Talking Book and Braille Center

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Thanks to a grant from the Assistive Technology Advocacy Center of Disability Rights of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center has purchased Victor Reader Stream players for a pilot program to lend the players to TBBC patrons ages 21 and under.

On Friday, May 14, young customers of the New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center and their parents got an up-close circus experience on a visit to the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus at the Sun Center, Trenton. During the Blind Touch Tour, the children met the performers, petted the animals, juggled with the clowns, and played with some larger-than-life props.

Do you have our new Digital Talking Book Player? If not, call the library at 800-792-8322! We have Digital Talking Books on cartridge that we can send you. Or, if you have access to the Internet and a blank thumbdrive, you can download books to a thumbdrive and listen to them on your new Digital Talking Book Player.

Blind Race Car Drivers at the New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center Fall Festival. At NJSL TBBC's 2009 Fall Festival on October 3, there was an opportunity for blind and handicapped people to get behind the wheel of a racing car and feel the thrill of driving.

One of the things that we here at the library do is leave the library! We go out for many different reasons; to visit libraries; to make presentations on the library so that people know what we have; to promote the library at different events.

Sixteen-year old Shafeka Hashash of New Milford, New Jersey, was honored at “Covering the Bases, a Night Out with the Trenton Thunder.” Hosted by the New Jersey Department of Human Services’ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Trenton Thunder Baseball Team, the event promoted full community inclusion and awareness of the potential and achievements of individuals who are blind

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Are you a parent of a TBBC patron? Do you want to get text messages with updates about the Library? Be the first to find out about new books, programs and news from the NJSL Talking Book and Braille Center. Get text reminders to keep you informed. Text TBBCPRT to 51684. You’ll receive up to 2 text messages per week. Standard message charges apply according to your carrier rate plan.

Our new name is New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center.