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HELENA - The Montana State Library is celebrating the "talking book library," which has been around since 1966. Now the library is launching a patron's outreach program to help those who don't know about the talking library. All Montana residents who can't read standard print due to a visual, physical, or reading disability may quality for the program.

Click here to register!What:The Montana Talking Book Library provides specialized equipment and an exhaustive list of titles in the Talking Book format for patrons with visual or other physical impairments that make sight reading difficult.  A free service available to any qualifying Montanan, the Talking Book Library also records Montana authors to contribute home-grown content to TBL services elsewhere.  For an overview on how to make a referral and what services are available from the MT TBL, tune into a Webinar tomorrow morning.  One hour CE Credit – Library Services to the Public. When:Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 9:00-10:00 amContact:For more information, contact jflick@mt.gov

But Speer doesn't read the books herself. She is legally blind and relies on a machine to read them to her. She has been receiving talking books from the Montana State Library for the past 10 years, but now they are making it a little bit easier for her to read her favorite mystery novel.