Low-Vision Service Centers | Los Angeles Public Library

Featuring computer stations with assistive technology located throughout the Library, putting the Library's vast resources at the fingertips of people with vision disabilities.

Closed Circuit Television Magnifiers enlarge print text up to 60 times.

2nd Floor - Art, Music and Recreation Department
Lower Level 4 - History and Genealogy Department

Computer Stations with ZoomText and Open Book technology that enlarges and reads aloud text.

Lower Level 3 - Computer Center

Large Type Books

3rd. Floor - Literature and Fiction Department

Audio Book Collection

All Subject Departments

This service was made possible, in part or whole,
by Federal Library Services and Technology Act Funds,
administered in California by the State Librarian.

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