Digital Update
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011An updated Rhode Island Talking Books Plus Application for Institutions is now downloadable from the web. Institutions that may apply for deposit collections as well as access to downloadable books and magazines are public and private schools and college and university disability centers. Employees of rehabilitation agencies and centers for the blind may be granted access to BARD. Public libraries may be granted […]
The Blind Using a Computer
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Dennis Hong has created a car that blind people can drive. Some say he gave them hope. Decades ago, the Blind couldn’t download digital books from a computer. Fortunately for our members, this is no longer a hope but a reality. With the right technology and training, the Blind can independently retrieve talking books literally with their fingertips. If […]
NFB Newsline Download Access
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011On December 20, 2010, NFB (National Federation of the Blind) released the National Library Services (NLS) Digital Talking Book (DTB) Downloader program, which allows subscribers to download their favorite publications to the NLS DTB cartridge or a USB drive to be played on the new NLS digital player. For more information, visit the NFB website or […]
BARD Magazine Page Changes
Monday, September 27th, 2010The magazine pages on BARD will now display the reading time, narrators, and the descriptive title of the magazine provided by the magazine producer. The descriptive title will actually indicate what the magazine is. In the future, look for notes that may be attached to a magazine issue indicating things such as “magazine so and […]
Downloading Talking Books Training
Friday, September 24th, 2010Talking Books Plus library offers its members BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. In partnership, INSIGHT is offering training for folks who would like to learn about downloading BARD books from the NLS website. Classes are offered at the convenience of the student and can be scheduled by contacting Rick at randrade@in-sight.org. The training […]
Carrying Case for Digital Machine
Thursday, August 12th, 2010A digital talking book machine case is sold by Executive Products, Inc. The Executive NLS/BPH case has been designed to enable the user to easily utilize all keys, ports and accesses while on the unit. The unit can be carried on a comfortable shoulder strap or a hand carry strap. Visit their site for more […]
Audio Bibles
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010The nonprofit, Faith Comes By Hearing, has created the palm-sized “Mini Proclaimer” and a “Bible Stick”, a small dedicated digital player that looks like an iPod Nano. Most of the machines are given away. You can also listen to a streaming bible. The nonprofit is hoping to develop audio Bible applications for smart phones as well. Vist their […]
Digital Books Catalogs
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 […]
Reading Across RI Related Books
Monday, April 19th, 2010The following Talking Books Plus fictional books are set in Guernsey Island. They come from the Reading Across RI Resource List for the book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. The Book of Ebenezer le Page by G.B.Edwards RC17425 A Place of Hiding by Elizabeth George RC56504, BR […]
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