This free service is offered through the Library of Congress to anyone who is visually impaired or physically disabled and would enjoy it or benefit from it. It includes a record player or tape player loaned without charge and records or tapes on which magazines and books are recorded. Selections are made by the recipient and sent and returned free of charge through the mails. Other aids may accompany the service such as earphones, pillow phones, or remote controls. Current catalogues do not list all titles since this would be too costly and unmanageable.
Religious texts are available.
Many foreign titles are available. There is an especially good supply in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and German. Special timepieces with raised markings and open faces, appliances that are adapted with raised dial markings, and other simple devices that are especially useful to those who are visually impaired. These may be purchased directly from the American Foundation for the Blind, the Carroll Center, and Massachusetts Association for the Blind. Addresses are at the back of this booklet.