This listing has been divided into categories; (1) The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, (2) firms doing essentially mass production of press Braille for longer runs, (3) those doing essentially short-run on-demand Braille transcription, and (4) a few which do some of both. The contact information is listed at the end of this document in alphabetical order.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542
Phone: (800) 424-8567

The Library of Congress has compiled a directory, available in large print and Braille formats, which gives the names of volunteer groups and individuals who transcribe and record books and other reading materials for blind readers. The listing is alphabetical by state and is called Volunteers Who Produce Books. Contact the Library of Congress for your free copy.

Generally Mass Production
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
Publishes “APH Catalog of Accessible Books for People Who are Visually Impaired, 1996-1997,” a combined catalog that lists Braille and large-print books, recorded books, regular print materials, TEXT2000 electronic books, and video tapes; Braille maps of the United States and the world.

Bower Hill Braillists Foundation
Rates and turnaround time vary; call for more information. Nemeth, music, textbook, interpoint Braille, thermoform, some foreign language. Has a 1000-title lending library; call or write for a catalog.

Braille Enterprises
Specializing in Braille and large print menus, program brochures, greeting cards, certificates, and other material. No music. Can accept material on CD-ROM, disk, email attachment, via fax or hard copy. Bob Watson, Owner.

Braille International, Incorporated
“If it is in print, we can usually reproduce it into Braille.”

Brailleit
Flat rate of $10 per hour; cost estimate based on format and number of pages to be transcribed. Handles all formats.

Braille Plus, Inc.
Produces custom alternate formats including Braille, large print, audio tape, and electronic text file (disk). Includes college level mathematics and sciences and tactile graphics for inclusion with electronic format or audio format textbooks. Also produces alternate format conference presentation materials.

Braille Plus, L.L.C.
Guarantees 100% accuracy. Can produce documents printed in most foreign languages and mathematics. Transcribes textbooks, computer manuals, training guides, regulatory manuals, schedules, benefit statements, contracts, policies, programs, menus, and business cards.

Clovernook Center
Rates and turnaround time vary from job to job. No music, some math. Interpoint Braille. Materials on disk or in print.

Label Specialties
Braille and cassette labels.

National Braille Press (NBP)
NBP can handle large or small jobs of all kinds. Call for a free price quote.

Some Mass Production, Some On-Demand
AccessBraille
Nemeth, Literary, Music, and Foreign Language Braille books and documents. Multiple copy brochures, business cards, and pamphlets. Certified Braille Transcribers. Contact for pricing.

Associated Services for the Blind
Cost: $.50 per Braille page. Turnaround time: varies. Transcription from print or IBM disk. Notes: $2 per page for music, math & computer-related material; all work is proofread.

Braille Institute
Cost: negotiable. Turnaround time: short job 2 weeks to 3 months, book-size jobs 6 months to 1 year. Transcription from print or IBM disk. No music. Occasionally they can handle Nemeth and computer-related materials.

The Lighthouse
Cost: If material is received on disk, the charge is $1 per sheet, includes both front and back of page. If materials are in print format, the charge is $5.50 per page for first copy and then $1 per page, same as disk.

MSMT (Multiple Services Media Technology, Incorporated)
Cost: fees vary starting at $.15 a Braille page. There is a $30 minimum charge on all orders. Turnaround time: short document 1 to 5 days, 10 to 30 for large documents, rush available for an extra charge. Transcription from print, modem, and IBM or Apple disk. Notes: No Nemeth or music, can handle computer-related materials, graphs, maps, charts or diagrams. Does not transcribe from Apple disks.

VISION Community Services
Cost: $.15 per page, for individuals; $.35 for non-profits; $1 if for-profit companies.

Generally On-Demand Production
Access USA
Turnaround time: 2 weeks. Cost for 500 business cards is $59.95; includes name, company name, and phone number.

AccuBraille
Manufactures Braille signs to meet ADA compliance and for ATM machines. Call for pricing.

Bartimaeus Group
For simple Braille transcription in Grade I or Grade II, including Braille formatting: $1 per page. For extra services, such as proofreading, special formatting, or special code: $75 service fee per working hour.

Braille Computer Center
Preference is given to Colorado residents. Cost: $.10 per page for Colorado residents, $.15 per page for non-residents. Turnaround time: short document 2 weeks; 3 to 6 months for a large document. Transcription from print or IBM or Apple disk. No music or math, can do computer-related materials. No interpoint. Binding $2.25 to $4 per volume. No Apple disks.

Braille Incorporated
Rates and turn-around time vary with materials requested. Please call for more information.

Braille Line, Incorporated
Price quotes free upon request.

Braille Production Program
Rates: $.23 per Braille page and $3.50 binding per Braille volume. Primary objective is to provide school materials for children within the state of Massachusetts only.

Cleveland Sight Center
Rates are $.15 per Braille page, single sided only. Will produce material in thermoform, on Brailler, or on computer Braille embosser. Can accept material only in Apple Ed-It. Do math, Spanish, German, Russian, and French, computer Braille. Turnaround time varies from job to job. Binding is $2 per volume for spiral binding.

CNIB Library for the Blind
The CNIB Library’s National Transcription Service transcribes text books, journal articles, charts, restaurant menus, business cards, music, manuals, calendars, government documents – in fact any print document – into any format you need: Braille, audio, e-text or large print. Graphs, flow charts, maps, floor plans, and many other illustration needs can be produced as raised, three-dimensional tactile images.

Computers to Help People, Inc.
Produces Braille music using GoodFeel and MegaDots. Text is in Grade 2 and the music is in standard music notation. Currently charging $3 per Braille page of combined music and text.

Dancing Dots
Braille music technology, Lime or MIDI file $3.25 per Braille page, print score $4.75 per Braille page, set up $20 per hour (charged by quarter hour, minimum $5).

Friendly Productions
Special services directories for hotels, menus for restaurants, tactile maps, labels, and legal documents in Braille or large print.

gh, LLC
Provides translation of documents from print to Braille and also develops LaserLine graphics for clearly communicating complex visual information.

Guild for the Blind
Cost $.25 per Braille page. Priority is given to job-related materials, and turnaround time varies from four to eight weeks on average. Materials are accepted in print and on disk. Additional $3 charge per volume for binding and covers.

Helping Hands Braille Ministries, Incorporated
Braille produced from data entry, scanning, or computer disk.

Louisiana Center for the Blind
Cost: Depends on project. Turnaround time: 1 to 4 weeks, dependent upon length. Accepts material in print or on IBM disk.

Metrolina Association for the Blind
Conversion to Braille and large print. Monthly bank statements, credit card statements, utility bills, phone bills. School textbooks. One-time items. Currently serving approximately 7,000 vision-impaired customers per month.

Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund
Cost: fees vary from $.27 for literary to $.30 for Braille page for Nemeth. Turnaround time: two to six weeks. Transcription from print or disk. $1 for binding per volume. Order catalog for further information.

Naperville Area Transcribing for the Blind (NATB)
Acts as a central registry service for general-interest materials transcribed into Braille. Publishes “General Interest Registry Catalog of Materials.” Call for prices.

National Braille Association, Incorporated
Cost: $.35 per Braille page if ordered from agency. $1 per volume for binding.

Northern Nevada Braille Transcribers
"Jumbo Braille" available. This is a volunteer service, specializing in personalized transcription for deaf-blind. Cost: none (organizations are charged for paper and binding costs). Transcription often sent out quickly without any proofreading beyond the original transcriber. Large Cell Braille Lending Library. Personal transcribing for deaf-blind at no charge. Available manuscripts on loan to other interested Braille readers. Donations appreciated.

Northwest Braille Services
This nonprofit organization uses NLS-certified Braille transcribers. Materials are then thermoformed.

Perspectives Total Accessibility Specialists
Standard Braille signs, graphic Braille signs, room number signs, custom Braille signs, custom Braille items, custom taped materials, computer services, consultation services.

Prose-Cons Braille
Cost: $.28 for literary Braille or interpoint. $.26 per Braille literary page. $.50 per Braille page for Nemeth, or $.48 for interpoint Nemeth. Plastic covers $1.50 each volume, Braillewriter repair, clean, and oil $17.50, can be mailed Free Matter; please contact for further repair information and requirements.

Quik-Scrybe
Cost: fees vary depending on type of job. Turnaround time: short document 3 days to 3 weeks, large job (done piecemeal) 3 to 6 months. Transcription from print or Apple or MS-DOS disks. Notes: no Nemeth or music, can handle computer-related materials. Accepts VISA, MasterCard, or DiscoverCard.

Services for the Visually Impaired
No Nemeth or music, turnaround time negotiable. Charges $18 per hour and $.20 per Braille page, no interpoint. Binding fees included. Can accept material on disk only.

TechAdapt, Inc.
Will format your material using Open eBook (OeB), DAISY/NISO, or any other HTML/SML-based markup standard. Formatted works can be converted into electronic books (eBooks) in Microsoft Reader format, translated into Braille or incorporated along with digital audio recordings to create digital talking books (DTBs).

Technical Braille Center
Produces books in Braille, large print, and special file formats for scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who are blind, dyslexic, or paralyzed. Prices available at their Web site or contact them for an estimate.

TFB Publications
Cost: from $.15 to $.25 per Braille page, binding extra. Turnaround time: short document (less than 30 pages) under 1 week. Transcription from print, modem, or disk. Notes: no Nemeth or music, can handle some computer-related materials.

Volunteer Braille Services, Incorporated
Transcribe print into Braille. Accept material in print or on disk with print. Turnaround time depends on material. Large print production of printed textbooks, educational materials, and novels on request. Maintains a print/Braille Library of leisure and recreational reading material to children in preschool through grade 12. Can produce music, Nemeth Braille, and Braille menus.

Contact Information
Access USA
242 James Street
Post Office Drawer 160
Clayton, New York 13624
Phone: (800) 263-2750

AccessBraille
1421 West 12th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47404
Phone: (812) 339-6351
Fax: (404) 702-2243
Email: info@accessbraille.com

AccuBraille
Attention: Angela DeSimoni
30 Cleveland Street
San Francisco, California 94103
Phone: (415) 863-8450

American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
1839 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40206
Phone: (502) 895-2405
Email: info@aph.org

Associated Services for the Blind
Attention: Dolores Ferrara-Godzieba
919 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Phone: (215) 627-0600

Bartimaeus Group
Attention: Tamas Babinszki
1481 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, Virginia 22101
Phone: (703) 442-5023
Email: braille@bartsite.com
Web site: http://www.bartsite.com/braille

Bower Hill Braillists Foundation
70 Moffett Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15243
Phone: (412) 561-8635

Braille Computer Center
Attention: Jeni Brice
Boulder Public Library
Post Office Drawer H
Boulder, Colorado 80306
Phone: (303) 441-3098

Braille Enterprises
Phone: (410) 612-1252
Fax: (410) 612-1252
Email: bob@brailleenterprises.com
Web site: www.brailleenterprises.com

Braille Incorporated
65-B Town Hall Square
Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540
Phone: (508) 540-0800
Fax: (508) 548-6116

Braille International, Incorporated
3290 Southeast Slater Street
Stuart, Florida 34997
Phone: (407) 286-8366
In-WATS: (800) 336-3142
Fax: (407) 286-8909
Web site: www.brailleintl.org

Brailleit
Attention: Maureen Pranghofer
4910 Dawnview Terrace
Golden Valley, Minnesota 55422
Phone: (763) 522-2501
Email: maureen@winternet.com

Braille Institute
Attention: Carol Jimenez
741 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90029-3594
Phone: (213) 663-1111

Braille Line, Incorporated
3901 North Vincent Avenue
Peoria Heights, Illinois 61614
Phone: (309) 686-0855

Braille Plus, Inc.
3276 Commercial St. SE
Salem, Oregon 97302-4536
Phone: (866) 264-2345
Fax (503) 391-9359
Email: burt@brailleplus.net
Web site: www.brailleplus.net

Braille Plus, L.L.C.
5150 East 9th Street
Tucson, Arizona 85711
Phone: (520) 571-1072
Fax: (520) 748-9061
Email: Brailleit@aol.com

Braille Production Program
c/o Matthew Chao
Bay State Correctional Center
28 Clark Street
Post Office Box 73
Norfolk, Massachusetts 02056
Phone: (617) 727-5046, Extension 171

Cleveland Sight Center
1909 East 101st Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Phone: (216) 791-8118

Clovernook Center
Opportunities for the Blind
7000 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45231
Phone: (513) 522-3860
Web site: www.clovernook.org

CNIB Library for the Blind
1929 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4G 3E8
Phone: (416) 480-7674
Fax: (416) 480-7700
Email: stan.flamer@cnib.ca
Web site: www.cnib.ca/library

Computers to Help People, Inc.
825 East Johnson
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Phone: (608) 257-5917
Email: director@chpi.org
Web site: www.chpi.org

Dancing Dots
1754 Quarry Lane
Post Office Box 927
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-0927
Phone: (610) 783-6692
Fax: (610) 783-6732
Email: info@dancingdots.com
Web site: www.dancingdots.com

Friendly Productions
Suite 210
3045 Lackland Road
Fort Worth, Texas 76116
Phone: (817) 731-5908
Fax: (817) 731-5910

gh, LLC
Purdue Technology Center
Suite E2-201
3000 Kent Avenue
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906-1075
Phone: (765) 775-3776
In-WATS: (866) MY-3-DOTS [693-3687]
Email: info@ghbraille.com
Web site: www.ghbraille.com

Guild for the Blind
Suite 1700
180 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Phone: (312) 236-8569
Fax: (312) 236-8128

Helping Hands Braille Ministries, Incorporated
Attention: John Hemphill
Post Office Box 8298
Kentwood, Michigan 49518-8298
Phone: (616) 957-4943
Fax: (616) 957-4953
Email: hhms1@juno.com

Label Specialties
8014 Vinecrest Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40222
Phone: (502) 425-3136

The Lighthouse
111 East 59th Street
New York, New York 10022-1202
Phone: (212) 821-9200
In-WATS: (800) 829-0500
TTY: (212) 821-9713
Email: info@lighthouse.org
Web site: www.lighthouse.org

Louisiana Center for the Blind
101 South Trenton
Ruston, Louisiana 71270-4431
Phone: (318) 251-2891
Email: allenp@lcb-ruston.com
Web site: www.lcb-ruston.com

Metrolina Association for the Blind
Contact: Donna Black
704 Louise Avenue
Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
Phone: (704) 372-3870
Email: dblack@mab-jlbm.com

Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund
Attention: Fran Wonders, Director
3500 North Elm
Jackson, Michigan 49201
Phone: (517) 780-5096
Fax: (734) 668-1094

MSMT (Multiple Services Media Technology, Incorporated)
Division of Goodwill Industries
Attention: Carolyn Colclough
11 West Barham Avenue
Santa Rose, California 95407
Phone: (707) 579-1115
Fax: (707) 579-1246

Naperville Area Transcribing for the Blind (NATB)
Attention: Beverly Pfister
Assignment Chairperson
670 North Eagle Street
Naperville, Illinois 60563
Phone: (708) 963-0944

National Braille Association, Incorporated
Attention: Angela Coffaro
3 Townline Circle
Rochester, New York 14623-2513
Phone: (716) 472-8260
Fax: (716) 427-0263
Email: nbaoffice@compuserve.com
Web site: www.nationalbraille.org

National Braille Press (NBP)
Attn: Melissa Hirshson, Braille Transcription Supervisor
88 Saint Stephen Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Phone: 617-266-6160
In-WATS: (800) 548-7323
Email: lissa@nbp.org
Web site: www.nbp.org

Web site: www.nbp.com

Northern Nevada Braille Transcribers
Attention: Lois Baskerville
1015 Oxford Avenue
Sparks, Nevada 89431
Phone: (702) 358-2456

Northwest Braille Services
Post Office Box 234
Ferndale, Washington 98248
Phone: (360) 384-6494

Perspectives Total Accessibility Specialists
15 May Street
Portland, Maine 04102
Phone: (207) 772-7305
Fax: (603) 272-2902
Email: perspectivesiac@earthlink.net
Web site: www.perspectives.web.com

Prose-Cons Braille
14th and Pioneer Boulevards
Post Office Box 2500
Lincoln, Nebraska 68542-2500
Phone: (402) 471-3161

Quik-Scrybe
Attention: Ron and Sue Staley
Number 4
14144 Burbank Boulevard
Van Nuys, California 91401
Phone: (818) 989-2137
Fax: (818) 989-5602

Services for the Visually Impaired
Contact: Judy Rasmussen
Suite 210
8720 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: (301) 589-0894
Email: transcription@servicesvi.org
Web site: www.servicesvi.org

TechAdapt, Inc.
Attention: Sharon Von See, Braille Coordinator
1017 Fairhaven Drive
Garland, Texas 75040
Phone: (214)-264-8895
eFax: (772) 679-6358
Web site: www.techadapt.com
Email: svonsee@techadapt.com

Technical Braille Center
John J. Boyer, Executive Director
Computers to Help People, Incorporated
825 East Johnson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Phone: (608) 257-5917
Fax: (608) 257-3480
Email: chpi@execpc.com
Web site: www.execpc.com/~chpi

TFB Publications
Attention: John Dragona
238 75th Street
North Bergen, New Jersey 07047
Phone: (201) 662-0956

VISION Community Services
Attention: Braille Department
23A Elm Street
Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
Phone: (617) 972-9109
Email: braille@mablind.org

Volunteer Braille Services, Incorporated
Attention: Jean Zolik, Coordinator and Format Advisor
4139 Regent Avenue North
Robbinsdale, MN 55422-1734
Phone: 763-971-5231
Fax: 763-971-2570
Email: vbsmn@vbsmn.org
Web site: www.vbsmn.org