The term "talking book" came into being in the 1930s with government programs designed for blind readers, while the term "audiobook" came into use during the 1970s when audiocassettes began to replace records. In 1994,

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Spoken word recordings first became possible with the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Edisonin 1877. "Phonographic books" were one of the original applications envisioned by Edison which would "speak to blind people without effort on their

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Producing an audiobook consists of a narrator sitting in a recording boothreading the text, while a studio engineer and a director record and direct

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Audiobooks are distributed on any audio format available, but primarily these are records, cassette tapes, CDs, MP3 CDs, downloadable digital formats (e.g., MP3 (.mp3),

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Audiobooks are considered a valuable tool because of their format. Unlike traditional books or a video program, one can listen to an audiobook while doing other tasks. Such tasks include doing the laundry, exercising, weedingand similar activities. The most popular general

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Founded in 1948, Learning Allyserves more than 300,000 K-12, college and graduate students, veterans and lifelong learners – all of whom cannot read standard print due to blindness, visual

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Audiobooks have been used to teach children to read and to increase reading comprehension. They are also useful for the blind. The National Library of Congress in the U.S. and the CNIB Library in Canadaprovide free audiobook library services to the visually impaired;

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