Braille Producers - Zip Code Starting with 6

Caffarelli Camille, Horizons for the Blind; 2 North Williams Street, Crystal Lake IL 60014; 815-444-8800 v; email: mail@horizons-blind.org; Some recipies and craft patterns in braille

LICA-NSSEO Vision West; 1855 Mount Prospect Road, Des Plaines IL 60018; 708-803-9444 or 708-803-9455 v

Hadley School for the Blind; 700 Elm Street, Winnetka IL 60093; 847-446-8111 v; 847-446-8153 f; email: info@hadley-school.org; Hadley is the only correspondence school for the blind. They do a lot of braille work. (translation)

Lloyd of Lloyd's; 129 North Lambert Avenue, Glen Ellyn IL 60137

Philip J. Rock Center and School; 818 DuPage Boulevard, Glen Ellyn IL 60137; 708-790-2474 v; 708-790-4893 f

Central Blind Rehabilitation Center; VA Hospital, Hines IL 60141; 312-343-7200 v; (translation)

Drobnick Mary Elllen, South Metropolitan Association for Low-Incidence Handicapped; 800 Governors Highway, P.O. Box 460, Flossmoor IL 60422; 708-957-7100 x251 v; 708-957-5641 f; (translation)

Buntrock Gloria, Naperville Area Transcribers; 25 S. Washington Street, Naperville IL 60540; 630-357-9464 v; 630-357-9464 f; textbooks, children's books, some local menus, math & foreign languages, literary and textbook [certified LOC] (translation)

Butera Denise, Guild for the Blind; 180 North Michigan #1700, Chicago IL 60601; 312-236-8569 v; 312-236-8128 f; mixture of for pay and volunteer; literary [certified LOC] (translation)

Weiner Edith, Johanna Bureau for the Blind; 8 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL 60603; 312-332-6076 v; literary and textbook [certified LOC]

Chicago Public Library, Illinois Regional Lib. f/t Blind; 1055 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago IL 60608; 312-746-9210 v; 312-746-9192 f

Schechter Leonore, Philip H. Cohen Institute for the Visually Handicapped; 5200 South Hyde Park Blvd, Chicago IL 60615; 312-643-9857 v; literary [certified LOC]

Slaughter Elizabeth, Slaughter Enterprises; 8053 S. Phillips, Chicago IL 60617; 773-374-5297 v; source of braille greeting cards, calendars

Peterson Elaine, Braille Transcribers Club of Illinois; 7240 North Overhill Avenue, Chicago IL 60648; 312-774-6638 v; literary and textbook [certified LOC]

Peoriarea Blind People's Center; 2905 West Garden Street, Peoria IL 61605; 309-637-3693 v

Braille Line Inc.; 3901 North Vincent Ave, Peoria Heights IL 61614; 309-686-0855 v; for pay, free price quotes

Div. of Rehab Education; Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 1207 South Oak Street, Champaign IL 61820; 217-333-4604 v; literary and textbook [certified LOC] (translation)

VIP Braille Services; 405 East Tremont Street, Hillsboro IL 62049; 217-532-2207 v; transcription from print or disk, literary braille only

Illinois School for the Visually Impaired; 658 East State Street, Jacksonville IL 62650; 217-479-4400 v; 217-479-4479 f; braille translation at a school for the blind (translation)

Hope School; 50 Hazel Lane, Springfield IL 62703; 217-786-3350 v

Illinois Instructional Materials Center; 3031 Stanton Street, Springfield IL 62703; 217-525-3300 v

Missouri School for the Blind; 3815 Magnolia Ave, St. Louis MO 63110; 314-776-4320 v; 314-776-1875 f; braille translation at a school for the blind (translation)

Schwatz Karen, Miriam No. 17 (united Order True Sisters); 501 Bacon, St Louis MO 63119; literary and textbook [certified LOC]

Strangeland Marcella, Lutheran Library for the Blind; 1333 South Kirkwood Road, St. Louis MO 63122; 314-965-9000 or 800-433-3954 v; 314-965-0959 f; email: IL_RYNEARR@LCMS.ORG; serves everyone; volunteer org with 4 paid staff; music, 40 languages; literary [certified LOC] (translation)

Midwestern Braille Volunteers; 325 North Kirkwood Road, Suite G5, Kirkwood MO 63122; 314-966-5828 v; 314-966-0388 f; email: mbvol@jsbcglobal.net; Braille production for schools, business, and individuals. Literary and textbook [certified LOC] (translation)

Special School District, St. Louis County; 12110 Clayton Road, Town and Country MO 63131; 314-569-8226 v

Blue Springs Special Services Center; 2103 West Vesper, Blue Springs MO 64015; 816-244-1360 v

White Carol, Services to the Blind; The Auditorium; PO Box 1059, Independence MO 64051; 816-833-1000 ex. 1460 v; 816-521-2806 f; combination volunteer and for pay; literary and textbook, foreign languages [certified LOC] (translation)

Low Vision Library, Kansas City Assoc. for the Blind; 311 East 12th Street, Kansas City MO 64106; 816-842-7559 v

Katz Sylvia, Beth Shalom Synagogue Sisterhood; program for the vis. impaired; 9400 Wornall, Kansas City Mo 64114; 816-361-2990 v; volunteer; for Kansas & Missouri; literary and textbook [certified LOC] [uses direct entry software]

Beth Shalom Braille Committee; 12100 Wornall Road, #246, Kansas City MO 64145

Taylor Bob, Kansas School for the Blind; 1100 State Ave, Kansas City KS 66102; 913-281-3308 v; 913-281-3104 f; email: info@kssb.net; Serves students in Kansas. Literary and textbook. (translation)

Kansas City Kansas Community; 7250 State Avenue, Kansas City KS 66112

Laurel Mace 4901 Reinhardt Drive, Shawnee Mission KS 66205-15

Kansas Rehabilitation Center for the Blind; 2516 S.W. Sixth Street, Topeka KS 66606; 913-296-3311 v

Eulert Von, American Red Cross Braille Service; 707 North Main Street, Wichita KS 67203; 316-683-6706 v; email: EULERTV@USA.RED-CROSS.ORG; volunteer group; priority for Kansas student; chemistry, French, Spanish, literary and textbook [certified LOC]

Brauer Laura, ; P.O. Box 8289, Wichita KA 67208; 316-619-4750 v; email: mustangsally999@hotmail.com;

Gleason Gerald, Braille Association of Kansas, Inc; PO Box 1703, Wichita KS 67217; 316-265-6504 v; literary and textbook [certified LOC]

Thomas Walter, Boot Hill Braillist; 1204 Ninth, Dodge City KS 67801; 316-255-4822 v; literary and textbook [certified LOC]

Dodge City Public Schools; 1000 Second Avenue, Dodge City KS 67801

Weisman Anna, Omaha Volunteer Braille Services; 770 N 93rd Street Apt. 5C3, Omaha NE 68114; 402-397-6755 v; volunteer; Omaha area has priority; math, literary and textbook [certified LOC] (translation)

Special Education Media Center; 3215 Cuming Street, Rm 4029, Omaha NE 68131; 402-554-6310 v

Travnicek Kaye, Visually Handicapped Dept.; 3534 South 108 Street, Omaha NE 68144

Nebraska School for the Visually Handicapped; 824 Tenth Ave., P.O. Box 129, Nebraska City NE 68410; 402-873-5513 v; 402-873-3463 f; braille production at a school for the blind (translation)

Avila Andy, Prose and Cons Braille Unit; PO Box 2500, Lincoln NE 68502; 402-471-3161 x 3373 v; 402-471-3472 f; well-established prison group; textbooks, math, foreign languages, computer, chemistry; literary and textbook [prison group] (translation)

Christian Record Services; 4444 South 52nd Street, P.O. Box 6097, Lincoln NE 68506; 402-488-0981 v; 402-488-7582 f; email: info@christianrecord.org; provides Religious material in braille and on tape.

Nebraska Diagnostic Resource Center; 1910 Meridian Ave, Cozad NE 69130; 308-784-4525 v; 308-784-4529 f