders@nbp.org
http://www.nbp.org
Produces a number
of Braille publications and will produce materials for a fee. Implements a children's Braille book club.
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National Church
Conference of the Blind
P.O. Box 163
Denver, CO 80201
(303) 455-3430
Group of concerned
blind Christians who meet annually to address accessibility issues and to
encourage one another in the faith.
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National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Music Section,
Library of Congress
Washington, DC
20542
1 800 424-8567
nls@loc.gov
http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/nls/
Free library
service for blind, partially sighted and physically handicapped musicians,
music students, and others who enjoy music.
To apply for service or for further information call or write.
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Park Avenue Baptist
Church
44th and
Park Avenue
Nashville, TN 37209
This church
produces a lesson outline for the Bible Book series in Sunday School in
Braille. This piece also has study
notes. $9.75/quarter.
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Reader's Digest
Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 241
Mt. Morris, IL
61094
(815) 734-6963
1 800 807-2780
Provides materials at low cost including the Reader's Digest and the Revised
Standard Version of the Bible in large print for visually impaired persons.
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Recordings for the
Blind, Inc.
215 East 58th
Street
New York, NY 10022
Records, books for
blind high school and college and blind persons in continuing education. A catalog is available for $1.00.
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Reigner Recording
Library
Union Theological
Seminary
3401 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23227
(804) 355-0671
Reels and cassettes
available on free loan basis. The
following are on tape: sermons, radio programs, religion subjects,
films. Write for catalogue.
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Ruth Berry Versaw
Library for the Blind
11104 North Brauer
Oklahoma City, OK
73114
(405) 751-5121
chuckwilson@iname.com
http://www.homepages.go.com/\`churcherino/boks2.html
Sermons and
Christian books on cassette tape for those who are blind. Including J. Vernon McGee's Through the Bible
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Recordings for the
Blind and Dyslexic, Inc.
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 452-0606
custserv@rfbd.org
http://www.rfbd.org
A large lending
library of text books and technical materials on cassette tape or computer
disc. Includes a number of
theological books and bible commentaries.
Cassette tapes may be kept up to a year and are available upon
request. There is a one time
registration fee.
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Seedlings Braille
Books
P.O. Box 51924
Livona, MI
48151-5924
(313) 427-8552
1 800 777-8552
seedlink@aol.com
http://www.seedlings.org
Produces low cost
Braille books for children. Some
print and Braille books are also available.
Catalog available upon request.
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Sound of Light
840 S. Sheridan
Boulevard
Denver, CO 80226
(303) 936-2188
Phil@redwhiteandblue.org
http://www.redwhiteandblue.org
National Christian
computer support network. Also has a
lending library with over 5,000 Christian texts. See web site for details.
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Southern Baptist
Conference of the Blind
103 Brenda Lane
Antioch, TN 37013
(615) 741-4991
daytime
(615) 331-6098
evenings and week-ends
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Spoken Word
Ministries, Inc.
2432 Milburney
Raleigh, NC 27610
(919) 834-5005
Personal ministry
to blind persons and small groups of those who are visually impaired. Literature outreach in the form of a
cassette magazine, The Spoken Word,
which is a selection of interdenominational articles from different publications.
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Tape Ministries, NW
840 S. 192nd
Street
Seattle, WA
98148
(206) 243-7377
tnmw@tapeministries.org
This Christian
ministry has a free lending library of audio cassettes, including Christian
books and one daily devotional Our Daily
Bread. Write for free catalog -
print or audio cassette.
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Tyndale House Publishers,
Inc.
351 Executive Drive
P.O. Box 80
Wheaton, IL 60189
(312) 668-8300
Bibles in large print
and giant print. Children's bibles in
large print, only.
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The Upper Room
1908 Grand Avenue
P.O. Box 340004
Nashville, TN
37204-0004
(615) 340-7200
http://www.upperroom.org
Regular bi-monthly
devotional publication is available in Braille (free) or in large print (at
the regular subscription rate) and on cassette for a substantial fee.
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Vision Volunteer
Missions
Route 1, Box 418
Phenix City, AL
36867
(205) 297-6432
Provides workshops
and training materials in how to effectively minister to blind persons. Also provides a bi-monthly taped magazine
for blind users sponsored by the Southern Baptist Convention
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Woman's Missionary
Union, SBC
P.O. Box C-10
Birmingham, AL
35283-0010
1 800 9688-7301
email@wmu.org
http://www.wmu.org
WMU magazines are
available on cassette tape. This is a good resource for persons who are
visually impaired or blind who want to participate in the Woman's Missionary
Union in the local church. Other
printed resources and training events for mission action groups are provided.
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