Talking Friends recordings for the visually impaired are made on special C90 cassettes by small teams of Quaker volunteers in their homes around the country. The Friend is recorded in and around Warwickshire and in Scotland, and the other periodicals in Surrey, Sussex, Merseyside and in Scotland. Duplicating and distribution of The Friend and Quaker News is at present carried out by staff of Quaker Life at Friends House in London, and of the other periodicals by volunteers in Scotland.

We do not edit or make selections from periodicals; our policy is to record the entire contents. An opening index, plus audible ‘cues’, enable the listener to read the periodical in any order, choosing or skipping articles at will.

Talking Friends is a member of Talking News Federation.