Any Idea Of Where To Purchase Audio Book Player For Disabled Friend?

j3251

Hi

My friend is disabled,unable to read books.He has asked me to pick up a audio book player?
Ideally some site where he can rent audio cassettes from and return them after using?Also not sure where to purchase the audio player from?
Googled it several times,unable to find anything?
Any help/advice would be appreciated.

fed_up_and_stressed

Hi you can get audiobooks in various formats cd's,cassettes and usb and mp3 formats

Audiobooks online do downloads amazon etc good old cassettes used to be able to be hired from the local library although this may vary at each library of course

j3251

Hi

Sounds good but i am still not sure,all my friend is looking for is a simple set up,something that is audio,allowing hime to listen to a book being read?
So am wondering what kind of device would he need and how exactly would he get the books needed?

Thanks

kingfisherblue

Hi, I don't know if this link is any use, but the RNIB have a talking book service

http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/reading/services/talkingbooks/Pages/talking_books_daisy.aspx

Savvy_Sue

Does he have a visual impairment? If so RNIB would be the place to go.

bubblegum1985

I would check out what your local library has I.E. do they hold cassettes or CD formats then get a corresponding player.

Charity shops also sometimes have audio books. Amazon is a good place for electricals and you can get portable CD players from £5

j3251

Hi

Thanks everybody for comments/suggestions will check out all possibilities suggested,yes friend has visual impairment.

Thanks again.

FEDUPWITHTHESYSTEM

Start with your local library.

Ours has self contained audio players, not sure how they work but they are about 3ins long and come with headphones and batteries. Our library has a choice of about 200 titles, some fiction some non fiction. There is a small rental charge but they are free to disabled people, ours let me register as temporary disabled while I was having knee replacement, I got through loads of these in hospital!

Hope this helps

rogerblack

j3251 wrote: »

Hi

Thanks everybody for comments/suggestions will check out all possibilities suggested,yes friend has visual impairment.

Thanks again.

If they are willing to learn - new computing devices are considerably more friendly than old ones to the blind, paradoxically.
There are a substantial number of blind people using iphones, for example, and the recent update of Android has made blind operation more possible.

This is _ENORMOUSLY_ more flexible than a mere e-book reader.