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?
In order to borrow talking books, you must have a reading disability.
Becoming a Legimus user
Please contact the library by e-mail for a discussion about talking books and Legimus account. The e-mail address is legimus.biblioteket@his.se You will then be able to download talking books directly from Legimus once you are logged in with your user ID.
Recording course literature
If a course book is not already available in MTM, it can be recorded. Please contact the library with recording requests. You will receive a message from the library when your recording request has been sent to MTM. Please submit your request in plenty of time. Recording takes 6-8 weeks.
Listening to talking books
In order to use talking books, you will need some kind of app, reading software or player.
To listen via a tablet or mobile phone, download the Legimus app which is available for Android and iPhone.
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