The RNIB's Talking Books library service is now available via Amazon
Blind and partially sighted users of Amazon’s Alexa technology now have access to thousands of audio books via the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).
The charity’s library service, which featured 34,000 books, can be accessed on devices such as an Echo by saying, ‘Alexa, open RNIB Talking Books’.
David Clarke, director of services at the RNIB, said: ‘RNIB’s Talking Books library is 86 years old yet continues to adapt to the changing landscape of how our library users want to read their books.
‘Voice activated technology is bringing us closer to a world where blind and partially sighted people can consume books on a level playing field with sighted people.’