The media formats have changed, and the catalog has expanded, but the Alexa skill expresses the same basic concept. The organizations that eventually became the RNIB set up the Talking Books program beginning with a gramophone record of Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Talking Books started in 1935 as a service specifically for people who lost their sight during World War I and could not learn Braille. Users with limited or no eyesight can register for the RNIB Library, then use that membership to search for books by title, author or keywords. The RNIB created a Talking Books Alexa skill with a library of 34,000 audiobooks. The partnership extends Talking Books to a new format 86 years after it began. Amazon Alexa in the United Kingdom can now play thousands of free audiobooks provided through the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Talking Books service.
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