American Printing House for the Blind, Inc., sometimes called the APH, is one of the world’s major publishers for the blind and visually impaired. It produces textbooks and magazines in braille, large-type, recorded, and computer disc formats. It also produces many educational, recreational, and daily living products for the visually impaired. The APH is a nonprofit corporation supported through public donations, sales to individuals and agencies, and an annual appropriation by the United States Congress. This appropriation is used solely for the research, manufacture, and distribution of educational materials to blind students at lower than college level.
The APH has headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky legislature established the organization in 1858. The federal government authorized its first appropriation in 1879.
