Upper Hudson Library System- Outreach

Upper Hudson Library System. Serving Public Libraries in Albany and Rensselaer Counties of New York State.

Talking Books

Talking Books are recordings of unabridged, popular fiction and nonfiction material, read by professional readers and reproduced on long-play, 4-track tapes. They are prepared by the Library of Congress for individuals who are unable to read print materials because of a visual or physical disability and distributed by mail to qualified New York State residents through the New York State Talking Book and Braille Library http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/tbbl/.

Although very similar in presentation to recorded books and books-on-tape found in bookstores and public libraries, talking books must be played on a special cassette player that is designed for 15/16 IPS, 4-track tapes.

For more information, contact:

Talking Book and Braille Library
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230-0001
(518) 474-5935; (800) 342-3688
tbbl@mail.nysed.gov

© Upper Hudson Library System
Philip Ritter, Executive Director
28 Essex Street
Albany, New York 12206-2027
Phone: 518/437-9880, Fax: 518/437-9884