Copperas Cove Library Designated Demonstration Site for Texas Talking Books

Released May 13, 2009

COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS – The Copperas Cove Public Library has been selected to serve as a demonstration site for the Texas Talking Book Program.

The Talking Book Program provides free library services to Texans who are unable to read standard print material due to visual, physical, or reading disabilities – whether permanent or temporary. Each year, more than 20,000 Texans use the talking book services.

The program provides special equipment that is needed to listen to recorded books and magazines. Books are delivered right to the patron’s door! The service is free to qualified patrons and the equipment is on loan for as long as the service is used.

Qualified patrons include Texas residents of all ages who:

• are legally blind (vision in the better eye is 20/200 or less after correction, or the widest diameter of visual field is no greater than 20 degrees.
• have prescription glasses, yet are unable to read standard print material without additional magnification devices
• have physical limitations that prevent them from holding books or turning pages
• have reading disabilities due to an organic dysfunction, as certified by a medical doctor (M.D. or D.O.)

You may download an application at www.TexasTalkingBooks.org or ask for one at the Copperas Cove Public Library. “We can assist members of the community by demonstrating the equipment and helping them to enroll in the program,” said Barbara Schwab, Outreach Specialist. Librarians may certify the applications for visual and physical disabilities.

For more information, contact Barbara Schwab, Outreach Specialist, Copperas Cove Public Library.

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