Access to Information Services
We are a reading service committed to promoting the independence of blind and visually impaired people. Our mission is to connect individuals to the visual world they live in by providing access to the printed word.
AIS Programs and Services
AIS Radio
Broadcasting 24 hours a day, AIS Radio delivers local Bay Area news, magazines, literature and information via the Second Audio Program (SAP) of KTVU Television Channel 2, and can be heard on the internet.
Check out AIS Radio (Windows Media Stream - 56kbps)
and visit the AIS Radio Audio Archive
Television Listings and Shopping Ads
Listen to TV listings and shopping ads by phone! To listen to shopping ads, dial 415-294-3623. To hear TV listings, dial 415-294-3624.
Alternative Formats
Braille Translation and Audio Recording are provided to LightHouse clients, businesses, nonprofit and government agencies. Designed to address gaps left by national recording services such as the Library of Congress and Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, volunteers record print materials provided by Lighthouse clients. Typical client requests include appliance owner's manuals, classroom handouts, magazine articles, etc.
www.lighthouse-sf.org
The LightHouse website is an access to information tool for the community we serve – telling who we are, where we are and what we do. Visitors may peruse descriptions of all our programs and services; access current class schedules; browse Adaptations - the LightHouse store; read The Lantern, our newsletter; and find information on blindness and low vision.
