Here\’s an AP Story making the rounds on new digital book readers at the Library of Congress. They Also Have A Site all about their Digital Talking Books (DTB).
Currently, The library serves almost 730,000 readers of books and magazines with cassette tapes that are read to them by about 500,000 bulky plastic players. An improved sound system in the new digital readers will benefit older users who cannot read braille, the system of raised dots that enables the blind to read by touch.
Over three years, the library will convert about 30,000 titles, mostly standard works and best sellers, to the new technology at a cost of about $75 million.
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