Reading For The Blind Chicago

The chicago lighthouse the chicago lighthouse is a world renowned social service organization serving the blind visually impaired disabled and veteran communities with comprehensive vision care and support services.

Reading for the blind chicago.

Clients bring in a broad range of materials to be read including textbooks novels legal transcripts recipes and routine mail. Due to the circumstances related to covid 19 we are currently not able to utilize volunteers at this time. Directory of producers of accessible reading materials may list other organizations that use volunteer narrators. In 2018 blind service association bsa volunteers helped over 150 clients read more than 12 000 hours of material at six separate sites in the chicago area.

In 2018 2019 bsa volunteers read more than 12 000 hours of material for visually impaired clients at six separate sites in the chicago area. Production studios awarded nls contracts generally recruit and hire professionals highly skilled in the art of audiobook narration. Recording for the blind dyslexic is now learning ally. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who donate their time and skills to help us meet the needs of the people we serve.

Bsa provides reading services to any visually impaired chicago area resident who is either a 1 highschool senior or 2 an adult 18 years of age or older. Every week throughout the year dedicated and talented volunteers gather together to prepare and produce over six hours of audio recording for the west valley talking news. For volunteer opportunities in chicago look us up under chicago loop studio of learning ally on volunteer match or call 312 236 8715. Recorded recreational reading for the blind rrrb serves the sight challenged throughout the west valley of maricopa county arizona.

Currently nls has recording contracts with american printing house for the blind potomac talking. Gwendolyn brooks building 300 s.