Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, Read On!

The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library located in downtown Seattle, is a free and comprehensive library service dedicated to providing an array of services to Washington residents unable to read standard print material. These include the blind, visually impaired, legally blind, deaf-blind, physically disabled, those who can’t comfortably hold a book or turn pages and those who are reading disabled. Any genre you can think of, WTBBL has it! Users of the library can check out books of fiction, non-fiction, western, mystery, romance, young adult, children’s, biography, classics and many more. WTBBL has books on tape and patrons can also download audio books digitally online and through a new iPhone app called the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) available through the Apple App Store. Aside from audio books, WTBBL provides braille versions in hard copy and an online format called web-braille. The collection of books available in Spanish and other languages is also growing. Remote access is easy. After you sign up, books can be sent straight to your home via USPS through the federally subsidized program “Free Matter for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.” Eligible users should contact the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library to learn more about the program and how they can participate.


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