Kentucky Talking Book Library
The Kentucky Talking Book Library (KTBL) provides free library service to people who cannot read traditional print because they have a visual, physical, or reading disability. Audio and Braille materials are sent to and from users by postage-free mail. Special equipment is provided by the library. KTBL has been in operation since 1968 and is part of a national network of libraries administered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a branch of the Library of Congress.
Read or print a PDF of the Kentucky Talking Book Library brochure:
Kentucky Talking Book Library Brochure
Apply for free Kentucky Talking Book Library service:
Eligibility for service and application
Read the latest version of our newsletter, The Listening Post
Listening Post, Winter 2012 (PDF) or
Listening Post, Winter 2012 (Word)
For more issues of The Listening Post visit the e-Archives
The Kentucky Talking Book Library collection includes both fiction and non-fiction, with items suitable for children, teens, adults, and seniors.
Click here to find talking books, Braille books, and magazines to read
Click here to find answers to frequently asked questions
Available materials include:
- Talking books on digital flash cartridge
- Downloadable digital talking books and magazines -- click here for more information about this service BARD: Braille and Audio Reading Download
- Talking books and magazines on cassette tape
- Braille books and magazines
- Downloadable Braille books and magazines
- Print/Braille books—picture books with a Braille overlay
- Kentucky books—titles about Kentucky or by Kentucky authors; recorded in the KTBL studio
- NFB-Newsline®—a newspaper-reading service accessed by touch tone telephone
- Described movies—contain additional narration to describe the onscreen action
- Other resources for people with visual or print disabilities
- Kentucky Talking Book Library policies