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Talking Pages is now mailing out audio books every 3 to 4 weeks on a mailing date that is listed on our web site. On that date, we mail all the books requested since the last mailing date (up to a total of 10 audio books checked out per user). Users do not have to request books all at one time – any books requested between mailings will be shipped on the next mailing date.
Next Mailing Date: August 8

Effective January 1, 2006, Talking Pages will send out and receive in return its audio books as “Free Matter for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons.” This service offered by the United States Postal System will enable us to use our cash donations to purchase additional audio books, rather than continue to pay postage for our users.

However, in order to use the “Free Matter” designation, Talking Pages will require existing library card holders and new library card applicants to send us a statement that the user is visually impaired according to the standards of the US Post Office. This certification only needs to be sent in one time, not with each request to borrow an audio book.

The certification can be sent to Talking Pages in one of two ways: 1) by mail to Talking Pages, 10 Edgewood Drive, Unit 6A, Greenwich, CT 06821, or 2) by email containing a scanned image of a letter to talkingpages@att.net.

Library users may send either a previously written certification letter or prepare a letter such as the following:

        To Whom It May Concern:

I certify that _    (your name)______ has a visual disability, with correction and regardless of optical measurement, that prevents his (or her) reading standard printed material.

        Signature, Printed Name, and Title of Certifying Authority


The person who signs this letter must be one of the following:

1)      Postmaster with knowledge of your condition

2)      A doctor of medicine

3)      A doctor of osteopathy

4)      An ophthalmologist

5)      An optometrist

6)      A registered nurse

7)      A professional staff member of a hospital, an institution, or a public or private welfare agency

8)      A professional librarian.

After January 1, 2006, only users who have submitted the required certification will be able to receive audio books from Talking Pages, Inc. Any questions may be sent by email to talkingpages@att.net.

 

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