Volunteer Opportunities From: Volunteer Center

Audio Reading Service volunteers read and record news, information, and other materials that are broadcast to listeners of all ages who have visual, physical, learning, or language challenges to reading traditional print.  Articles are read and recorded in our studios.

We broadcast the recorded readings from over 80 publications!

One of our current opportunities is The Wall Street Journal. 

Keep listeners up to date on the latest headlines from the US and around the world by reading The Wall Street Journal. This program is read from a digital touchscreen tablet. This is a weekly commitment for a 90-minute reading timeslot. We can work with your schedule, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.

We enhance the lives of our listeners!

One of the best features of your service for my mom is the human voice. She is 94, blind and lives alone… your readers are her companions."

“My mom listens to The Weekend program and often attends events she hears about that are going on in the Fort Wayne area.“

"The Audio Reading Service is my contact with the outside world and I am very grateful to you!"

"Your Service is a wonderful thing. It makes such a difference in my husband's quality of life. He read The Atlantic for 50 years and know can hear the podcast. Please thank everyone who makes this possible.” 

If your skills and passions match our needs, we’d love to have you join our audio reading team of ACPL volunteers! An interview and audition are required.

The Audio Reading Service's target audience is listeners of all ages who have visual, physical, learning, or language challenges to reading traditional print.  Articles are read and recorded in our studios.

We broadcasts the recorded readings of news and information from over 68 publications! 

Our current opportunities include:

• Current, up-to-date local news is our focus, and most important to our listeners! Read the Journal Gazette live, with a volunteer partner. We have two openings: on Monday mornings or Wednesday mornings. The time commitment: 8:00 am -11:00 am.

• Keep listeners up to date on the latest headlines from the US and around the world by reading The Wall Street Journal. This program is read from a digital touchscreen tablet. This is a weekly commitment for a 90-minute reading timeslot. We can work with your schedule, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm.

• Lea “El Mexicano y Más”. Con el lema “el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz”, en su periódico y sitio web, El Mexicano cubre noticias locales, nacionales y mundiales, e información para nuestra comunidad hispanohablante. El contenido es leído en tableta. Requisitos adicionales: Un compromiso semanal de una hora, Lunes - Viernes. Nosotros nos ajustaremos a su horario; leer y hablar tanto español como inglés fluidamente.

Read El Mexicano and more. With its newspaper and web presence motto of “The Respect of the Rights of Others is Peace,” El Mexicano covers local, national and world news and information for our Spanish speaking community. Content is read from a digital touchscreen tablet. Additional requirements: A weekly, one-hour commitment, Monday - Friday. We will work with your schedule. For this position, individuals must be fluent in reading and speaking both English and Spanish.

We enhance the lives of our listeners!

"One of the best features of your service for my mom is the human voice. She is 94, blind and lives alone… your readers are her companions."

“My mom listens to The Weekend program and often attends events she hears about that are going on in the Fort Wayne area.“

"The Audio Reading Service is my contact with the outside world, and I am very grateful to you!"

"Your Service is a wonderful thing. It makes such a difference in my husband's quality of life. He read The Atlantic for 50 years and know can hear the podcast. Please thank everyone who makes this possible.” 

If your skills and passions match our needs, we’d love to have you join our audio reading team of ACPL volunteers! An interview and audition are required.

Enjoy reading aloud, and empowering others? 

The Audio Reading Service broadcasts the live reading of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, seven days a week! 

Our target audience are listeners of all ages who have visual, physical, learning, or language challenges to reading traditional print.

Available Opportunity:

Read the Journal Gazette live. Current, up-to-date local news is our focus, and most important to our listeners! In this position you’ll read with a volunteer partner. Current openings: 

Monday mornings, 8:00 am - 11:00 am

Wednesday mornings, 8:00 am - 11:00 am

Enhance the quality of life for our listeners:

"Thank you so much for this service. My mom depends upon it for her daily news.”

"Your news keeps my dad in tune and aware of current events, his days would be empty without your reading service."

"My mom looks forward to listening to the radio each day.  Her life is better because she likes to be independent and she can get the news by just turning the radio on."

If your skills and passions match our needs, we’d love to have you join our audio reading team of ACPL volunteers! An interview and audition is required. 

Enjoy reading aloud, and empowering others?

The Audio Reading Service broadcasts the recorded readings of news and information from over 85 various publications such as Fort Wayne Business News, Prevention, People, The Advocate, Consumer Reports, and The New Yorker.

Our target audience is listeners of all ages who have visual, physical, learning, or language challenges to reading traditional print.

Lea “El Mexicano y Más”. Con el lema “el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz”, en su periódico y sitio web, El Mexicano cubre noticias locales, nacionales y mundiales, e información para nuestra comunidad hispanohablante. El contenido es leído en papel y en tableta. Requisitos adicionales: Un compromiso semanal de una hora, Lunes - Viernes. Nosotros nos ajustaremos a su horario; leer y hablar tanto español como inglés fluidamente.

Read El Mexicano. With its newspaper and web presence motto of “The Respect of the Rights of Others is Peace,” El Mexicano covers local, national and world news and information for our Spanish speaking community. Content is read from hardcopy and tablet. Additional requirements: A weekly, one-hour commitment, Monday - Friday. We will work with your schedule; fluent in reading and speaking both Spanish and English. For this position, individuals must be fluent in reading and speaking both English and Spanish.

We enhance the quality of life of our listeners:

"One of the best features of your service for my mom is the human voice. She is 94, blind and lives alone… your readers are her companions."

“My mom listens to The Weekend program and often attends events she hears about that are going on in the Fort Wayne area.“

"Audio Services is my contact with the outside world, and I am very grateful to you!"

Since our purpose is to read news and information  to our listening customers, content is delivered in a conversational manner, without dramatic flair, bias, or any side comments. Being a good reader with a quality voice is important. 

If your skills and passions match our needs, we’d love to have you join our audio reading team of ACPL volunteers! An interview and audition are required.