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English Sources
ACB Radio Archives
The Mainstream channel of ACB Radio maintains an MP3 archive of past radio shows which includes technology reviews and other items of general interest or entertainment.
Accessible online libraries
Accessible World
Here you can find downloads of online seminars from the Accessible World Tech Talk training sessions as well as archives of other webinars.
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Text
The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is a collection of about 14,000 "classic" public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.
Amazon.com
American and UK customers can buy MP3 music tracks and albums from Amazon. MP3 sales are promised for other countries in the future.
American Printing House (APH)
APH has extensive resources including the Louis database and file repository, the Fred's Head Companion database of ideas and tips, and Braille and audio files.
Audible.com
Popular site for commercial audio books. Books are not DAISY but are recorded human speech.
http://www.audible.com/humanware
Audible in United Kingdom
Audible in Germany
Audio Bibles for the Blind
Provides free audio Bibles to over 135 countries in over 60 languages. English version available in MP3 CD. Currently working to add other languages in MP3 format.
http://www.audiobiblesfortheblind.org/
King James Old and New Testament in human recorded audio available from the Association for the Blind of Western Australia (ABWA) in cooperation with Aurora Ministries. It can be accessed from the ABWA talking book library http://www.guidedogswa.org/library/ You must qualify as pritn-disabled and register for free ABWA library service. To sign up visit http://www.guidedogswa.org/signup/
Audio Books - Megashop
Purchase and download MP3 audio books.
http://www.audiobook-megashop.com/
Audio Book Stand
This is a commercial audio book source where many of the books in MP3 format are actually DAISY books that can be navigated on Stream by chapter and page. You must purchase the books.
http://www.audiobookstand.com/
Baen Free Library
This site provides books in electronic text formats such as rtf and html.
BBC's podcast directory
Download a wide range free podcasts from BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/
Blind Cool Tech
This is a site of archived podcasts in MP3 format. There is a great variety of topics of interest to blind and low vision people including many technology reviews.
Booksfree.com
This is a subscription book rental service where you receive MP3 CDs by mail which must be returned. You will find over 18000 unabridged audio books to choose from.
Bookshare
Membership-based digital library for People with Visual or Physical Impairments and Dyslexia. Bookshare.org Library now free to all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities. Due to copyright restrictions, most of their non-public domain books are available only to American members. You must be a member of Bookshare to download.
A subset of Bookshare books is available to non-American members:
- HarperCollins (fiction and non-fiction)
- Scholastic (children's titles)
- Baen Books (science fiction and fantasy)
- O'Reilly Media (computer technology)
- All their public domain titles
Calibre Audio Library
This site provides free audio books for people who have sight problems, dyslexia or physical disabilities. They offer a wide choice of books on MP3 disks, fiction and non-fiction, for both children and adults
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Podcasts
This page contains many podcasts from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CD Baby
An online music store that sells CD albums and MP3 album downloads, from over 260,000 independent artists.
CNIB Library Help Page
Provides information on popular sources of audio:
http://webcluster.cnib.ca/Public/Help_content.aspx?Help_Topic=e_delivery
CNN Podcasts
Find podcasts of CNN programming.
http://www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/
DAISY Scriptures
Scriptures of various faiths including the Bible, Book of Mormon, and the Koran in DAISY 2.02, DAISY/NISO 2005 (Z39.86), and DAISY text-only formats.
http://www.cucat.org/books/scriptures/scriptures.php
EASI - Equal Access to Software and Information
Accessible information technology through podcasts, webinars and online courses.
Emusic
Emusic is a subscription-based service for downloading MP3 music and books.
Fear You Can Hear
This is a Membership site containing thousands of old-time radio programs. Free membership offered to persons with disabilities.
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016JSJbWGFbpsNqUUvmKg4ghXbYQlslY2UZPTLkYw3P0I5ftivv_O86anuShHnmg9wc06zLGiJcL4uXcvfg51nsdfJlJVdrZxOWn-lCsbywd4AyifVIdSiYvVqhQCG2hER
Fictionwise Audio Books
Sells a variety of digital audio books and radio shows in MP3 format.
Go to http://www.fictionwise.com/ or http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/audio.htm to go directly to the audio books section.
Fred's Head data Base
Of special interest is the APH list of Old Time Radio and Newsreels
http://www.fredshead.info/2006/10/old-time-radio-shows-and-newsreels.html
Internet Archive Universal Library
Thousands of free e-texts as well as recorded audio, fiction and nonfiction, spoken word, music, and radio shows.
http://www.archive.org/details/universallibrary
Learn Out Loud
LearnOutLoud.com describes itself as your one-stop destination for audio and video learning.
Browse over 15,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads and podcasts:
LibriVox
Free Audio Books from the Public Domain recorded by volunteers.
Many Books
Over 20000 free books in various electronic text formats such as html and rtf.
Movies for the Blind
Takes public-domain movies and adds audio description to them, making them available for free listening or download.
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001okOr5oKL0X7Ad797SXO21oRbF450TitsbzTTsg2tq40EOn3ZoPBTCKciVfli64w40Bpl0gee2wqALy0Ck0Ap72_JNJBrdZj0X-vXJHZh5TuJZydViFVlLw==
Napster
This is a commercial site where American citizens can purchase music songs and albums in MP3 format. They promise to expand the MP3 sales to other countries in the future.
NBP.org - National Braille Press
NBP sells a number of books at very affordable prices for download or on CD . They also have some free material. The books are in ASCII text, DAISY, or their PortaBook format. All these formats are supported by the Stream. The PortaBook format are electronic Braille (BRF) files. Visit the NBP online bookstore at:
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/publications.html
NFB-NEWSLINE®
Offers over 280 newspaper and magazines to residents of the United States with a qualifying print disability. Http://www.nfbnewsline.org
NFB Publications
NFB also makes available to the public many other publications in audio and e-text. See their publications page at:
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Publications.asp?SnID=1635108180#skip
Overdrive
Recorded audio book download service for over 7500 public libraries worldwide. Most books are in protected WMA format but many titles are also available in unprotected MP3 format. You must be a member of a public library that uses the Overdrive service.
Pay per Listen
Pay per Listen is a division of AudioBooks.com that sells popular books for download in MP3 format.
Podcast Alley
Over 20 genres of over 50,000 podcasts with over 3 million episodes.
Podiobooks
Audio books produced as podcasts. Many are read by the authors. Content is free, but donations encouraged.
Project Gutenberg
This is a well known repository for public domain books in electronic format. Most books are e-text but some are recorded audio.
Radio Out of the Past
Here you can download and listen to podcasts of old radio show favorites as well as discussions about old-time radio.
http://www.radiooutofthepast.org/
Rhapsody MP3 Store
Purchase MP3 music for download - U.S. citizens only.
http://mp3.rhapsody.com/home.html
Read How You Want Braille and DAISY Store
An Australian download service that provides Duxbury Braille (BRF) books and DAISY books. There are books for sale and some free public domain books. DAISY books are text-only or various recorded synthesized voices. They also offer a service to create accessible books on demand.
http://www.readhowyouwant.com/
ReadAssist
Read Assist provides links to many sources of electronic texts and audio books, some for free and others for sale.
Serotalk Podcasts
A production of Serotek, these podcasts feature information on assistive technology, accessibility, entertainment and more.
Serotek
http://serotek.com/accessories
System Access Mobile Network
A service made available by Serotek.com, the System Access Mobile Network is a subscription-based online community for Blind and low vision people from which you can download described movies, podcasts, email messages, and RSS feeds. It is designed for easy access from any Internet-enabled computer with or without a screen reader. If you are a Serotek customer with a subscription to their System Access Mobile Network services, you can listen to content from the Serotek network on your Stream. Just connect the Stream to a PC and go to
The System Access Mobile server does both the content download and transfer to the Stream for you. The content is stored in a $VRSerotek folder on the SD card for presentation on the various Stream bookshelves. You can find instructions at:
http://help.samobile.net/VRStreamSync.html
or you can listen to audio demonstrations at:
http://www.samobile.net/content/cat14790.html
Talking Newspapers in the U.K.
You will find here links to numerous newspapers.
Torch Trust
The Torch Trust produces Christian literature in formats that blind and partially sighted people can read: html, audio, large print, and Braille. Over 2000 publications including the Bible in DAISY format:
DAISY Consortium
DAISY Consortium Web Site
The DAISY Consortium web site contains comprehensive information about the DAISY (Digital Accessible Information SYstem) standard, as well as its member organizations, news, and projects. There is also a DAISY Planet newsletter you can subscribe to to keep up to date on DAISY activities and marketplace. DAISY home page is:
DAISY Consortium Members
Of interest is the extensive list of DAISY members and friends worldwide. The list includes DAISY libraries, as well as organizations and companies that provide hardware and software to produce and play DAISY digital books. Many of the libraries also provide online DAISY books for loan and download. The list of DAISY members can be found at:
http://www.daisy.org/about_us/members.shtml
Contenu en français
Livres audio et presse parlée (french Books and Talking Newspapers)
Fourni par la gracieuseté de l'Association Valentin Haüy
Voici une liste - non exhaustive - de sites Internet proposant des livres et/ou des magazines audio en vente ou gratuits, sur CD ou en téléchargement.
Amazon
Amazon propose plusieurs centaines de livres audio sur CD :
http://www.amazon.fr/b/ref=amb_link_19355665_2?ie=UTF8&node=1193808&pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_r=01G9HWN1RA1PRTBRT32W&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=125435491&pf_rd_i=1193746
Archivox
Archivox - La littérature comme vous ne l'avez jamais entendue! Plusieurs centaines d'audio textes sur le site, selon les cas aux formats Real Audio ou MP3 (la création d'un compte est alors obligatoire) :
http://www.archivox.com/
Association des Donneurs de Voix (ADV)
Plus de cent vingt "Bibliothèques Sonores" qui permettent aux personnes aveugles ou malvoyantes d'emprunter des livres parlés enregistrés ou "Audiolivres"... :
http://www.bibliotheques-sonores.org/
Association Valentin Haüy
Bibliothèque sonore de plusieurs milliers de livres audio sur CD (format DAISY) prêtés gratuitement :
http://www.avh.asso.fr/rubriques/mediatheque/bibliotheque_livre_parle.php
Audible
France Loisirs, en partenariat avec la société américaine Audible, premier distributeur de contenus culturels sonores sur internet aux États-Unis, est à l'origine de la version française Audible.fr. De nombreux livres, journaux, magazines et émissions sont téléchargeables :
http://www.audible.fr/
Audiocite.net
Découvrez notre catalogue de livres audio à télécharger gratuitement et légalement! Téléchargement direct ou poste à poste... à vous de choisir :
http://www.audiocite.net/
Audiolib
Audiolib, filiale d'Hachette Livre, Albin Michel et France Loisirs, souhaite développer le livre audio en France. Quelques dizaines de titres sur CD MP3 sont déjà proposés :
http://www.audiolib.fr/
AudioLivres
Livres gratuits de l'Association Ouïe-Lire :
http://www.audiolivres.org/
http://www.audiolivres.net/
Autrement Dit
Éditeur belge proposant plusieurs centaines de titres audio sur CD :
http://www.autrementdit.net/accueil.php
Bibliothèque Hélène
La bibliothèque Hélène offre plus de 5.400 ouvrages numériques accessibles aux personnes déficientes visuelles.Le fonds est constitué à partir des catalogues d'éditeurs, et tend à couvrir un large éventail de la production actuelle : classiques, ouvrages de fiction, documentaires, biographies, essais, livres pour la jeunesse...
http://www.bibliotheque-helene.org/
Bibliothèque Sonore Romande
La BSR prête gratuitement aux personnes qui ne peuvent lire plus de 11 000 titres enregistrés :
http://www.bsr-lausanne.ch/
Bonnes Nouvelles
Un site dédié aux nouvelles littéraires écrites et audio accessibles aux personnes non voyantes. Une centaine de textes audio disponibles. Le logiciel RealAudio est indispensable :
http://www.bonnesnouvelles.net/
Caracolivres
Entreprise individuelle de Fabienne Prost ; livres audio sur CD et en MP3 téléchargeables :
http://www.caracolivres.com/
Des oreilles pour lire
Association qui recense sur son site quelques livres audio en vente chez certains libraires. Le nombre de titres semble très limité :
http://www.desoreillespourlire.com/
Ebooks libres et gratuits
Des centaines de livres électroniques à télécharger gratuitement, aux formats Word et Acrobat Reader :
http://www.ebooksgratuits.com/
France Loisirs
Quelques dizaines de titres en MP3 (voir aussi audible.fr) :
http://www.franceloisirs.com/catalogue/univers-LIVRES-AUDIO.html
Frémeaux & associés éditeur
La librairie sonore
http://www.lalibrairiesonore.com/
Greggbraille
Le site personnel de Greg proposant des livres à télécharger pour les non-voyants :
http://www.greggbraille.com/
Groupement des Intellectuels Aveugles et Amblyopes (GIAA)
Bibliothèque sonore réservée aux adhérents, ainsi qu'une quinzaine de magazines audio sur CD DAISY, sur abonnement :
http://www.giaa.org/catalogue/
http://www.giaa.org/-Les-livres-Daisy-.html
Guy de Maupassant
Livres audio gratuits
http://www.guydemaupassant.fr/
Institut des Archives Sonores
Banque de documents sonores internationaux - vente en ligne. "Amateurs d'histoire sonore, documentalistes à la recherche de contenu audio pour des documentaires, des films historiques, des CD ou DVD-Roms, des expositions historiques, collectionneurs de disques de voix parlées ou simples curieux intrigués par les échos du passé, bienvenue à l'Institut des Archives Sonores! Plus de 200 000 documents en langues originales, datant de 1888 à aujourd'hui."
NB: site difficilement accessible aux utilisateurs d'une aide technique vocale ou braille :
http://www.archisound.com/central.htm
Lecture sonore
Bibliothèque Sonore Virtuelle de l'UNADEV réservé exclusivement aux déficients visuels. Ouvrages en téléchargement gratuit au format MP3 :
http://lecturesonore.com/
Le Livre Qui Parle
Des centaines de livres sur CD audio et MP3 en vente :
http://www.lelivrequiparle.com/
Le Livre Audio
Quelques dizaines d'œuvres littéraires en vente à télécharger en MP3 :
http://www.lelivreaudio.com/store/index.php?language=fr
Libra Diffusio
Livres en gros caractères et audio. Site peu accessible aux lecteurs d'écran :
http://www.editionslibradiffusio.com/
Lire dans le noir
Née en septembre 2002 Lire dans le noir a lancé deux collections de livres audio. D'une part des livres gratuits, d'autre part (plus exceptionnellement) des ouvrages destinés à la vente :
http://www.liredanslenoir.com/
Lire en tout sens
Librairie en ligne qui regroupe l'offre éditoriale adaptée, livres audio et livres en gros caractères :
http://www.lirentousens.com/
Littérature audio.com
Livres audio gratuits à écouter et télécharger. Site mis en ligne par l'association "Des Livres à Lire et à Entendre" :
http://www.litteratureaudio.com/
Littérature Sonore
Le portail de toutes les littératures sonores et des livres audio. Site créé par un groupe d'étudiants de l'INTD qui recense des bibliothèques et librairies sonores et propose des extraits à télécharger :
http://litteratures.sonores.free.fr/
Livraphone
Pionnier du livre audio en France, propose des milliers de titres en vente sur CD ou en téléchargement :
http://www.livraphone.com/
Livre audio
Carrefour d'échanges entre ceux qui s'intéressent à ce produit si particulier : les livres audio :
http://www.livreaudio.info/index.php
LIVRIOR
Textes et livres sur CD, Mp3 et téléchargement :
http://www.livrior.com/
longuesroies.com
Édite la « Gazette des Terroirs », un magazine de reportages sonores, pressé sur CD audio, qui entraîne ses lecteurs à la découverte du patrimoine des régions de France :
http://longuesroies.com/
Mots et merveilles
Librairie spécialisée en livres audio, textes enregistrés, documents d'archives ; CD audio et MP3 :
http://www.motsetmerveilles.com/metm/fo/
Numilog
Librairie de livres numériques; des centaines de livres audio à télécharger (formats MP3 et WMA) :
http://www.numilog.com/
SÉSAME
La bibliothèque numérique Sésame met à la disposition exclusive des personnes handicapées près de 10 000 ouvrages disponibles ou en cours d'adaptation pour tout public. Ses ouvrages de littérature générale sont disponibles en prêt, sur CD-Rom et par téléchargement sécurisé :
www.bibliosesame.fr/
Telerama Radio, la bande-son de nos passions
Quelques titres et émissions en MP3 à télécharger gratuitement :
http://www.teleramaradio.fr/
Ubuweb
"Rien n'est à vendre sur UbuWeb. Tout est gratuit [...] "UbuWeb a pour vocation d'être un centre de distribution pour tout ce qui est « dur-à-trouver », épuisé, ou confidentiel, et qui a fait l'objet d'un transfert digital sur le web."
http://www.ubu.com/
La plupart des pages du site sont en anglais, mais beaucoup sont traduites, dont la F.A.Q. :
http://www.ubu.com/resources/faq_fr.html
VDB
Livres audio et grands caractères, vente en ligne de nombreux titres sur CD audio et MP3 :
http://www.editionsvdb.fr/
Vocale Presse
Le journal parlé Vocale Presse est un Logiciel mis au point par Akompas Technologies permettant d'écouter une trentaine de titres de la presse écrite française et étrangère pour un prix inférieur à un euro par jour : http://fr.vocalepresse.com/
VOolume
Site de téléchargement de contenu audio aux formats MP3 et AAC. "Vous êtes lecteur? Vous êtes éditeur papier? Donnez une seconde vie à vos Romans en réalisant une version audio. Vous êtes éditeur audio? Diffusez votre contenu au plus grand nombre. Vous êtes narrateur? Faites-vous connaître en enregistrant des livres audio." :
http://www.voolume.fr/
German Sources
Courtesy of Gudrun Klarner of German DAISY Forum.
Audible in Germany
Claudio
Here you can buy and download a great variety of MP3 books, and you can
listen to Claudio's podcast, telling you all about the latest books on this
website.
Hoerbie
A lovely site from which MP3 plays, music and talking books can be bought
and downloaded for children.
Incobs Podhost
A German podcast about information and technology for visually impaired people.
Libri
Talking books to purchase and download in MP3 and WMA.
MusicLoad
Here you can buy and download music of many genres. Mostly as WMA/DRM, but there are some MP3s as well.
Podster
Listings of podcasts from a great variety of sources.
Soforthoeren
One of the biggest sites for downloading purchased MP3 talking books.
Tatort TV Series
Free MP3 radio versions of the popular German TV crime series "Tatort"
http://web.ard.de/radiotatort/seiten/index.php
vorleser
Free MP3 books. Quality may vary as the books are read by volunteers.
Argon hörbuch
Catalogue of German DAISY books for sale.