Braille Library & Transcribing Services, Inc.
formerly Volunteer Braillists & Tapists, Inc.
.5% of all Amazon sales to BLTS
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Contact Us
Braille Library & Transcribing
Services, Inc.
6501 Watts Rd, Ste. 149
Madison, WI 53719
USA
Phone: 608-233-0222
Fax: 608-233-0249
For
library requests or general questions
email:
office@bltsinc.org
braille.blts@tds.net
Hours
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Central Standard Time)Monday through Friday
Board of Directors:
Patricia HerrlingPresident, Librarian
Constance Risjord
Vice President
Karen Perzentka
Secretary
Sue Nelson
Treasurer
Sandy Adams
Steve Levine
Joan Sholdt
Office Staff:
Aaron KonkolOffice Manager
Sue Danz
Braille Coordinator
NEWS:
Our most recent "Dear Pearl"
newsletter (February, 2020)
List of new Print
Braille books in UEB
Article written about BLTS in the Isthmus by Steven Potter in September 2019
Article in the Middleton Times-Tribune by Katherine Perreth in September 2019
Article from In Business Magazine by Jan Wilson in March 2016:
Three ways to get the braille you need:
- Request transcription
- On loan from our library
- Buy your own copy from our library
1. Request Transcription
We transcribe almost anything you need or want.
- Textbooks and school materials.
- Job-related materials.
- Leisure reading books for children and adults.
- Daily living materials: cookbooks, appliance instruction manuals, computer manuals, inspirational writings, knitting and crocheting patterns, and crossword puzzles.
- Practical items such as menus, bank statements, agendas, minutes of meetings, and playbills.
2. Braille Library
Our shelves hold over 2,000 titles for children and adults, and our collection is always being enlarged and updated. There is no charge for borrowing our books; just tell us your name and contact information and we'll get you started. Everyone receives an annual list of the year's new books at the beginning of the year, in braille or print, according to your stated preference when you sign up. Hard copies of our online inventory are available in braille or print and are updated every January. They are available for loan or sale, just like our library books.Lending Library Policies
3. Price List
If you have something to be transcribed or are interested in purchasing a copy from our library, see our price list. Please contact BLTS for availability.Taping
We record the information you need, if it is not commercially available. Tapes are for sale only; we do not have a listening library.Become a Volunteer Braille Transcriptionist
Just
because you can't see doesn't mean you can't read. Braille Library
& Transcribing Services, Inc. (BLTS) helps make that true for blind
and visually impaired adults and children by translating print into the
raised dots of braille.
Our
trained volunteer braille transcribers prepare and provide books in
braille of all kinds; children's stories, school books for all ages
(pre-school to grad-school), books for leisure reading, cookbooks,
knitting patterns, work related material and much, much more.
You
can help make this happen, too! All of our transcribers take a one year braille
transcription course that consists of weekly classes and culminates in
certification by the Library of Congress. A new class started in Fall
2019, but we're always looking for new braillists, so if you're interested in learning more about BLTS and
the braille transcription course, please call 608-233-0222 or email office@bltsinc.org
Braille Library & Transcribing Services, Inc. is a Madison-based non-profit Wisconsin (USA) corporation dedicated to providing print materials in braille or on audio cassette. Our philosophy is that everyone should have the opportunity to read. BLTS serves visually- or print-impaired persons regardless of age, race, religion, sex, or national origin.
This page was last updated on February 25th, 2020.