Daily broadcast schedule How to get the service How to volunteer We especially need volunteers who can read The Tennessean once eack week 7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Monday - Friday or once a month on Saturday or Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Listen to an audio sampler Links for the visually impaired

Nashville Talking Library

505 Heritage Drive Map it!
Madison, TN 37115
Ph: 615.862.5874
Fax: 615.862.5796
Schedule: 615.862.5876

Directions to our Studios

Located at the intersection of Heritage Drive and Old Hickory Boulevard, about midway between Gallatin Road and Dickerson Road. Easy access from I-65 or Ellington Parkway/Graycroft.

What Is the Talking Library?

The Nashville Talking Library is an audio reading service broadcasting round-the-clock readings to individuals who cannot read normally printed matter because of a visual or physical impairment, or because of a reading disability. Volunteers read from such local publications as The Tennessean, The City Paper, The Nashville Scene, Business Nashville, neighborhood newspapers, regional papers; bestsellers, mysteries, children's books; more than 80 magazines; and feature programs on gardening, exercise, pet care, and more. We have listeners in 40 counties in Middle Tennessee.

Listeners can hear the radio service in a variety of ways. Most listen via special receivers which we provide free of charge. Patients in most local hospitals can hear the Talking Library on the in-house broadcast systems. And still others listen Monday through Saturday (daytime hours) to the SAP band on WNPT (Channel 8).