B7- Braille Producers in Europe These braille producers have their own web pages. A2I Transcription Services Ltd. 139a Whiteladies Road, Clifton Bristol Avon BS8 2NR +44 117-973-6013 (same number for fax on request) v info@a2i.co.uk a major producer of braille, large print, tape and disk formats Janice Holmes; Access to Information & Reading Services The Central Library, Prince Consort Road Gateshead Tyne & Weir NE8 4LN +44 191-433-8540 v +44 191-477-7852 f airs@gateshead.gov.uk Adept Trnscription Ltd. 6 Leck House, Lake Street Leighton Buzzard LU7 1TQ +44 1525-373964 v +44 1525-850030 f transcription@adapt-uk.org produces and distributes braille, large print, audi, and other alternative formats. Direct ordering Paul Hopkins; All Formats, Queen Alexandra College Court Oak Rd Harborne Birmingham W. Midlands B17 9TG +44 121 428 5018 v +44 121 428 5048 f allformats@qac.ac.uk
ASSOCIATION (LES DOIGTS QUI REVENT) 11 bis rue Novalles 21240 Talant France +33 3 80 59 22 88 v ldqr@aol.com text for children ASSOCIATION ECHIQUEENNE POUR LES AVEUGLES (AEPA) 358 route de Combalat 07340 Felines France +33 4 75 34 81 84 or +33 1 69 92 77 55 v ebrec@wanadoo.fr a wide variety of informal publications 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 mailbox@abwa.asn.au David Brown; Blind Site Ltd. 2 Granville Road Southport PR8 2HU +44 8456 129 921 v +44 1704 551440 f info@blindsite.net braille and tactile graphics, including pie charts and graphs, 24 hour turnaround in most cases John Smith; Braille Transcan 15 Lindley Street, Castlefields Shrewsbury Shopshire SY1 2JZ +44 174-335-0926 v joh_smith@yahoo.co.uk Standard English grade 2, some Languages and Music Braille, charges on application
PF & CJ Anderson; Braille Transcription UK Ltd P.O. Box 2386 Newcastle Un Lyme Straff. ST5 8XB +44 178-256-3383 v +44 178-287-0716 f enquiries@brailletranscriptionuk.co.uk, leaflets, booklets, menus, brochures, phone bills, press-releases, etc. Bundes-Blindenerziehungstitut Wittelsbachstrasse 5 A 1020 Wien Austria +43 222-728 0483 x 18 v +43 222-218 3561 f braille printing house Steve Nutt; Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Herts. SG1 4PW +44 143-874-2286, mobile 795-633-4938 v +44 143-875-9589 f Steve@comproom.co.uk Deborah Newton; Derbyshire Centre for Integrated Living Park Road Ripley Derbyshire DE5 3EF +44 177-374-0246 v +44 177-357-0185 f debbie@dcil.org.uk, free to local blind persons Maurice Press; Disability Resource Team, Transcription Service 2nd floor, 6 Park Road Teddington Middlesex TW11 0AA +44 208-943-0022 v +44 208-943-5162 f info@disabilityresourceteam.com, competitive rates, quick turnaround
FSB Enterprises Wilson Avenue Kircaldy Fife KY2 5EF +44 1592-412666 v +44 1592-412888 f info@fsbinsight.co.uk transcription of print into braille, Large print, CD, audio tape, and tactile diagrams Alison Roberts; Gwasg Pia cyf Victoria Street Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3YT +44 870-321-6450 v +44 870-321-6451 f post@pia.co.uk Sharon Williams; Gwasg Pia cyf Victoria Street Cwmbran Cardiff NP44 3YT +44 1633-488000 v +44 1222-301019 f post@pia.co.uk braille producer as well as a maker of a braille translator. Frances Gooding; Henshaw's Society for Blind People John Derby House, 88-92 Talbot Rd Old Trafford Manchester M16 OGS +44 161-872-1234 v +44 161-848-9889 f info@hsbp.co.uk, blind persons charged for materials only Monique Truquet; Le Centre de Transcription et d'edition en Braille 3 bis, rue du General Hoche 31200 Toulouse France +33 5-61-57-95-89 v +33 5-61-47-36-62 f cteb@wanadoo.fr Major braille transcription center in France, founded by the developer of the first translation program for French braille; currently has 8 employees, does 3600 bank statements per month,
50 novels per year, some newspapers, and various work documents Ray Dawson; MagRay Document Service 178 Castle Rd. Northolt Middlesex UB5 4SG +44 181-864-7208 v ray@magray.co.uk Sarah Home; National Library for the Blind Far Cromwell Road, Bredbury Stockport Cheshire SK6 2SG +44 161-355-2000 v +44 161-355-2098 f enquiries@nlbuk.org Business Liason Team; RNIB Transcription Dept PO Box 173 Peterborough Cambs. PE2 6WS +44 173-337-5370 v +44 173-337-5379 f businesslink@rnib.org.uk Contract services, free to visually impaired individuals Steward Connell; Scottish Braille Press Craigmillar Park Edinburgh Midlothian EH16 5NB +44 131-662-4445 v +44 131-662-1968 f info.sbp@royalblind.org charges on application Stephen Roberts; St. Vincent's School for Blind Children Yew Tree Lane, West Derby Liverpool Merseyside L12 9HN +44 151-228-9968 v +44 151-228-5266 f office@stvin.com
George Bell; Techno-Vision Systems Ltd 76 Bunting Road Ind. Est. Northampton Northants. NN2 6EE +44 160-479-2777 v +44 160-479-2776 f info@techno-vision.co.uk major braille producer in the Centre Manager; Teesside & District Society for the Blind Stockton Rd Middlesbrough S. Yorks. TS5 4AH +44 164-224-7518 v +44 146-265-4030 f ronaaston_teessideblind@hotmail.com Charges on application Paul Wood; Torch Trust Torch House, Torch Way, Northampton Rd Market Harborough Leics. LE16 9HL +44 185-843-8260 v +44 185-843-8275 f paulw@torchtrust.org Christian literature only UK Association of Braille Producers 20 Winterbourne Road Solihull W Midlands B91 1LU info@ukabp.org The national support organization for braille transcribers Elaine Curran; Viper VIP Services KMC, Huddersfield Library Princess Alexandra Walk Huddersfield W. Yorks. HD1 2SU +44 148-442-1955 v +44 148-422-1952 f hudlib.viperser@kirklees.gov.uk Discounts. Charge for postage and packing.
Duncan Tranter; Vision Support Trading Beech House, Parkway West, Sealand Road Chester Cheshire CH1 5RJ +44 124-465-1900 v +44 124-465-1909 f dtranter@vstrading.com.uk Mrs W Batchelor; Voluntary Transcribers Group 8 Segbourne Road, Rubery Birmingham W. Midlands B45 9SX +44 121-453-4268 v +44 870-122-8613 f braille@vtg.org.uk no charges Mike Flood; Waltham Forest Transcription Service Unit 50, Upland Business Park, Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow London E17 5QJ +44 208-496-3890 v +44 208-496-3301 f mike.flood@walthamforest.gov.uk, discounts to local blind persons http://www.duxburysystems.com/brlweb.asp