Braille and Talking Book Library Services

Welcome to the Association for the Blind of Western Australia - Guide Dogs Western Australia's Braille and Talking Book Library services website. We make materials and resources accessible to people who need them in print-alternative formats, including audio, large print and Braille.

To find out more about our organisation and what we do, visit our main website

We are engaged in a joint, long-term library project with the State Library of Western Australia called Beyond Books, Beyond Barriers. This project is working towards giving access to online library resources, in audio format, to people with a print disability and the broader community. As part of this project our collection of books on cassette is being changed into digital downloadable audio book files. The current number of titles which can be produced in alternate formats is 66233

To enrol for download delivery only of talking books from our library please use our Enrolment Form. There is no cost for using the download service.

Our Accessible Media Access Centre converts computer files, printed books and other materials, or existing recordings including analogue tapes into Braille or the DAISY digital talking book format.

We also offer access to Bookshare, a service providing readers with a print disability access to a wide range of titles in DAISY, text only format and Braille.

Beyond Books Beyond Barriers (library) | Alternative Media Production | Bookshare Australia

Magazines

Ensign Magazine
The Friend Magazine
New Era Magazine
Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind
Masonic Bulletin
Canadian Braille Monitor

Resources

Links to free or low cost DAISY playback software.

Scriptures a collection of Scriptures from various faith traditions in DAISY digital talking book format.

Project Gutenberg MARC Records