Service Requested
Digital talking book player.
Check here for a Spanish-language player.
Audio books (available via download or U.S. Mail)
Braille books
Magazines – We will send you a list of available audio and braille titles.
The digital talking book player is supplied to eligible persons on extended loan. This
player must be used with recorded reading material provided by the Library of Congress
and its cooperating libraries, or it must be returned to the issuing library. Please return
all books promptly so that they are available for other patrons.
Service Options
Audio books can either be downloaded or obtained in digital cartridge format from the
NYS Talking Book and Braille Library via US Mail. Please read this information
carefully and select Option 1, Option 2 and/or Option 3 below. You may use all three
options simultaneously.
Option 1. I would like to download the books myself.
BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) enables patrons or their helpers to
use their computer to download any title to a flash drive or a blank digital cartridge
that can then be played on the digital player that you will receive when your service
starts. BARD also allows you to use your iOS or Android mobile device to
download and listen to the books. Every title in the collection is always immediately
available to you when you use BARD. We provide phone support for downloading.
If downloading is not feasible for you, choose either Option 2 or 3.
Option 2.
I would like to choose subjects I'm interested in.
Choose your reading interests from the lists on the next page. The TBBL software
program will then find books in these subjects and send them to you via US Mail.
Note that if you check this option, you can still request specific titles as well (see
Option 3).
You can also provide the names of authors whose books you would like us to send:
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