Explore the NLS Catalog and BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download online service) to find items of interest. The NLS Catalog contains hundreds of thousands catalog records for talking books, braille books, music scores, magazines, and other accessible material.

Explore now the NLS Catalog and BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download online service) to locate items in NLS's vast collection. Recently added titles use publisher-provided descriptions to make it easier for readers to identify titles of interest.

To learn more about NLS and receive info on enrolling, click here for an online form. To find your local library or to speak with a librarian, call 888-NLS-READ (888-657-7323) and follow the prompts.

The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled offers downloadable braille and audio books, magazines, and music materials.

NLS serves its patrons through a network of cooperating libraries. Your local network library can help you sign up for free special-format library service, assist with issues concerning equipment, suggest and locate titles of interest to you, and help you receive access to the BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website and app.

You can apply for NLS service by requesting an application online or directly contacting the NLS network library that serves your state or locality. You can also complete a printable application form and send it to your NLS network library .

Browses NLS Subjects (broad descriptors), entered in exact order beginning with the first word of the subject. NLS subjects include standardized topics and forms/genres of material: MYSTAF for mystery fiction ; EDUCAN for education, adult non-fiction

BARD, the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download service, provides instant access to hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and music materials in audio and electronic braille (ebraille). You’ll find current bestsellers, literary classics, mysteries, westerns, romances, and more; a wide selection of books for school-age children and teens ...

NLS staff answer questions about our collections and free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page.

NLS works to ensure that all may read by providing eligible patrons access to reading material regardless of age, economic circumstances, or technical expertise. Share the gift of reading and spread the word about NLS, so that all may read.