Playback recording service for the blind

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Playback is a Glasgow-based recording service involved in the production of various taped magazines and newspapers. Their main publication is the Playback Magazine. Other regular publications include Sunday Mail, Daily Record, Which Magazine, Jewish Telegraph, Disability View Magazine and many more. It also has a tape library which contains over 1500 titles covering a wide range of subjects. Apart from publications taped on ordinary audio cassettes, the library also has a collection of audio-described videos.

All the titles are available on loan and the lending service is free to blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK.

For further information, please contact:

Playback Recording Service for the Blind
Centre for Sensory Impaired
17 Gullane Street
Glasgow G11 6AH

Telephone: 0141 334 2983
Website: www.play-back.com

Residents in Renfrewshire can also obtain further information from the council's Visual Impairment Team.

Please email: vi.services.sw@renfrewshire.gov.uk

or telephone during duty hours:
0141 847 4977

Alternatively you can fax us on:
0141 847 4966

or visit us during duty hours, or write to us at:

Mile End Centre
30 Seedhill Road
Paisley PA1 1SA

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