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This page provides a list of libraries that assist users to find recorded and Braille books and magazines in addition to other useful material.

If you would like to include a library specializing in on line Braille or audio books that is not listed below, you may click here and submit your details for possible inclusion.
 

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Country: UK 
Name: National Library for the Blind (NLB) 
Description: National Library for the Blind (NLB) is a gateway to free comprehensive library services for all those who cannot read print and their intermediaries. Its aim is to enable all visually impaired people to have the same access to library services as sighted people. As well as lending a wide range of reading material for all age-groups from its extensive collection of hard copy Braille and Moon books and Braille music, NLB also provides access to electronic books and reference material via its award-winning website. 

Address:

Far Cromwell Road, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SG, United Kingdom 
Web site: http://www.nlbuk.org 
E-mail: enquiries@nlbuk.org 
 
Country: UK 
Name: National Listening Library 
Description: Listening books provide a postal audio book library service to anyone who suffers from an illness or disability that makes it impossible or difficult to hold a book, turns its pages, or read in the usual way. The library service is available to institutions such as Hospitals, Residential and Nursing Homes and Schools, as well as to individuals. We provide important support for the National Curriculum at Key Stages 2, 3 and 4. Individual Membership costs £50 a year and Organizational Membership starts at £100 per year. 

Address:

12 Lant Street, London SE1 1QR, United Kingdom 
Web site: http://www.listening-books.org.uk 
E-mail: info@listening-books.org.uk