Editing Audiobook (section)

===Germany===
The evolution and use of audiobooks in [[Germany]] (''Hörbuch'', "book for listening") closely parallels that of the US. A special example of its use is the [[West German Audio Book Library for the Blind]], founded in 1955. Actors from the municipal theater in [[Münster]] recorded the first audiobooks for the visually impaired in an improvised studio lined with egg cartons. Because trams rattled past, these first productions took place at night. Later, texts were recorded by trained speakers in professional studios and distributed to users by mail. Until the 1970s recordings were on tape reels, then later cassettes. Since 2004, the offerings have been recorded in the [[DAISY Digital Talking Book]] [[MP3]] standard, which provides additional features for visually impaired users to both listen and navigate written material aurally.<ref name=goethe>Sabine Tenta: ''The Audible Gate to the World: The West German Audio Book Library for the Blind'' (Goethe-Institut, 2009) [http://www.goethe.de/wis/bib/dos/bip/nrw/en4789945.htm online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127011706/http://www.goethe.de/wis/bib/dos/bip/nrw/en4789945.htm |date=27 January 2011 }} {{in lang|en}} retrieved 26 May 2012</ref>