Local Audio Information Service for People with Visual Impairments

National Audio Information Services

Sources of audio information and entertainment across the UK. Many of these are now available on-line via the Internet.

  • Talking Newspapers App

    The Talikng Newspapers app allows you to listen on your Apple or Android phone or tablet.

  • Talking News Federation

    TNF is an umbrella organisation that represents the interests of local Talking Newspapers in the UK.

  • Calibre Audio Library

    Free audio library service of over 8,000 books and 1,400 books for children.

  • RNIB Newsagent

    RNIB Newsagent can supply national newspapers and magazines in audio format on CD or USB stick. These subscriptions have to be purchased.

  • RNIB Connect Radio - the Radio Station of RNIB

    If you are blind or partially sighted, or know someone who is, why not tune in to RNIB's Insight Radio to find out about the issues affecting those living with sight loss in the UK and beyond?

    Listening via your television - RNIB Connect Radio is available across the UK on Freeview channel 730. Find this Freeview channel through your television or set-top box.

    Listening via the RNIB Connect Radio website - You can listen to RNIB's Insight Radio via our online pop-up Radio Player, which is available 24/7.  You will also be able to browse our website (and others should you wish) while listening to the station.

    https://www.rnibconnectradio.org.uk/

     Listening via your Smartphone - RNIB Connect Radio is available on your iPhone and Android device by downloading the Radioplayer app on your respective App Store

    https://www.radioplayer.co.uk/apps

  • Infosound

    We produce and freely distribute impartial information, in audio, on subjects relevant to the two million-plus people in the UK who live with sight loss. The core of our service is the production of individual audio articles on topics relating directly to living with sight loss, such as products, finance, leisure and holidays, mobility, health, employment and training, consumer issues, travel, hobbies, daily-living advice and support and the issues of the moment. We provide two distinct "rolling" information services and a monthly information compilation, all of which can be heard in different ways to reflect the many listening choices people have these days.