Sight Into Sound

Taping for Blind, Inc was founded in 1967 to read material not available through other sources onto standard audio cassettes in our custom recording division. In 1978, Houston Taping for the Blind Radio ( HTBR ), now called Turning Sight into Sound Radio, a radio reading service, signed on the air. Turning Sight into Sound Radio broadcasts 24 hours daily. Turning Sight into Sound Radio offers the Houston Chronicle and The Wall Street Journal daily, plus several dozen popular magazines and best-selling books are read on the air. In January 1993, Taping for Blind, Inc began a new service: Description for the Blind sm, ( DB sm ), which is the art of talking pictorially. Volunteers provide audio descriptions of visual elements of theater performances, IMAX movies, museum exhibits, television programs and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Taping for the Blind is located inside Loop 610 just east of the Galleria near the intersection of Westheimer and Weslayan. Click here for a map. Awards 2005 Best Narrative Reading Award - International Association of Audio Information Services 2005 Best Interview/Call In Award - International Association of Audio Information Services 2004 Narrative Reading - Honorable Mention Award - International Association of Audio Information Services 2004 32nd Annual SAVVY Award - presented to president of the board, Bob Bartlett, for outstanding volunteerism 2003 Best Newspaper Reading Award - International Association of Audio Information Services 2003 Best Narrative Reading Award - International Association of Audio Information Services 2001 Best Special Program Award - International Association of Audio Information Services The 1999 Barbara Jordan Award - Texas Governor's Committee on People With Disabilities 1999 Housing and Urban Development Best Practices Award - Harris County Community Development Agency 1999 John J. Gunther Award for Community Outreach Project presented by Harris County Commissioners Court 1978 Francis Joseph Campbell Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped presented to founder Robert G. Levy Jefferson Award - American Institute for Public Service presented founder Robert G. Levy

General InfoTaping for Blind, Inc was founded in 1967 to read material not available through other sources onto standard audio cassettes in our custom recording division. In 1978, Houston Taping for the Blind Radio ( HTBR ), now called Turning Sight into Sound Radio, a radio reading service, signed on the air. Turning Sight into Sound Radio broadcasts 24 hours daily. Turning Sight into Sound Radio offers the Houston Chronicle and The Wall Street Journal daily, plus several dozen popular magazines and best-selling books are read on the air. In January 1993, Taping for Blind, Inc began a new service Description for the Blind sm, ( DB sm ), which is the art of talking pictorially. Volunteers provide audio descriptions of visual elements of theater performances, IMAX movies, museum exhibits, television programs and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Taping for the Blind is located inside Loop 610 just east of the Galleria near the intersection of Westheimer and Weslayan. Click here for a map. Awards 2005 Best Narrative Reading Award - International Association of Audio Information 2005 Best Interview/Call In Award - International Association of Audio Information 2004 Narrative Reading - Honorable Mention Award - International Association of Audio Information 2004 32nd Annual SAVVY Award - presented to president of the board, Bob Bartlett, for outstanding volunteerism 2003 Best Newspaper Reading Award - International Association of Audio Information 2003 Best Narrative Reading Award - International Association of Audio Information 2001 Best Special Program Award - International Association of Audio Information The 1999 Barbara Jordan Award - Texas Governor's Committee on People With Disabilities 1999 Housing and Urban Development Best Practices Award - Harris County Community Development Agency 1999 John J. Gunther Award for Community Outreach Project presented by Harris County Commissioners Court 1978 Francis Joseph Campbell Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped presented to founder Robert G. Levy Jefferson Award - American Institute for Public Service presented founder Robert G. Levy,Taping for Blind, Inc was founded in 1967 to read material not available through other sources onto standard audio cassettes in our custom recording division. In 1978, Houston Taping for the Blind Radio ( HTBR ), now called Turning Sight into Sound Radio, a radio reading service, signed on the air. Turning Sight into Sound Radio broadcasts 24 hours daily. Turning Sight into Sound Radio offers the Houston Chronicle and The Wall Street Journal daily, plus several dozen popular magazines and best-selling books are read on the air. In January 1993, Taping for Blind, Inc began a new service Description for the Blind sm, ( DB sm ), which is the art of talking pictorially. Volunteers provide audio descriptions of visual elements of theater performances, IMAX movies, museum exhibits, television programs and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Taping for the Blind is located inside Loop 610 just east of the Galleria near the intersection of Westheimer and Weslayan. Click here for a map. Awards 2005 Best Narrative Reading Award - International Association of Audio Information 2005 Best Interview/Call In Award - International Association of Audio Information 2004 Narrative Reading - Honorable Mention Award - International Association of Audio Information 2004 32nd Annual SAVVY Award - presented to president of the board, Bob Bartlett, for outstanding volunteerism 2003 Best Newspaper Reading Award - International Association of Audio Information 2003 Best Narrative Reading Award - International Association of Audio Information 2001 Best Special Program Award - International Association of Audio Information The 1999 Barbara Jordan Award - Texas Governor's Committee on People With Disabilities 1999 Housing and Urban Development Best Practices Award - Harris County Communit

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