Assistive Media Expanding the world of reading

Assistive Media is a 501(c)(3) public charity incorporated and in good standing in the state of Michigan.

You can support our free service with your tax-deductible and secure online donation.

Founded in 1996, Assistive Media is an internet-based audio reading service to serve people with visual/reading impairments worldwide.

Mission statement

To contribute to the educational, cultural, and quality-of-living standards for people with disabilities by producing and providing free-of-charge previously published journalistic and full-length nonfiction/historical works in easily accessible spoken-word audio through the highest standards of nonprofit service.

Assistive Media was the Internet's first spoken word audio service for persons with print reading/access barriers thereby opening a unique avenue of accessibility for many individuals with cognitive, physical, and communication disabilities.

Used in a variety of environmental settings (home, school, community, work place), Assistive Media provides a solution that allows individuals with disabilities access to previously inaccessible literary and in-depth journalistic materials which provides independence and integration into the mainstream of society and community life.

Assistive Media seeks to offer material that is immediate yet timeless, energetic and thoughtful, serious and funny. Assistive Media's very simple goal is to offer accessibility to good writing, a point of view, and a deeper understanding of people, communities, and cultures.

David H. Erdody

Founder, Director, Editor-in-Chief

An avid reader all my life, I've used every format available to the blind. Reading by way of Assistive Media is great! It's like getting an audio magazine anthology but not having to send it back or throw away the tape or CD and clutter the environment. And it's such a friendly way to read, too. Being able to E-mail comments and get answers about them gives the whole process a wonderful family mood.”

--Ilene Sirocca, Pittsburgh PA