On April 1, 1898, Mulock introduced an amendment to the Post Office Act that made Canada the first country in the world to give Franking privileges, i.e. free postage, for Braille materials and books for the blind.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (U.S. Library of Congress) distributes Braille materials and Talking Books (custom analog and digital formats) free to visually impaired users in the United States.

It addresses the requirements of Braille education in twelve vernacular languages, and enables institutions to prepare Braille material as and when required.

For reading, she would use either Braille materials or a machine that magnified print into foot-high letters.

Services may be provided for other groups, such as large print or Braille materials, Books on tape, young adult literature and other materials for teenagers, or materials in other than the national language (in foreign languages).

All these salaries would be paid out of Helen's $20,000, as would $5,000 to cover household expenses, and $1,000 for copying into Braille material that Helen required.

They quickly won voting rights for blind people; free postage for Braille material in 1899 (a world first for Australia); and transport concessions for the blind.

The Talking Book Center provides blind, visually impaired, and physically impaired individuals, who cannot read standard print, with audio books, large print, and Braille materials.

Books, signs in public places, menus, and most other Braille materials are written in Grade 2 Braille.

The Nation Braille Association is a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to providing transciptionist training, production and distribution of Braille materials, including religious and secular music.