New York State Talking Book and Braille Library 
Founded 1896

The New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) serves people of all ages in New York's upstate 55 counties with recorded and braille books. TBBL serves over 1,700 schools and 16,000 students, as well as thousands of adults. TBBL is the public library for people who can't see print, or hold a book, or turn its pages.

Talking and Braille Books for all ages:

• A free library service for residents of New York who can’t use standard print owing to a physical, visual or reading disability
• Service to individuals, schools, college, and institutions
• Nearly 41,000 eligible New Yorkers already registered and getting books
• Over 68,000 titles, fiction and non-fiction, in braille, or on cassette
• A new digital format coming in 2008
• Loan of special playback equipment at no charge
• Over 70 magazines available in special format
• Free book catalogs in large print, braille, or recorded format
• Toll-free line for information and book requests: 800-342-3688

Contact Information

New York State Talking Book and Braille Library

Cultural Education Center
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12230
Tele.800-342-3688; or 518-474-5935
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/tbbl/

tbbl@mail.nysed.gov (Adult Services)

tbblkids@mail.nysed.gov  (Youth Services)

Down state readers (NYC, Nassau, & Suffolk) should contact:
Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library    http://www.talkingbook.nypl.org