Braille Library & Transcribing Services, Inc.

Est. 1971 - Celebrating 50 years of Service

.5% of all Amazon sales to BLTS

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Braille Library & Transcribing Services, Inc.
6501 Watts Rd, Ste. 149
Madison, WI 53719
USA

Phone: 608-233-0222
Fax: 608-233-0249

For general questions email:
office@bltsinc.org

Board of Directors:

Office Staff:

NEWS:

Our most recent "Dear Pearl" newsletter (April 2021)

Braille Adult Fiction/Non-Fiction Books for Sale
We are eliminating books that are seldom used or similar to others to make room for new books in the collection. These slightly used but still readable books are now for sale at the price of $5 per title. The available books are listed below. If you wish to see a more complete description of these books they are listed alphabetically in the Adult Fiction & Adult Non-Fiction catalogs. If you are interested in purchasing any of these books, please contact us at 608-233-0222 or via email at office@bltsinc.org. The deadline for ordering these books is July 1, 2021.

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: 

1. Request transcription
2. On loan from our library
3. 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

3. Price List

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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