Braille Producers - Outside the United States
This is a list of overseas Braille producers, sorted by country and postal code
Australia
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
557 St Kilda Road
Melbourne ACT
Australia
+61-3-529-3544 v
+61-3-510-4735 f
Australian Working Group, Mapping Science Institute
c/o Flexigraphics, Shepherd Street
2008 Chippendale NSW
Australia
+61-2-9319 1034 v
volunteer group producing graphics and maps
Lee Gray; North Rocks School for the Blind
P.O. Box 33
2118 Carlingford NSW
Australia
braille production at a school for the blind (translation)
361-365 North Rocks Road
2151 North Rocks NSW
Australia
+61 2-871-1233 v
+61 2-873-1614 f
braille transcription
Braille and Talking Book Library
31-51 Commercial Road
3141 South Yarra Victoria
Australia
Queensland Braille Writing Association
Braille House, 507 Ipswitch Road
4103 Annerley QLD
Australia
+61 7-848-5257 v
some braille transcription
PO Box 1855; 230 Pirie Street
5001 Adelaide SA
Australia
+61 8-223-6222 v
+61 8-223-7836 f
Braille Unit at Seaview High School
Seaconbe Rd. Seaconbe Heights
5047 Adelaide SA
Australia
+61 8-296-8833 v
Helen Sutton; Townsend School
Smith Avenue
5048 Hove SA
Australia
+61 8-298-5055 v
+61 8-377-0785 f
braille production at a school for the blind (translation)
David Gribble; Association for the Blind of Western Australia
16 Sunbury Road
6100 Victoria Park WA
Australia
+61 9-311-8202 v
+61 9-361-8696 f
ABWA@OZEMAIL.COM.AU
Austria
Bundes-Blindenerziehungstitut
Wittelsbachstrasse 5
A 1020 Wien
Austria
+43 222-728 0483 x 18 v
+43 222-218 3561 f
braille printing house
Blindenerziehungsinstitut
Wittelsbachstrasse 5
A-1200 Vienna
Austria
+43 1-728 0483 v
+43 1-728 35621 f
braille printing house
Bangladesh
Assistance for Blind Children
167 Green Rd. Post Box 5082
1205 Dhaka
Bangladesh
+880 2-316079 v
+880 2-819320 f
Belgium
Stievenart; Les Amis des Aveugles
Rue de la Barriere 37
7410 Ghlin
Belgium
+32 65-3511331 v
braille transcription department
Ligue Braille - Inst. Nationale pour le Bien des Aveugles
57 Rue d'Angleterre
B-1060 Brussels
Belgium
+32 2-533 3211 v
+32 2-537 6426 f
braille production facility
Belize
BCVI Belize Council for the Visually Impaired
1 Gabourel Lane, PO Box 413
Belize City
Belize
+501 2-77776 v
+501 2-32907 f
Brazil
Fundacao para o Livro do Cego no Brasil
Rua dr Diogo de Faria 558, Vila Clementino
04037 Sao Paulo SP
Brazil
+55 11-5490611 v
Bulgaria
Central Union of Blind
172 Naicho Zanov St
1309 Sofia
Bulgaria
+359 2-2191/211861 v
+359 2-220018 f
Canada
Sheryl Ruckert; Manitoba Education
Canada
204 774-5421 v
Sir Frederick Fraser School Atlantic Provinces Special Ed Authority
5940 South Street
Halifax NS B3H 1S6
Canada
902-424-8500 v
902-424-0543 f
110 51 Rue Est
Charlesbourg Quebec G1H 2J9
Canada
418-624-2105 v
418-624-0994 f
jcote@braillejymico.ca
Maria de Rege; Montreal Assoc ft Blind, Braille dept.
7000 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal PQ H4B 1R3
Canada
514-489-3477 v
514-489-3477 f
Serves English speaking population of Quebec; literary, textbooks, math, uncontracted foreign languages. (translation)
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille
1111 St. Charels West
Longueuil PQ J4K 5G4
Canada
Canada list
29 Indian Road
Nepean Ont K2G 1N7
Canada
800-563-0668 v
613-224-3480 f
markj@access2020.com
for pay, very knowledgeable with electronic systems; disk/cassette labels, braille business cards, as weel as documents (translation)
Christian Record Services
1300 King Street, Suite 119
Oshawa ON L1H 8N9
Canada
416-436-6938 v
Christian Blind Mission International
P.O. Box 800
Stouffville ON L4A 7Z9
Canada
416-640-6464 v
Hollywood Public Schools
360 Hollywood Ave
North York ON M2N 3L4
Canada
416-395-2560 v
416-395-4485 f
1929 Bayview Ave
Toronto ON M4G 3E8
Canada
416-480-7674 v
416-480-7700 f
flamers@lib.cnib.ca
250 Davisville Ave #205
Toronto Ontario M4S 1H2
Canada
888-480-0000 or 416-489-6690 v
416-489-6693 f
sales@frontiercomputing.on.ca
for pay, transcribe from print or from disk 'Braille Express Service'
PAL Reading Services
252 Bloor Street West, Suite 12-105
Toronto ON M5S 1V6
Canada
416-960-1177 v
People Helping People
183 Catherine Avenue
Brantford Ont N3T 1Z1
Canada
Canada list
Aimee Todd; W Ross Macdonald School
350 Brant Ave
Brantford ONT N3T 3J9
Canada
519 759-0730 v
519-759-4741 f
Serve all of Canada (translation)
Bruce Toews;
208-243 Queen Street
Winnipeg MB R3J 3V4
Canada
bruce@cyberspc.mb.ca
for pay, all checked by a certified braille proofreader
Spec Ed Branch, Sask Dept of Ed
2220 College Avenue, Seveth Floor
Regina SK S4P 3V7
Canada
Canada list
CNIB, Alberta NWT Division
12010 Jasper Ave
Edmonton AB T5K 0P3
Canada
403-488-4871 v
CNIB is the largest blindness organization in Canada
Alberta Education/MRGN (Braille Production)
10053 111 Street, 1st floor Edwards Building
Edmonton Alb T5K 2H8
Canada
Canada list
12360 142 ST NW
Edmonton AB T5L 4X9
Canada
403-427-4681 v
403-427-6683 f
imiller@edc.gov.ab.ca
for pay organization; serve students through 12th grade, preschool, twin-vision, Nemeth, foreign language, literary, textbook. (translation)
Inez Larson;
211 Lee Ridge Rd.
Edmonton AB T6K 0N1
Canada
403-473-5616 v
403-478-7037 f
ilarson@epsb.edmonton.ab.ca
individual transcriber, I do textbooks, TwinVision books for kids, I do math. [6-key]
Charles Crane Memorial Library University of British Columbia
1874 East Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1
Canada
604-822-6111 v
604-822-6113 f
China
Beijing Braille Publishing House
109 Lu Gou Qiao
Beijing
China
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
248 Cheong St
Kowloon Hong Kong
China
+852 2778-8332 v
+852 2788-0040 f
Croatia
Hrvatski Savez Slijepih
Draskoviceva 80, POB 736
Sagreb 40001
Croatia
+385 41-431039 v
+385 41-431039 f
Denmark
Dansk Blindesamfund
Thoravej 35
Copenhagen NV
Denmark
+45 38-198844 v
+45 38-331137 f
Refsnaesskolen, Institut for Blinde
Kystvejen 112
Dk4400 Kalundborg
Denmark
+45 5351 3300 v
+45 5351 4921 f
Fiji
Fiji Society for the Blind
Nanuku St, PO Box 521
Suva
Fiji
+679 382966/382318/382020 v
+679 303224 f
Finland
Nakaovammaisten Keskuslitto ry./Synskadades Centralforbund
Makelankatu 50
SF-00510 Helsinki
Finland
+358 9876-8166 v
+358 9876-8299 f
braille printing house
France
Groupement des Intellectuels Aveugles ou Amblyopes
5 Ave Daniel-Lesueur
75007 Paris
France
+33 1-45066 0707 v
AVH (Assoc. Valentin Huay pour le Bien des Aveugles
5 rue Duroc
75343 Paris Dedox 07
France
+33 1-44 492727 v
+33 1-44 492710 f
Germany
Verein zur Forderung der Blindenbildung gegr 1876 eV
Bleekstrasse 26
D-30559 Hannover
Germany
+49 511-954650 v
+49 511-9546580 f
Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt eV
PO Box 1160, Am Schlag 8
D-35037 Marburg
Germany
+49 6421-6060 v
+49 6421-606229 f
Deutsches Katholisches Blindenwerk eV
Echstrasse 12
D-52351 Duren
Germany
+49 242-151155 v
+49 242-151184 f
Greece
Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece
17 Athinas St
17673 Athens Kallithea
Greece
+30 1-941 5222 v
+30 1-941 5271 f
Hungary
Magyar Vakok es Gyengrenlatok Orzagos Szovetsege
Hermina ut 47
H-1146 Budapest
Hungary
+36 1-227028 v
+36 1-227028 f
braille printing house
India
Blind Relief Assoc.
Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg (near Hotel Oboroi)
110003 New Delhi
India
+91 11-436 1376 v
Rashtriya Drishtibaditarth Sansthan Bharat
116 Rajpur Rd
248 001 Dehradun
India
+91 135-24491 v
+95 135-29944 f
Blind Men's Association
Dr Vikram Sarabhai Rd. Vastrapur
380 015 Ahmedebad Gujarat
India
+91 79-440082 v
+91 79-448106 f
National Assoc for the Blind
11 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Rd Worli Seaface
400 025 Bombay
India
+91 22-493 5370 v
+91 22-493 2539 f
Society for the Visually Handicapped
Apt 1B,12 Dover Rd.
700 019 Calcutta W. Bengal
India
+91 33-475 9581 v
+91 33-243 0787 f
B.K. Rath; Braille Press Project
City Hospital Road
760001 Berhampier Orissa
India
Ireland
Arbour Hill Prison
Braille Unit
7 Dublin
Ireland
+44 1671 9333 v
+44 1679 9518 f
English and Irish language braille production
Israel
National Society for the Visually Handicapped
PO Box 19924
Jerusalem
Israel
+972 2 x833 841 v
Central Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired
4 Hahistadruth St.
42441 Nathanya
Israel
+972 9 861 7874 v
+972 9 862 6346 f
clfblind@inter.net.il
Italy
Unione Italiana Ciechi
Via Borgognona 38
I-00187 Rome
Italy
+39 6-699 40750 v
+39 6-678 6815 f
Biblioteca Itasliana per i Chiechi
CP 285
I-20152 Monza Mi
Italy
+39 39-367646 v
+39 39-380429 f
Stamperia Braille
Regione Toscana, Via Aurelio Nicolodi 2
I-50131 Firenze
Italy
+39-55-571844 v
+39-55-574753 f
Japan
Japan Federation of the Blind
1-10-33 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku
169 Tokyo
Japan
+81 3-200 0011 v
+81 3-200 7755 f
Latvia
Latvijas Neredzigo Biedriba
14/1 Pales St.
LV-1024 Riga
Latvia
+7 132 532607 v
+7 132-532542 f
Malaysia
Sekolah dan Asrama St. Nicholas
Locked Bag No3032 (4 Bagam Jermal Rd)
10990 Penang
Malaysia
+60 4-365911/373294 v
Netherlands
Studie en Vakbibliotheek voor Visueel en Anderszins
Molenpad 2
1016 GM Amsterdam
Netherlands
+31 20-626 6465 v
+31 20-620 8459 f
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
39 George Street, Private Bag 99941
1 Newmarket Auckland
New Zealand
+64 9-309-6333 v
+64 9-366-0099 f
braille production
Panama
Escuela de Ciegos Helen Keller
Apartado 11349
Panama City 6
Panama
+507 613441 v
Poland
Dept. of English Language Teaching Typhomethodology
Catholic Univ. of Lublin, Al Raclawickie 14
20-950 Lublin
Poland
+48 81-302229 v
+48 81-32572 f
Saudi Arabia
General Secretariat for Special Education
Education of the Blind, Ministry of Education
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
+966 1-404 6666/1311 v
Slovenia
Zveza Drustev Slepih in Slabovidnih Slovenije
Groharjeva 2
61000 Ljublijana
Slovenia
+386 61-213473 v
+386 61-214226 f
South Africa
SA Blind Workers Organization
PO Box 45129
2108 Mayfair
South Africa
+27 11-8391793 v
+27 11-8391217 f
Spain
Organizacion Nacional de Ciegos Epanoles (ONCE)
Jose Ortega y Gasset 18
28006 Madrid
Spain
+34-91-614-5213 v
+34-91-613-2220 f
large scale braille production
Sweden
Synskadades Riksforbund
Sandsborgvagen 52
S-12288 Enskede
Sweden
+46 8-399 000 v
+46 8-399 177 f
SIH Laromedel
Gardswagen 7
S-17152 Solna
Sweden
+46 8-705 9710 v
+46 8-705 9730 f
Switzerland
Simone Muhlemann; SBS -- Braille Press Zurich
Albisriederstrasse 399/400
CH-8047 Zurich
Switzerland
+41 1-491-25-55 v
+41 1-492-64-75 f
braillepress@sbszh.ch
Braille transcriptions, large print, graphics
Taiwan
Committee for the Blind of Taiwan
PO Box 10, Hsin Chuan
Tapei Hsien
Taiwan
+886 2-998 5588 v
+886 2-996 3306 f
Thailand
Christian Foundation for the Blind
PO Box 88
40 000 Khon Kaen
Thailand
+66 43-239 489 v
+66 43-243 448 f
United Kingdom
Braille Instruc; Trandat Services
39 Lea Road
Harpenden Herts AL54PQ
United Kingdom
+44 1582 767410 v
+44 1582 767410 f
Court Oak Rd Harborne
Birmingham B179TG
United Kingdom
+44 121 428 5018 v
+44 121 428 5048 f
enquiries@qac.ac.uk
A2I Transcription Services, Disaboility West Midlands
Prospect Hall, College Walk, Bristol Road
Birmingham B29 6LE
United Kingdom
+44-121-414-1616 v
+44-121-414-007 f
a major producer of braille, large print, tape and disk formats
Mrs W Batchelor; Voluntary Transcribers Group
8 Segbourne Road, Rubery
Birmingham B45 9SX
United Kingdom
+44 121-453-4268 v
no charges
Access to print, Central Library
Princes Way
Bradford BD1 1NN
United Kingdom
+44 1274-754681 v
+44 1274-395108 f
for pay
Jenni Fortescue;
3 King Dick Lane
St. George Bristol BS58HN
United Kingdom
+44 117 955 7992 v
Discounts available
102 Bute Street
Cardiff Bay CF1 6AD
United Kingdom
+44 1222-301000 v
+44 1222-301019 f
publishing@pia.co.uk
for pay
Chester, Cheshire & Clwyd Society for the Blind
Vision Resource Centre, 67 Liverpool Road
Chester CH2 1AP
United Kingdom
+44 1244-382222 v
+44 1244-377482 f
for pay
David Lee;
51 Farnway, Darkey Abbey
Derby DE22 2BQ
United Kingdom
+44 1332-559172 v
short documents, for pay
David Guy; Derbyshire Centre for Integrated Living
Long Close
Ripley Derbysh. DE5 3HY
United Kingdom
+44 1773-740246 v
+44 1773-570185 f
for pay, free to local blind persons
Martin Freshwater;
34 Settles St.
London E1 1JP
United Kingdom
+44 171 247 2414 v
Blind Spot Ltd
Priors House, 5-15 Beaumont Road, Paistow
London E13 8RJ
United Kingdom
+44 181-472-9655 v
+44 181-472-9691 f
for pay
Waltham Forest Transcription Service
Town Hall, Forest Road, Walthamstow
London E17 4JF
United Kingdom
+44 181-527-5544 ext. 4854 v
+44 181-503-3988 f
for pay, discounts to local blind persons
Braille Instr.; H.M. Prison Dartmoor
33 Stenhouse Road
Edinburgh EH11 3LN
United Kingdom
+44 131-444-3000 v
+44 131-444-3045 f
no charge
Jake Adams; Scottish Braille Press
Craigmillar Park
Edinburgh EH16 5NB
United Kingdom
+44 131-662-4445 v
+44 131-662-1968 f
rcs78@dial.pipex.com
charges on application (e-mail might be shared with other uses)
Braille Instruc.; Lisa Jane Redford Enterprises
Park 5 Top Fl. Brdley Hse Harrier Way
Sowton Exeter EX27HU
United Kingdom
+44 1392 445488 v
+44 1392 445488 f
Braille Instruc.; Huddersfield Library
Princess Alexandra Walk
Huddersfield HD12SU
United Kingdom
+44 1484 424959 v
+44 1484 531983 f
Discounts. Charge for postage and packing.
Braille Instruc; Speedwell Transcribing Service
2 Haines Close
Aylesbury Bucks HP193TS
United Kingdom
+44 1296 29529 v
Discounts
Braille Instr.; H.M. Young Offenders Institution Aylebury
17 Bierton Road
Aylesbury Bucks. HP20 1EH
United Kingdom
+44 1296-24435 v
charges for materials only
Braille Instruc; TABS
YPI Bldgs, 83-93 George St
Hull HU1 3EN
United Kingdom
+44 1482 585383 v
Discounts to visually impaired
Braille Instruc.; H.M. Prison Wayland
Thetford Norfolk IP256RL
United Kingdom
+44 1953 882248 v
charge for materials only.
Braille Instruc; St. Vincent's School for the Blind
Yew Tree Lane
Liverpool L12 9HN
United Kingdom
+44 151 228 9968 v
+44 151 252 0216 f
Mike Townsend; Torch Trust
Torch House, Hallaton
Market Harborough Leic. LE16 8UJ
United Kingdom
+44 1858-555301 v
+44 1858-555371 f
materials charge only
Braille Instruc; Mersey Braille
63 Easton Rd New Ferry
Wirral Merryside LL621DW
United Kingdom
+44 151 645 5712 v
Braille & Large Print Services
The Central Library, Calverley Street
Leeds LS1 3AB
United Kingdom
+44 113-247-8262 v
+44 113-247-8268 f
for pay, free to Leeds customers
Braille Instruc.; Leeds Braille Group
27 Nook Rd.
Scholes Leeds LS154AX
United Kingdom
+44 113 273 4283 v
Binding charge only.
Yorkshire Braille Service
49 Sandhill Oval
Leeds LS17 8EF
United Kingdom
+44 113-268-4863 v
charge for materials and expenses only
Elizabeth Percy; Henshaw's Society for the Blind
John Derby House, 88-92 Talbot Rd
Old Trafford M16 OGS
United Kingdom
+44 161-872-1234 v
+44 161-848-9889 f
for pay, blind persons charged for materials only
Braille Instr.; H.M. Prison Maidstone
36 Country Road
Maidstone Kent ME14 1UZ
United Kingdom
+44 1622-755611 v
charges for materials only
Braille Instruc; NOSITE Braille Transcriptn Sve
Wallsend People's Center Frank St
Wallsend NE286RN
United Kingdom
+44 191 263 0005 v
+44 191 295 4691 f
Michael Gray; Braudio Transcriptions
8 Morpeth Terr
North Shields NE29 7AN
United Kingdom
+44 191-258-6324 v
for pay
Access to Information & Reading Services
The Central Library, Prince Consort Road
Gateshead NE8 4LN
United Kingdom
+44 191 477 3478 v
+44 191-477 7454 f
for pay
Braille Bureau
Country West Bridgford
Nottingham NG2 7QP
United Kingdom
+44 115-982-3823 ext 3157 v
+44 115-981-7153 f
for pay, free to blind individuals
Braille Instruc; Rakaso Systems Ltd
PO Box 931
London Ni19XF
United Kingdom
+44 181 446 5555 v
76 Bunting Road Ind. Est.
Northampton NN2 6EE
United Kingdom
+44 1604 792-777 v
+44 1604 792-726 f
info@techno-vision.co.uk
major braille producer in the United Kingdom
Andrew Wade; Scantran Services
PO Box 318
Northampton NN39EY
United Kingdom
Maurice Press; Disability Resource Team, Transcription Service
3rd fl. Bedford House, 125-133 Camden High Street
London NW1 7JR
United Kingdom
+44 171-482-5305 v
+44 171-482-0796 f
for pay
Braille Instruc; Transcription & Copying Service
52 West End
Cholsey OX10 9LW
United Kingdom
+44 1491 651399 v
PO Box 173
Peterborough PE26WS
United Kingdom
+44 1733 370777 v
+44 1733 371555 f
Free to visually impaired
Braille Instruc.; H.M. Prison Perth
3 Edinburgh Rd
Perth PH28AT
United Kingdom
+44 1738 22293 ext 215 v
Charge for materials only.
Lilliman; H.M. Prison Kingston
Milton Road
Portsmouth PO3 6AS
United Kingdom
+44 1705-829561 ext. 269 v
for pay, charges for materials to blind persons
Val Redford;
65 Castle Rd
Newport Isle Wight PO30 1DT
United Kingdom
+44 1983 526503 v
Lin Berwick;
9 Hunter Drive
Hornchurch Essex RM125TP
United Kingdom
+44 1708 477582 v
+441708 477582 f
Julie Smethurst;
79 Duncan RD.
Crookes Sheffield S101SN
United Kingdom
+44 114 268 5405 v
Roy Tysoe; Salvation Army Hostel
122/124 Spa Rd
London SE16
United Kingdom
+44 171 237 1107 v
no charge
77 Exeter Close
Stevenpage Hets SG1 4PW
United Kingdom
+44 1438-742286, mobile 956-334938 v
+44 1438-759589 f
Steve@comproom.demon.co.uk
(translation)
Ruth Bishop; Braille-Tran Services
The Lodge Bungalow, High Street
Baldock Hert SG7 6BL
United Kingdom
+44 1462-892365 v
for pay
Far Cromwell Road
Bredbury Stockport SK6 2SG
United Kingdom
+44 161 355 2000 v
+44 161 355 2098 f
Judith Furse;
23 Masefield Ave. Upper Stratton
Swindon Wilts SN26HT
United Kingdom
+44 1793 644346 v
Discounts available.
D Roy Eklund; Hampshire Braille Transcription Service
10 Crabtree Drive
Southampton SO3 3DX
United Kingdom
+44 1703-477784 v
volunteer, charges for materials/expenses only
Braille Instruc; Quickprint
64 Haddon Dr. Boyatt Wood
Eastleigh Hampshire SO54PF
United Kingdom
+44 1703 616159 v
Donald Rogers; Bexhill Braille Bibles
11 Salvington Crescent
Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 3NP
United Kingdom
+44 1424-222157 v
+44 1424-211242 f
production of braille software and of braille bibles, 17 languages are operational, others under devlopment
Braille Instruc; Teeside & District Society for the Blind
Stockton Rd
Middlesborough TS5 4AH
United Kingdom
+44 1642 247518 v
Charges on application
Windsor Howells;
28 Elizabeth Way
Hanworth Middsx TW13 7PH
United Kingdom
+44 181-890-5669 v
charge for materials only
Guild of Church Braillists
321 Feltham Hill Road
Ashford Middx TW15 1LP
United Kingdom
+44 1784-258040 v
volunteer, no charges
Ray Dawson; MagRay Document Service
178 Castle Rd.
Northolt Middlesex UB54SG
United Kingdom
+44 181 864 7208 v
for pay
Braille Instruc.; H.M. Prison Wakefield
Love Lane
Wakefield W. Yrks WF29AG
United Kingdom
+44 1924 378282 v
charge for materials only - or customers supply one.
Braille Guild
26 Huntsman Way, Badsworth
Pontefract W York. WF9 1BE
United Kingdom
+44 1977-648-882 v
free to local blind persons
Uruguay
Fundacion Braille del Uruguay
Durazno 1772
Montevideo 11.200
Uruguay
+598 2-480618 v
+598 2-400789 f
Union Latinamericana de Ciegos
Durazno 1772
Montevideo 11.200
Uruguay
+598 2-480618 v
+598 2-400789 f
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