Downloadable Digital Audio Books
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The BTBL is part of a consortium of nine talking book libraries to offer downloadable digital audio books to patrons through the Unabridged Project. Unabridged provides a web-based library of narrated digital audio books for download.
Unabridged utilizes the content resources of Overdrive with downloadable materials in protected Windows Media Audio format (WMA). Registered library patrons in Massachusetts will be able to self-checkout and download digital audio books.
Contact the Library to sign up for Unabridged. Visit the Unabridged Website to preview the collection.
Digital book playback:
Books can be played on PCs with Windows Media Player and the accessible OverDrive Media Console, transferred to WMA-enabled portable playback devices, or burned to CDs. The system works on computers capable of running the Microsoft Windows operating system. New Macintosh systems may be able to run Windows, but older Mac systems will not support Unabridged. Click to download the Overdrive Media Console.
Click to download the Unabridged Getting Started Guide as a text document or the Unabridged Getting Started Guide as a PDF (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
For more information:
Additional sources for downloading children's audio books can be found on the Fun Things to Do: Free Downloadable Audio Books for Kids section of the PerKIDS page.
Online training will be provided for anyone interested at pre-scheduled times. You must have access to a computer, and the ability to download content from the internet in order to participate in this program. If you are interested in signing up for this exciting service, call the Perkins Library at 617-972-7240 or 1-800-852-3133 or email library@perkins.org.