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Audio Reader - Sharing the Gift of Sight through Sound

Audio-Reader is an audio information service for individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled, throughout Kansas and western Missouri. We provide accessible audio versions of newspapers, magazines and books on the air, over the internet, by telephone and via smartspeakers, 24 hours a day. Services are free of charge to anyone who is unable to read standard printed material.

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Our Mission

Audio-Reader fosters independence by providing access to information and the arts for people who have difficulty reading standard print due to vision loss, physical or learning disability, mobility challenges, and age.

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"Without Audio-Reader, I would never have been able to obtain a Ph.D. Absolutely nothing was accessible. Every word had to be read to me. I couldn’t have made it without Audio Reader."

Kim W
Audio-Reader Listener

Sharing the Gift of Sight Through Sound

8,000+
Program episodes accessed on-demand each month.
300
Mobile App downloads in the first year since release in August 2025.
250+
Outstanding volunteers reading dozens over 15,000 hours of content each year.
55 years
Audio-Reader is the 2nd oldest audio information service in the country, serving thousands of listeners for 55 years and counting.

Services

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Broadcast Stream

Audio-Reader's broadcast stream is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, via special closed circuit radios, our internet stream and our Amazon Alexa skill.
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Telephone Reader

The Lions Telephone Reader is an on-demand dial-up information system for accessing audio versions of print publications over the telephone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Audio Description

Audio description makes live events, theater and arts experiences accessible for individuals with vision loss, cognitive or learning disabilities.
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Special Requests

Special Requests provide access to content that is not available in an accessible format. This includes books, training manuals, text books, specialized magazines, legal documents and more.
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Help us Share the Gift of Sight through Sound with a donation to Audio-Reader today.
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The Audio-Reader Network fosters independence by providing access to information and the arts for people who have difficulty reading standard print due to vision loss, physical or learning disability, mobility challenges, and age.

Get Involved

Audio-Reader services are free of charge to anyone who is unable to read standard printed material. We rely on volunteer readers to create the content for our services, and we are 100% supported by donors and grants.

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Proud member of the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS)

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