Talking books
If you are studying at Halmstad University and have a reading disability that makes it difficult to read printed text, the university library can help you apply for access to the Legimus service.
What rules apply?
If you have a disability that makes it difficult to read printed text, you can get access to Legimus.
Exemples of disabilities that may make it difficult to read printed text include:
- Reading and writing difficulties, dyslexia
- Physical disibilities that, for exemple, make it hard to hold a book
- Neuropsychiatric disabilities, such as autism and ADHD
- Hearing impairment for auditory training and the connection between speech and text
- Temporary disability due to, for example, injury or illness
Having a disability does not in itself entitle you to a Legimus account. There must be a connection between the disability and the difficulty in reading.
Application for access to recorded literature
- The meeting is held via Teams.
- We complete the application together. At the end of the meeting, we briefly show how Legimus works as preparation for you if the application is approved.
- MTM - The Swedish Agency for Accessible Media reviews the application and will get back to you within a few days with a decision on whether access to Legimus will be granted or not.
- If you already have a Legimus account and want to transfer it to the university library, you are welcome to contact us.
Book a meeting to apply External link, opens in new window.
To borrow and read talking books
Information on how you as a student can borrow and read talking books using the Legimus app and the EasyReader program can be found on the Legimus website (only in Swedish), but we will also show this during the introduction. The university also provide a reading program called ClaroRead.
If the book is not available in Legimus?
If the course book is not available in Legimus, the library may in some cases request an accessible version from the Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM).
More and more publishers now offer accessible e-books. Because of this, MTM increasingly refers to these e-books instead of producing new talking books. This means some books may be missing from Legimus, or removed from it. At the same time, the library can not always buy the e-books. This may be due to the price, or to licensingterms that do not allow it.
Please contact the library as early as possible if your couse book is missing. We will then look into what options are available, and whether it is possible to order the book from MTM.
The information we need from you is:
- Your Swedish personal identity number.
- Your course code or your university literature list in pdf.
- Title, author and either year of publication or edition.
Please note that producing a new talking book may take several weeks.
Contact the library: biblioteket@hh.se
