All services are free of charge. The Xavier Society for the Blind maintains a lending library of religious and inspiration material in large print, Braille, and on cassette. The Jewish Braille Institute Library consists of thousands of books of Jewish interest on cassette, in Braille and in large print which are available to anyone who is blind, visually impaired, physically or learning disabled. Large print, books in Braille, and recorded books in English, Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish, Hungarian, Romanian, and Polish. Specialized playback equipment is required.
All services are free of charge.
The Jewish Guild for the Blind's Cassette Library offers tape recordings of best-selling books in 28 subject categories for the blind, visually impaired and disabled persons throughout the world. Its catalog currently lists more than 1,500 titles. A wide variety of bibles and scriptures are available on the Internet including numerous versions, translations, and styles of presentation. The Revised Standard Version, the King James Version, and Jerome's Vulgate versions, as well as the Koran and Book of Mormon are also available from the University of Michigan. Descriptive lists of these books are available and postage-paid return envelopes accompany deliveries.