My elderly mom, 85, lives with me, and I bought her a radio/cd player from walmart, about 25 dollars. It is simple to operate, I check out audio books from the library, she loves them!

We rented a car to go on vacation this year. We forgot to check and see if it had a CD player.
I had checked out several elm creek quilt books on CD to listen to during the long drive.
We stopped at walmart and got a CD player that plugged into the car and we were set.
It never skipped or had any glitches playing the CDs on the trip. It was just a 20.00 one,
so nothing fancy.

He may qualify to get a free player and books from the National Library Service for the Blind. Anyone who cant read for any reason are able to borrow from them. And I think they use local libraries, or at least some.

I download audio books to my Android tablet from my library using Overdrive. It is just like checking out an ebook. My husband downloads using Overdrive to his mp3.

My legally blind 92 year old mother has been using this service for years. They send you a free, easy to use player, and books are sent free through the mail. They come with a preprinted card that is reversed to return the books and the entire service is free. I believe there is a requirement for a physician to sign a form confirming the visual of physical disorder. That is it. No issue in quite a few years and it is my mom's main form of entertainment. She loves it.

Check with and eye doctor's office, ophthalmologist, to get a referral for recordings for the blind and dyslexic (and disabled). My mom was on a program where they supplied a very simple, and more importantly very durable, tape player and shipped all the tapes she'd ever want for free. There's the option of filling in a written form for requests or getting on the phone with someone who will help pick out choices good for the person. CDs and a CD player are great for someone who's still got all their faculties, but CD's get damaged very easily.

I want to thank you for taking the time to reply. You have given me lots of ideas. I appreciate all the help. Have a great day.