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"Talking Books" are recordings of unabridged, popular fiction and nonfiction material, read by professional readers and reproduced on long-play, 4-track tapes.
They are prepared by LIBRARY OF CONGRESS for individuals who are unable to read print materials because of a visual or physical disability and distributed by mail to qualified New York State residents through the NEW YORK STATE TALKING BOOK AND BRAILLE LIBRARY in Albany, New York. Although very similar in presentation to the "Recorded Books" and "Books-On-Tape" readily found in bookstores and public libraries, TALKING BOOKS MUST BE PLAYED ON A CASSETTE PLAYER SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR 15/16 IPS, 4-TRACK TAPES.
The CCLS Outreach Department
is authorized by the New York State Talking Book and Braille Library
(NYSTBBL) in Albany to assist individuals, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers and the Blind Associations in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties to register for and receive "TALKING BOOK" players and cassettes. We are also available to answer questions about NYSTBBL services and to exchange broken machines with new ones.
HELEN BOLTON, OUTREACH LIBRARIAN
at
484-7135, EXT. 244
Email to:
hbolton@cclslib.org
OR
Pick up an application form at your nearest public library, complete it, and
send to the following address:
OUTREACH SERVICES CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS LIBRARY SYSTEM 106 W. FIFTH STREET
JAMESTOWN NY 14701
As soon as your completed form is received and approved by the CCLS Outreach Librarian, a playback machine and sample cassettes will be assigned. Equipment and cassettes can be mailed to you directly, delivered to your community library, or arranged to be picked up at the James Prendergast Library in Jamestown.
Recorded and braille books and magazines
that provide the same kinds of information and recreational reading that are found in print editions - including bestsellers, westerns, biographies, history, travel, current events, mysteries, romantic novels, short stories, adventures, classics, science, historical novels, sports, humor, poetry, plays and much more. Books for children and young adults are also available.
INTERNET LINKS:
New York State Talking Book and Braille Library
The Library of Congress National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Macular Degeneration Foundation
Blindness Resource Center
Assistive Technology
Woodlake Technologies
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