Accessibility
Click Here to Visit the GLS WebsiteGLS supports accessible library services in Georgia by promoting the use of assistive technology and by providing accessible reading materials to those who, due to a disability, are unable to read standard print.
What does Georgia Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled offer?
- Access to a collection of narrator-read audiobooks
- Access to the large print collection from the entire PINES network
- Access to the Bookshare collection in a variety of formats including text-to-speech audio, braille or highlight text
- Access to embossed and digital braille
- A digital talking book machine that is very simple to use
- Free postage to return materials
- Telephone support from GLS Reader Advisors who can help patrons select the books that they want to read
- An app for instant access to audiobooks for mobile devices for those who are comfortable with technology
- Access to a collection of audio described popular movies on DVD or Blu-Ray
- Remote programming include book clubs, children’s summer reading programs, peer support groups
- (When not in a pandemic) Live programs such as keyboard classes, iPhone classes, and book discussion groups
- Anyone who is unable to read or handle standard printed materials as a result of temporary or permanent visual or physical disability.
- Persons who are legally blind or cannot see well enough or focus long enough to read standard print, even with glasses.
- Persons who are unable to hold or turn pages of print books.
- Persons who are certified by a medical doctor as having a reading disability.
Application for Service (PDF)