Talking Newspaper Association of the United Kingdom

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The Talking Newspaper Association of the United Kingdom, or TNAUK, is a charitable organization based out of East Sussex in the United Kingdom. TNAUK provides audio versions of national newspapers and magazines in various formats such as audio cassette and CD-ROM as well as available online via download and email for the blind, disabled, and visually impaired. TNAUK currently offers audio transcriptions of over 200 individual publications and distributes over two million audio cassettes annually. ^[1]

TNAUK was established in 1974 as a membership network of individual, local "talking newspapers", projects to individually transcribe local and national newspapers and magazines into audio format. In 1983 operations were expanded to a national distribution service, and as membership swelled to over 500 individual talking newspapers across the country, TNAUK transferred the local newspaper responsibilities to the Talking News Federation and now focuses solely upon the transcription and distribution of national titles, acting as a newsagent for its customers[1].