Libraries for the Blind and Print Disabled

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Bookshare: Bookshare provides accessible books and periodicals for people with print disabilites including people with visual impairments, physical disabilities and learning disabilities.
Learning Ally: Accessible materials for individuals with visual and learning disabilities.
Chart Comparing NLS, Bookshare, Learning Ally
Read Easily: A digital library designed to provide an adaptive reading experience
Project Gutenberg: Offers over 40,000 free ebooks.
Internet Archive: Source for accessible titles from a wide range of collections.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Offers several FREE e-versions, including volunteer-read audio, of classic works of the Christian church, with links to other commercial versions as well.
JBI International: Formerly the Jewish Braille Institute, offers audio and braille materials on Jewish history, Jewish authors, Judaism, and the Holocaust.
Xavier Society for the Blind: The National Catholic Lending Library for the Blind.
Audio Description Project of the American Council of the Blind: Lists which commercially available DVDs are audio-described.
American Printing House for the Blind: Braille and large print, tactile graphics, audio magazines, APHont typeface designed for low vision. Also, guidelines for producing accessible media.

National Association of Guide Dog Users: Provides assistance to the guide dog community.
Seeingeye: “A philanthropic organization whose mission is: To enhance the independence, dignity, and self-confidence of blind people through the use of Seeing Eye® dogs.”
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Guide Dogs of America
Guide Dog Foundation
Assistance Dogs International