The following is a list of people who repair Perkins Braille Writers. This list is provided
as a public service. No endorsement is suggested or implied as regard to quality of service received.
Alan Ackley
ACKLEY APPLIANCE SERVICE
4301 Park Avenue #540
Des Moines, IA 50321
515-288-3931
Send E-mail aackley@braillerman.com
ACKLEY APPLIANCE SERVICE Provides COMPLETE Perkins Brailler repair. For the finest
care your Braille writer can receive, let Alan Ackley make it right. He has reconditioned more
than 2000 Braillers for individuals, schools, and agencies in over forty states. He is Factory Trained. He maintains a complete inventory of Factory Parts.
The National Library Service certified him as a Braille Transcriber in 1975. Prompt Turnaround Reasonable Charges All Work Guaranteed. Do you have a brailler to sell? I will buy it as is,
or... I will recondition it for you to sell on your own.
AIRC, The Foundation for Blind Children, Inc.
1235 E. Harmot Dr.
Phoenix, AZ 85020
602/331-1470
AIRC, The Foundation for Blind Children, Inc. http://www.the-fbc.org/
Has been repairing braille writers for many years through a prison in the area. $30 for
cleaning and adjusting, any parts are additional.
The Braillery
5 Cumberland Circle
El Paso, TX 79903
(915) 565-0179
Send E-mail resimon@the braillery.com
The Braillery
They provide complete brailler repair service as well as selling reconditioned braillewriters.
They recondition foreign, domestic and out-of-production braillewriters.
Chuck's Brailler Repair
12388 Marmont Pl.
Moreno Valley, CA 92557
1-909-242-3750
Send E-mail kwhiteh453@aol.com
Has been repairing Perkins braillers 20 years. $40 per brailler, clean, lubricate and adjust,
plus parts (parts at cost) and a one year warrantee.
Wayne Harris
10807 Cotillion Dr
Dallas, TX 75228
phone 972-698-0085
Send E-mail harrisw@airmail.net
Has been repairing braillewriters for 15 years.
Howe Press
Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02172
(617) 972-7308
Send E-mail howepress@perkins.pvt.k12.ma.us
Howe Press
Rick McGuire
P.O. Box 3738
57226 Island Road
Meadowhouse #26
Sunriver OR 97707
Phone 541-593-1078
Send E-mail rnmcguire@uswest.net
Rick McGuire
Specializing in Perkins Brailler service and repair, General Maintenence, Tune Up,
Major and Minor Repairs, Genuine Factory Parts, Prompt Service, Trained at
the Oregon Commission for the Blind, Authorized Service Vendor for the State of Oregon,
All Work Guaranteed One Year
The Selective Doctor, Inc.
PO Box 28432
Baltimore, Maryland 21234
Phone: 410-668-1143
Send E-mail braillerrepair@yahoo.com
Welcome to the Selective Doctor, Inc.
"Bring your Brailler back to Life". The Selective Doctor, Inc. was established in 1992,
two months after I retired from IBM Corporation. Since then I have repaired approximately
1500 Perkins Braillers for numerous individuals in 34 states, several school districts, four
state blind schools, and many agencies.
Our normal turn around time is less than 4 days. We charge a flat rate for labor, plus parts
and shipping insurance. (Please call our office for any additional information.)
Jerry Sparks
Specialized Electronics
1004 Drexel Drive
Homewood, AL 35209
Phone: 1-205-862-1866
Fax: 1-205-942-1552
Send E-mail wb4owc@bellsouth.net
I am the Telesensory Repair Center for Alabama and Mississippi. I repair Perkins manual
and electric brailler's. I repair other brands of brailler's, Lavender etc., to the extent of parts availability. I repair VersaBraille systems to the extent of parts availability.
