Tape Aids For The Blind

Tape Aids For The Blind is a charity based in Durban, South Africa working on disability, education.

Tape Aids For The Blind is a South African non-profit organisation that records and lends audio books and produces educational audio for people with difficulty reading, including blind, visually impaired, print-disabled and dyslexic readers. Founded from a 1958 idea in Durban, it has produced Talking Books and audio magazines in nine official South African languages for around 60 years. Its work is carried out by volunteer narrators and proof-readers in studios and service centres across the country, including Durban, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Mamelodi, Midlands/Howick and Margate. Services include a main circulation library, institutional mini-libraries for schools, retirement villages and public libraries, the Hear-to-Read early childhood programme, Talking e-Books for school learners, and audio production for publishers and organisations. The organisation is funded by donations, bequests and corporate partners rather than government funding.