# The National Library Service and the Not-So-Secret History of Audiobooks

Since 1931, the National Library Service has provided free audio and braille books and magazines to people who are blind, have low vision or a print disability like dyslexia. Learn how this Library of Congress program advanced audio technology and helped pave the way for today’s audiobook phenomenon.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 31 min
- By: Yasner, Jason
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11090/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-11090?play=1)