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PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, IN AND AROUND THE BOROUGH OF WOKING.

Produced entirely by volunteers, we provide an audio version of the Woking News and Mail which contains news and information for Woking, Chobham, Byfleet and the surrounding villages. Content from the Talking News Federation is also included each week.

The printed version is on sale each Thursday, the Audio Edition, on this website or any Alexa audio device*  is available on the same day and the USB Memory Sticks, a day after the printed version is published.
*(Talking Newspapers skill must be enabled)

The USB Memory Sticks are delivered by the Royal Mail “Articles for the Blind” service by 1st Class Post, free of charge.

We also provide the news content to Radio Wey, a hospital radio service for Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Originally started by Roland Hill and reportedly as a one-man operation in his garden shed. It was said to have started in 1966 but we have no hard evidence to confirm that, only from the memory of one of our members. Until 2021, the Talking Newspaper was recorded in a studio but, thanks to Covid, we undertook a totally different method. With all volunteer readers and the production team working from home, the recordings a collected via the Internet and subsequently processed for copying and distribution.

In 1988, the Woking Talking Newspaper became a Registered Charity and was reformed as the Woking Talking Newspaper (1988) Association.