PENpal is a commercial device that plays back audio when it touches compatible printed books, posters, stickers giving a multisensory reading experience. Each PENpal can read over 1700 books and posters. Those books are dual language and  PENpal will play back audio every time it touches a page – in English or in a choice of over 60 languages.

*Note that PENpal is not compatible with Chromebooks. Audio files must be transferred from a Windows PC or Mac

PENpal is a flexible and portable device with great potential for both classroom and personal use. For mainstream teachers, it represents an excellent tool for group work and a fun way for pupils to add contextual detail and notes to printed materials, and outside of the education environment it can be both fascinating and comforting for a young child to hear stories and information in their own voice, or that of a friend or relative.