Almost any popular novel or nonfiction book, general interest and trade magazines, and newspapers are now available in a variety of accessible audio formats. Recorded music came later, but recording the written word for use by people with vision loss continues today.Īudio books and a new generation of listening devices are helpful for readers with limited vision and are an increasingly popular reading option for sighted audiences as well. You can find specific instructions on how to transfer audiobooks from your PC to a mobile device or MP3 player via OverDrive's Transferring audiobooks section.įor more help and information on audiobooks, please view the comprehensive selection of audiobook articles and tips available at OverDrive.Not many people realize that the earliest phonograph records were created specifically to provide spoken recordings for people who could not read because they were blind. Next, go to our Overdrive collection to search for, checkout, and download your audiobook. Once you download the audiobook, it will open in OMC and you can listen to it on your computer or use OMC's transfer feature to send it your portable music player.

If you would like to download audiobooks and listen to them through your computer or transfer them to an portable MP3 player such as an iPod, simply download Overdrive Media Console (OMC) software to your PC or Mac. From within the OMC app you will be able to search for, checkout, download or stream, and listen to audiobooks. If you have an iPad, iPhone, iTouch, Nook Tablet, Kindle Fire, or other mobile device that can play MP3 files, go to your app store-whether it's the iTunes Store, Google Play, the Nook Store, the Kindle App Store, or elsewhere-and add the free Overdrive Media Console (OMC) app to your device. Oneclick Digital makes this process simple by converting formats for you behind the scenes ( OneClick Digital Help and FAQs), but when using Overdrive you need to be sure you're checking out the correct audiobook format. Downloading audiobooks is a snap, but the process you will use and the audiobook formats available to you depends upon the type of device you may be using. The Free Library of Philadelphia offers a large number of downloadable audiobooks in our Overdrive, OneClick Digital, and Hoopla collections.

Downloading audiobooks from the Free Library

Downloadable audiobooks for mp3 players