Can I listen to an e-book as an audio book?
Answer
More and more students are looking for read aloud and narration functionality from our e-books. Of our main e-book providers, only Kortext and VLeBooks currently offer this (built into their app and online reader respectively). We will work with all our e-book providers to make read aloud functionality more widely available.
Where an e-book or chapter is available for download as a PDF or into Adobe Digital Editions or other e-reader software, you can also use your computer's Narrator App to read the e-book text aloud to you. Find out more on our Enhancing E-books page, where you can also find a selection of other useful Text-to-Speech tools.
The Library also has access to a small collection of audiobooks, which can be accessed on the Overdrive platform or the Libby app. You can find more information on our Overdrive and the Libby app guide.