Talking Book and Braille Service
The Nebraska Library Commission's Talking Book and Braille Service is part of a nationwide network of cooperating libraries headed by the National Library Service (NLS), a division of the
Library of Congress.
The Talking Book and Braille Service (TBBS) provides free books and magazines on cassette,
on digital cartridge, and in Braille to individuals with a
visual or physical condition or a
reading disability which limits use of regular print. Our transition to digital books and players continues to increase weekly.
In our in-house sound studios, we also record and produce audiobooks and audio-magazines from either Nebraska and regional authors or about Nebraska and the Great Plains. The recordings from our Nebraska Collection are made available for loan to our patrons.
Our collection of books and magazines is similar to those
found in a public library. Special cassette and digital playback equipment is also provided free of charge. Our
Descriptive Video Collection offers audio description of the visual elements of movie and Public Television program videos and DVDs.
Books, magazines, videos, and players are mailed to and from our library postage-free.
This service is available to
individuals, as well as
schools and other
facilities, such as
nursing homes, hospitals and senior citizen centers.
In addition to the free services mentioned above, we provide
audio production,
audio tape duplication,
audio tape to digital file conversion, and
Braille embossing to nonprofit organizations and governmental
agencies.