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Early History |
| | |  | Why Talking Books? |
| | |  | Two Men with a Vision |
| | |  | The Making of a Talking Book |
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Developing Partnerships |
| | |  | Pratt-Smoot Act: That All May Read |
| | |  | The Library of Congress |
| | |  | Solely for the Use of the Blind |
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Helen Keller and Talking Books |
| | |  | Helen's Initial Opposition to Talking Books |
| | |  | Mutual Admiration |
| | |  | A Change of Mind |
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Operations Begin |
| | |  | The Library of Congress hires the American Foundation for the Blind |
| | |  | A Works Progress Administration Project |
| | |  | The American Printing House for the Blind |
| | |  | More than 23,000 WPA Machines Built |
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Recording Technology Moves On |
| | |  | A Changing Role for AFB |
| | |  | Commercial Manufacture of Talking Book Machines |
| | |  | From Record Player to Cassette Player |
| | |  | The Digital Talking Book |
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Celebrity Narrators |
| | |  | Celebrity Narrators |
| | |  | Maya Angelou (born 1928), American author and poet |
| | |  | Lloyd Bridges (1913 - 1988), American actor |
| | |  | Ossie Davis (1917 - 2005), American actor and playwright |
| | |  | Edna Ferber (1885 - 1968), American author and playwright |
| | |  | Eva LeGallienne (1899 - 1991), English actor and director |
| | |  | Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955), German author |
| | |  | Alexander Scourby (1913 - 1985), American actor |
| | |  | Piri Thomas (born 1928), Puerto Rican-Cuban American author and poet |
| | |  | Harry S.Truman (1884 - 1972), 33rd President of the United States of America |
