Library Services
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Services
- Arizona State Braille and Talking Book Library applications, certification, equipment distribution and exchange. Find out more on the BTBL web site.
- Deposit collections of Arizona State Braille and Talking Book Library cassettes at the Joyner-Green Valley Branch Library.
- Books-By-Mail, which is a free library service for the visually impaired who are physically unable to come to the library. Find out more on the Readrunners page.
Materials
- Talking books/books on tape at all locations.
- Large type books and magazines at all locations.
- Descriptive videos (voice enhancements or voice/vocal descriptions of nonverbal action and settings). To search the catalog, use a subject search for video recordings for people with visual disabilities to see a list.
Equipment
- ADA workstations that contain screen reader (Jaws) and screen magnifier (Zoomtext) available at three locations: Main (in the Assistive Technology Room), Mission, and Green Valley.
- Magnifying glasses - ask at the Information desk.
- Illuminated magnifiers available at Mission Branch Library.
- Optelec Closed Circuit Television (large screen magnifier) available at Joel D.Valdez Main Library, Joyner-Green Valley, Nanini, Valencia, and Wilmot branches.
- Juliet Braille Embosser available at Joel D.Valdez Main Library.
- Arkenstone Open Book Software plus optical character recognition scanner (converts print to speech) available at Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Joyner-Green Valley, and Mission branches.
- Kurzweil Reading Edge (stand alone scanner converts print to speech) available at Nanini and Woods branches.
The library endeavors to make all of its services, programs, facilities, and employment opportunities available to, accessible for, and usable by qualified individuals with disabilities, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Arizonans with Disabilities Act, and applicable regulations under these acts. If you require ADA accommodation, please contact the library/branch manager prior to the program.