RPH Australia is the national peak representative organisation for a unique Australian network of radio reading services designed to meet the daily information needs of people who, for any reason, are unable to access printed material.
Historically, RPH stood for "Radio for the Print Handicapped", and these services began in Australia in 1975 on Melbourne's 3ZZ.
On 23 July 1978, the Minister for Post and Telecommunications announced, "The establishment of a special radio communications service for the blind and other people with reading difficulties."
Material from the network is heard on a small number of non-network community stations in Australia and on the Radio Reading Service of New Zealand.
In December 2013, all RPH Australia network stations joined the new VAST satellite platform.