talking book

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   sound recording of someone reading a book; frequently used by blind people

   Broadersound recording

Questions about talking book

What does talking book mean?

talking book means "sound recording of someone reading a book; frequently used by blind people".

Is talking book a common word?

talking book is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.