Talking Books Program

Talking Book Program info: www.tsl.texas.gov/tbp

The Lake Dallas Public Library is proud to be a demonstration library for the Talking Books Program!

The Talking Book Program (TBP) provides free library services to qualifying Texans with visual, physical, or reading disabilities. TBP is part of the National Library Service to the Blind and Print Disabled, a program administered by the Library of Congress. The TBP collection consists of more than 100,000 titles, including hundreds of titles in Spanish, and some in French, German, Russian, and other languages.

For more information, visit https://www.tsl.texas.gov/tbp or stop by the library for a demonstration!

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The Talking Book Program (TBP) provides free library services for Texans of any age who are blind or have a visual, physical, or reading disability:  

  • An individual who is blind.
  • An individual who has a visual impairment that makes them unable to comfortably read standard print books.
  • An individual who has a physical disability that makes it hard to hold or manipulate a book or to focus or move the eyes as needed to read a print book.  
  • An individual who has a perceptual or reading disability.

Registered TBP patrons may borrow books and magazines in digital audio, Braille, and large print.

Materials and playback machines are mailed to your door, completely free of charge—you do not have to pay for postage when you return them. Eligible Texas residents who cannot read standard print material in the usual manner can complete an application and return it by mail. TBP will call you to set up an account after the application is approved.