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Friday, May 7th, 2010Digital books available through the Talking Books Plus library are listed in the bi-monthly Talking Book Topics book catalog. The November-December 2009 issue is the first issue to add digital books in the catalog. Order digital books by DB number. This 2009 issue announced the availability of cartridges and the changes to the Talking Book Topics […]
RFB&D and NLS Digital Player
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010For those folks needing this information, here are basic steps borrowed from another Regional Library used to authorize an NLS player to play RFB&D books. The RFB&D account holder needs to login to his/her account, choose to “Authorize a DAISY player”. Choose the appropriate NLS model (advanced or standard player) from the dropdown list of […]
Download Magazines
Monday, April 19th, 2010BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) participants can view a list of Recently Added Magazine Issues online. From the Talking Books PLus (TBP) webpage, under Quick Links, go to BARD. After logging in with your email address and password, at the BARD Main Page, scroll down under Find Magazines to Recently Added Magazine Issues. If you have not applied to BARD and need a digital machine, call […]
Download Training at Insight
Friday, April 16th, 2010INSIGHT is an organization that serves the needs of Rhode Island’s blind and visually-impaired population of all ages. They offer classes on an ongoing basis for anyone with visual impairment/blindness who would like to learn how to download books from the National Library Services (NLS) website to a blank cartridge. Insight trains people who are blind/visually […]
NFB-Newsline on the Web
Friday, April 16th, 2010NFB-Newsline is now available on the Web and can be downloaded to a Victor Reader Stream, Icon or Braille+, BookSense or Book Port Plus. Get access to over 300 publications and 5 Spanish-language newspapers. Anyone who cannot read printed newspapers due to vision loss, dyslexia or a physical disability can sign up to receive NFB Newsline.
Pratt-Smoot Act
Monday, March 15th, 2010This blog article is a belated Happy Birthday that the regional library network for the Blind celebrated on March 3rd. Seventy nine years ago, the Pratt-Smoot Act became law and national library service was established on March 3, 1931. The Librarian of Congress was authorized to arrange with other libraries “to serve as local or regional centers […]
Mystic Seaport Pass
Monday, March 15th, 2010Free passes for Talking Books Plus members and their families to visit Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea in Mystic, Connecticut, are available on request from NLS. Mystic Seaport hosts a variety of events throughout the year. NLS has one pass for each day of the week, Sunday through Saturday. Each pass […]
Digital Machine Starting Automatically
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010To Talking Books Plus members who are enjoying the new digital talking book machine (dtbm), please note that when a powered off machine is plugged into an outlet which experiences a power outage, the machine will automatically startup when power is restored. That’s because the machine is actually still on when the power is off. The sudden startup of the […]
Downloading Tip
Friday, February 5th, 2010This blog is being used to share what one librarian calls “workarounds” for patrons who are downloading BARD titles to their digital machine. One patron claims to load her downloaded BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) books to a MP3 player and then plays the books on the NLS digital book machine by connecting it to […]
Blank Cartridge Update
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Blank cartridges for downloading digital books from the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) system are no longer available from Independent Living Aids, LLC. American Printing House for the Blind and Adaptive Technology, a division of Perkins Products of the Perkins School for the Blind, are selling blank digital talking book cartridges. Visit links for both American Printing House […]
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