Audiobooks Made
For the Visually Impaired.
Listen to academic textbooks with deep image descriptions, Ethiopian fiction, and religious texts instantly in your browser or on Telegram.
Not just reading.
Describing the world.
Standard audiobooks are made for the general public. They completely skip over images, graphs, and visual context. Book251 is different.
When we record academic textbooks, our narrators provide deep, easy-to-understand descriptions of images and mandatory visual content, ensuring blind students never miss critical information.
Built by Swit Technologies and powered by LIQ. We are deeply grateful to the ENAB community and volunteers who contributed books and helped us map and test the perfect user journey.
Experience the Detail
Standard audiobooks skip crucial academic images. Read how our narrators ensure blind students never miss a visual concept.
Standard Audiobook
"As you can see in Figure 4.2 on the next page, the process of cell division occurs in four stages. Moving on to the next chapter..."
Visual Context Lost
Book251 Recording
"Figure 4.2 illustrates cell division. It shows a large circular parent cell splitting down the middle. Inside, chromosomes pull apart to opposite sides, eventually pinching into two identical smaller cells..."
Why We Chose Telegram
Complete Familiarity
Most visually impaired users already use Telegram to send voices and chat. We built Book251 where you are already comfortable.
Instant Audio Streaming
No waiting for huge files to download. Telegram’s native streaming lets you tap play and listen instantly while the file loads in the background.
Native Accessibility
Telegram works flawlessly with your phone's native screen reader, making navigating our library completely seamless.
Lend Your Voice.
Change a Life.
We are building the largest accessible academic library in Ethiopia. We need sighted volunteers to record just one textbook chapter a week from their phones.
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