Free braille and audiobooks by download or by mail.
Great Lakes Talking Books in Marquette, Michigan is part of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) which provides a free braille and talking book library service, circulating books and magazines in braille or audio formats that are instantly downloadable to a personal device by way of the BARD Mobile app, or equipment and digital audio cartridges are delivered by USPS mail free of charge.
Apply for our audiobook service: Certifying Authorities may submit applications online. Don't know if you are a Certifying Authority? Everyone else - view and print the application in English or Spanish. Or call 906-228-7697 ext. 0 or Toll Free 1-800-562-8985, ext. 0 to apply over the phone.
Eligibility: Individuals (all ages) who are blind or have a visual impairment that makes them unable to comfortably read print books, have a perceptual or reading disability, or have a physical disability that makes it hard to hold or manipulate a book or to focus or move the eyes as needed to read a print book.
Service Area: All counties in the UP and Alpena and Crawford county in the lower peninsula.
Order Books: Review the latest issue of Talking Book Topics and order books online.
Recent Event: Linda Lieburn: My Vision Loss Journey, Recorded on October 6th, 2022.
Dial A Story Programs: Macomb Library for the Blind and Print Disabled - Call the Story Phone for Grown-Ups at 586-226-5006 to hear short stories, poems, excerpts and more. Press 4 to hear the grown-up option as stories for children are also included. Options change weekly and are read by our storytelling team. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Standard charges apply. A Toll Free number is not available. Muskegon Library for the Visually & Physically Disabled - Call Phone-A-Story at 231-685-0100. Standard charges apply. A Toll Free number is not available.
Newsletter: Read the Summer 2022 Newsletter or Listen to the Newsletter.
Contact: Tonia Bickford,1615 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette, MI 49855, tb@greatlakestalkingbooks.org, 906-228-7697, ext. 0, Toll Free 1-800-562-8985, ext. 0. If you need help and are unable to reach us, please call the Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL) at 800-992-9012.
General Program Information (English)
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