National Association for the Blind, India
M. P. Shah All India Talking Book Centre
11/12, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road, WorliSeaface
Mumbai 400 030
Phone:24952913/ 24935370 / 24935365 / 24932539 (Extension: 239)
E-mail:
Talking Book Library Terms & Conditions for Membership
(1) Only Institutions providing service to Visually Challenged Persons and Certified Visually Challenged Individuals can enroll as Member of theTalking Book Library.Submitting Blindness Certificate is Mandatory to register as Individual Member.
(2) Admission Fee of Rs.10/- is charged to enroll asIndividual/InstitutionalMember.
(3) Rs.50/- charged as Annual Membership is valid during the particular financial year that is from April 1 to March 31. For Life Membership, Individuals and Institutions are charged Rs.500/-.
(4) Audio Books are made available on CDs in MP3 and Daisy format. Audio Books in Digital Format are provided only to regular Members of the Talking Book Library.
To purchase Study Books, Individual Members are charged Rs.20/- and Institutional Members Rs. 50/-per CD.
General books can be borrowed on payment of a deposit of Rs.30/- per CD for Individual Members and Rs. 50/- for Institutional Members, which is retained by the Library as long as the Individual/Institution continues to be a Member of the Library.The entire deposit amount would be refunded only if the Individual/Institutional Member returns the CD/CDs borrowed – in good condition, and the Official Receipt issued by the Library towards the deposit amount.
(5) Individuals/Institutionsare permitted to hold general book CD/CDsonly for a month from the date of issue.
(6) Admission Fee, Annual Membership/Life Membership Fee and Deposit could be remitted throughCheque/Money Order/Online Payment made in favor of National Association for the Blind, India. Members need to clearly communicate the purposefor which the payment is being made and their contact details covering their address, phone numbers and e-mail ID.
Online Payment may please be made in favor of: National Association for the Blind, IndiaSB Account No. – 3740000100008551 Name of Bank & Branch – Punjab National Bank, WorliSeaface Branch RTGS/NEFT/IFC Code – PUNB0374000.
(7) Depending on the deposit amount paid, arrangements would be made to send the Member the requisite number of CDs. Please note this is not a recurring payment. On returning the CD/CDs, the Member can borrow identical number of CDs.
(8) The Catalogue of Talking Book Librarytitles can be viewed on our website:
(9) CD/CDs would be mailed to you by Registered Post in CD Mailer/Mailers. To return the CD/CDs you need to follow the same procedure.
(9) To return the CD/CDs Postage-Free from your local Post Office, by Registered Post, you need to write “ARTICLES FOR THE BLIND: REGD. POST FREE UNDER RULE 136/137 P. & T. GUIDE” on the CD Mailer/Mailers.
(10) Loss of CD/CDs or Damaged CD/CDs would entail forfeiture of the deposit amount.
(11) Members - Individual/Institutional – must promptly convey any change in their postal addressand other contact details.
(12) NAB M. P. Shah All India Talking Book Centre reserves the right to suspend/terminate the Membership of any Individual/Institution in case of infringement of any of the aforementioned terms and conditions.