Welcome to RNIB Reading Services
Access our ever expanding world of books. Just the touch of a button will open up a whole world of reading at your fingertips.
Introducing RNIB Reading Services
Important message for existing Alexa skill users - 9th July 2024
We've made an update to RNIB Reading Services today, and it has come to our attention that it may have delinked your Talking Books Alexa skill.
To reset it, please delink and relink the skill to your RNIB Reading Services account, as follows:
- Say “Alexa, disable RNIB Talking Books” - then “Alexa, enable RNIB Talking Books”, and confirm that you want do this.
- A link will be sent to the Home tab of the Alexa app which you use to manage your Alexa device. Select it, and follow the instructions to relink the skill with your Reading Services username and password, and the skill should work on your Alexa device again.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
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Reading is important. If you're struggling to read because of your sight, RNIB Reading Services offers plenty of solutions to help, whatever your reading tastes and preferences.
Browse our growing collection of over 40,000 books to borrow, download and listen to on your smartphone, tablet, computer or other reading device. You can choose from a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles for both children and adults, in DAISY audio and electronic braille.
We're continuously adding new content to our collection, and work closely with publishers to bring you the latest releases.
To start using RNIB Reading Services, please register for a free account here.
(N.B. If you want to receive braille - or talking books on CD or USB stick - in the post, please call our Helpline on 0303 123 9999 instead.)
A confirmation email will then be sent to you. Please follow the link in the email, within 24 hours, to answer a few final questions, and complete your registration. (You can find full step-by-step instructions on our Getting Started page.)
“Sleep When I Sleep” audio app
Used on an Apple Watch, the "Sleep When I Sleep" audio app can pause any audio playing when you are asleep.
To find our more about the app, and how to download it, click on this “Sleep When I Sleep” link.
The RNIB Accord
Listen to your Talking Books on USB (and much more via Bluetooth) with the RNIB Accord USB player.
With tactile controls, voice prompts, wireless charging, bookmarking features and chapter skipping function, this portable player makes listening to books, podcasts, and music wonderfully simple.