Archive for November, 2012
More 2013 Calendars
Wednesday, November 28th, 20122013 Calendars Listed below are organizations that produce calendars in braille, print/braille, or large print. American Printing House for the Blind (APH), PO Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206-0085, Phone: 800-223-1839, Fax: (502) 899-2284, cs@aph.org, https://shop.aph.org, Accepts orders by fax, mail, or tele, phone. Several formats listed below. Braille DateBook calendar in a two-ring binder. […]
BARD down Sunday midnight
Friday, November 23rd, 2012There’s a BARD alert out to remind BARD users that The Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) will be down for at least twenty-four hours beginning at midnight on Sunday, November 25, while the National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) migrates to a new system. The new BARD featuring Web-Braille materials […]
2013 Calendars
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012Need a calendar for 2013? National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped offers a free date finder that covers fiscal year July to June. For more information, call (202) 707-9275. Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund offers free large-print and Braille purse-size, spiral bound calendars. To order, call (517) 780-5096. A Braille scripture calendar is […]
BARD is Up and Running Again
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012My apologies for not letting members know that BARD would be down over the weekend. There were some glitches on Tuesday when it was scheduled to be up again and then again on Wednesday. Will make every effort to post future scheduled down times as they are announced to Talking Books Plus.
Free Phone from ATEL at ATAP Conference
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012Pick up a free telephone from ATEL at the 2012 ATAP Assistive Technology Conference. The conference will be held November 29, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, Rhode Island. At this year’s conference, one of the ATAP partners, the Adaptive Telephone Equipment (ATEL) Program will be providing Free State telephones to qualified RI residents. A large percentage […]
Mailing Containers for Members
Friday, November 9th, 2012If a loved one or friend is downloading books on a National Library Services (NLS) digital cartridge for a member and the loved one or friend lives in another state, a mailing container for the NLS digital cartridge may be purchased for the loved one or friend to use to send downloaded titles on the cartridge to a […]
4 Booklists Added to Reading List
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012The English Romance in Series Booklist, the Protestant Religion Booklist, the World War I Booklist, and the Historical Romance in Series Booklist have been added to the RI Talking Books Plus Reading Lists. These lists were produced by the Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library in Missouri. Rhode Island Talking Books Plus members should order […]
October 2012 Bestsellers List
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012The Bestsellers Lists are compiled monthly by NLS. These lists combine information taken from the bestseller lists of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Bestsellers are included in the NLS list when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more. Once a title appears in the NLS […]