Talking Books and DAISY players


Plextalk PTX1 DAISY player

RNIB's Talking Books service offers over 16,000 audio books, paid for by annual subscription and delivered directly to your door.

Talking Books format


Talking Books are recorded in DAISY format, which makes them easy to navigate. Using DAISY means we can fit a whole audio book on a single CD.

Full annual subscription includes the loan of a lightweight DAISY player with accessible controls.

Choosing books


You can choose six Talking Books at a time. There are a variety of ways to choose books and you can also get support from professional librarians.

Using our Talking Book Catalogue helps you search for any audio book currently available for loan.

Our New Books magazine tells you all about the latest books available.

Subscription


Subscription includes all the Talking Books you read throughout the year. There are two subscription options:

  • Full loan annual subscription - this includes the loan of a Plextalk PTX1 DAISY player and costs £79
  • Books only annual subscription - this costs £50. You don't get a player with this subscription.

Gift subscriptions


For a gift that will be enjoyed throughout the year, why not buy someone a subscription to the Talking Books Service? From only £50 a year, a gift subscription includes an unlimited number of books throughout the year.

Please call RNIB Helpline on 0303 123 9999 to ask about giving a Talking Books gift subscription.

Application form

Find out more about joining the library and how the Talking Books service works.


Contact us


Our address is:
RNIB National Library Service
PO Box 173
Peterborough
PE2 6WS.

You can call us on 0303 123 9999 or email us at library@rnib.org.uk

Support Talking Books


The Talking Books service is part of the RNIB National Library Service. It costs us around £6 million a year to run the service.

We ask people for a small annual subscription to join, but this doesn't cover the full amount we need to run it. RNIB subsidises this lifeline service by around £3 million a year (about £70 per person per year). This money is found by fundraising - we receive no government help.

Your donations and support can help us keep this invaluable service going.

Last updated: 17 August 2010

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