Borrowing talking books via the University Library
Talking books are available via Legimus, the digital archive of the Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM). Legimus is for those who are unable to read printed books.
Who can borrow talking books?
If you have a disability that makes it difficult for you to read printed text, you can gain access to Legimus. Legimus is The Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM) of talking books and braille books.
Becoming a Legimus user
Recording course literature
If the course book is not already available in Legimus, it is possible to have the book recorded.
Here is how to proceed:
• First, check whether the book is available as an e-book in LibSearch. If it is, open the e-book in the Thorium application, which you download via your Legimus account.
• If the book is not available as an e-book, email a request to have the book recorded to legimus.biblioteket@his.se Include the following information: your name, personal identity number, the book’s title, author and ISBN number, which course the book is part of, and when the course starts.
• You will receive a message from the library when the recording request has been submitted to the Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM).
TorTalk - text-to-speech
TorTalk is a text-to-speech tool that reads text aloud. You can listen to any text you see on the screen including e-books, articles and PDF documents.
Download TorTalk to your own computer from the TorTalk webpage.
To start the program, you need an activation code. Get a code by submitting the form Activation code for TorTalk in the Student portal.
You do not need a Legimus account to use TorTalk