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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 […]
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 […]
Olympic Games Books
Thursday, February 11th, 2010For those wanting to whet their appetite for the 2010 Winter Olympic in Vancouver, Canada, here are some books of general interest about the olympic games and Vancouver. Olympic Games The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey RC62247, DB062247 Downloadable Talking Book The Game by Ken Dryden RC20824 The Highlights of the Olympics: from ancient times […]
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 […]
Flash Drive for Downloading
Thursday, December 24th, 2009A growing number of Talking Books Plus members have their digital players. Many of these same members have joined the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) service. With more than 15,000 audio books available for download at the BARD site, members want to know what flash drives work with the digital player. The BARD service is free. Members only need […]
Digital Player Firmware Update
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009For those who have a Talking Books Plus digital player and download their books, here is an update of the digital player firmware. The update is now available for download. Version 2.1.3 corrects an issue for patrons using the Apple Macintosh OSX operating system to download books from the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD). According […]
About NLS Cassette Tapes
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Whether you have applied for a digital talking book machine or not, individuals are encouraged to hold on to their cassette players. There are over 56,000 RC cassette titles in the national collection. And more will be produced until 2011. So to get the greatest selection in the next few years, check out both the cassette […]
Barnes & Noble eBookstore
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009From the publication, Library Hotline: Breaking News for Library and Information Decision Makers, an announcement was made that Barnes & Noble launched the Barnes & Noble ebookstore of 700,000 titles. According to Hotline, B&N ebookstore carries ebooks that can be read on a wide variety of platforms. The total of books offered includes 500,000 public domain titles from Google which can […]
Equal and not separate Reading Rights
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009The Reading Rights Coalition is a collaborative effort by 30 nationally recognized organizations that represent those who cannot read print. The coalition members believe access to the written word is the cornerstone of education and democracy and that new technologies must serve individuals with disabilities, not impede them. Ths group protests the threatened removal of […]
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