San Antonio Area Resources

Dining

This page contains links to various resources that will be of interest to blind persons living in the greater San Antonio Area. We have categorrized them for ease of look-up by site visitors:

Tomatillos Cafe y Cantina

3210 Broadway St,
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone: (210) 824-3005
Web Site: http://www.tomatillos.com

Library and Reading Services

San Antonio Public Library

San Antonio Central Library
600 Soledad
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: (210) 207-2500
TTY: (210) 207-2534
Web Site: http://www.mysapl.org/

Owl Radio

Studios and Office Telephone: (210) 829-4223
Web Site: http://owlradio.org/

Owl Radio is a free community service of the Low Vision Resource Center and is co-sponsored by Texas Public Radio and the San Antonio Express-News. The service provides daily radio broadcasts of newspapers, magazines and other information for persons who are unable to read regular print due to a visual, physical or reading impairment. The service has been on the air continuously in San Antonio since March 6, 2002. Service to the Hill Country began on January 10, 2005. Owl Radio transmits its programming to special radio receivers provided to qualified applicants over subcarriers provided by Texas Public Radio. The signals can be picked up within the greater San Antonio Metropolitan area and adjacent counties and in the Kerrville and Fredericksburg areas of the Hill Country.

Rehabilitation and Training

Division of Blind Services, San Antonio Field Headquarters

4204 WOODCOCK DR,
SUITE 274 TRINITY BLDG., 2ND FLR.
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78228-1324
Phone: (210) 785-2750
Fax: (210) 785-2790
Toll-Free: (800) 687-7039
Web Site: http://www.dars.state.tx.us/dbs/index.shtml

San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind, (SALB)

| 2305 Roosevelt Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78210
Phone (210) 533-5195
Toll Free (800) 362-4335
| Fax (210) 533-4230
Web Site: http://www.salighthouse.org/

Technology

PC Outlet

With stores in North and South San Antonio PC Outlet refurbishes, repairs, and sells used Del desktops, laptops, flat pannel PCS, accessories, laser printers and offers a host of other Dell products and services. Blind persons in the area have had positive experiences when doing business with PC Outlet. Their staff is friendly and are very helpful in assisting one in doing basic PC configuration. They are also familliar with adaptive technology and know how to set up and configure PC environments to maximize the effective use of Del equipment withaccess technology.

Pc Outlet has two locations in San Antonio:

PC Outlet North:

http://www.sa-pc.com/?gclid=CKqsrOvj75oCFQzxDAodOW_gJg

If you experience any difficulty using this Web site report all technical issues to:

Webmaster@nfbsatx.org.

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