Get the Picture by Judy Dixon Aug 18
By Alicia Waters | August 14, 2014
Leading national braille publisher, National Braille Press (NBP), announced yesterday the premiere of their new book Get the Picture: Viewing the World with the iPhone Camera by Judy Dixon. The book, for both sighted and braille readers, shares the best strategies for utilizing the iPhone and iPad camera and rates the most accessible apps for blind users.
Judy will be discussing her book at the weekly Monday TEK TALK program on August 18, 2014 at 8 PM EST. Join Judy at The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room . Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen. For more information about TEK TALK and other Discussion Groups on Accessible World, visit AccessibleWorld. All online interactive programs are free of charge.
Judy Dixon is the Consumer Relations Officer for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress (LC). Talking Books Plus at the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS) is the statewide network library affiliated with NLS.
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Book Nook Room Sept 9th
By Alicia Waters | August 14, 2014
Fiction, Old and New will be discussing The Sisters Weiss by Naomi Ragen in the Book Nook Room of AccessibleWorld.org on Tuesday, September 9th at 9:00 pm.
DB78005 is available through the mail as well as downloadable.
Reading time: 11 hours, 33 minutes.
Read by Gabriella Cavallero.
Family story
Description: Rose Weiss rebels against her ultraorthodox Jewish parents in 1960s Brooklyn and runs away from home. Forty years later, Rose–who is now an award-winning photographer–is stunned when her niece Rivka appears, seeking refuge from her traditional family. Some descriptions of sex. 2013.
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Choice Magazine Listening
By Alicia Waters | August 13, 2014
Choice Magazine Listening (CML) is raising awareness of its “unique” free service. This quarterly audio magazine is an anthology of contemporary magazine writings. Each issue has 12 hours of nonfiction, short stories and poetry selected from 100 magazines and literary journals. CML says subscribers get to read unabridged versions “by the best narrators in the country.” CML says that the magazine will play on the NLS/TBP digital player. Call 1-888-724-6423 or email Choicemag@aol.com to get this magazine mailed or to download from CML.
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July 2014 Bestsellers List
By Alicia Waters | August 8, 2014
NLS combines information taken from the bestseller lists of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
Bestsellers are included when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more.
Once a title appears in the Bestsellers List with an NLS book number, it will not appear on future lists.
The acronyms used for newspapers and book clubs in the NLS bestseller list are:
Code Source
LAT Los Angeles Times
NYT New York Times
WP Washington Post
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Book Nook Discussion Aug 12
By Alicia Waters | July 21, 2014
Fiction, Old and New will be discussing State of wonder DB73464 by Ann Patchett on August 12, 2014 9PM EST in the Book Nook. To join the online interactive book discussion program, visit Book Nook , a Talking Communities online conferencing site sponsored by Helping Hands for the Blind. For informatin to sign up for all Accessible World discussion lists and to download the conferencing site, visit Accessible World.
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BARD down for me or everyone?
By Alicia Waters | July 21, 2014
Apparently, BARD was down over the weekend. Here are 2 sites that let you check whether a particular site is down. In the website checker, Is It Down for Me or Everyone, enter the address of BARD main page in the search edit field of the web site checker. The other web site checker site is called websitedown.
These tips come from bardtalk@yahoogroups.com
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Currency Reader distribution
By Alicia Waters | July 14, 2014
National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has agreed to partner with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in distributing its currency readers. The readers are free and only will read U.S. currency. BEP began distributing the currency readers at the National Federation of the Blind conference in Orlando, Florida. BEP also plans to distribute currency readers at the American Council of the Blind conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, and at the Blinded Veterans Association conference in Las Vegas in August.
NLS is scheduled to begin distributing currency readers to TBP members who are blind or visually impaired later this year. Registered Talking Books Plus (TBP)members may obtain currency readers before December 31, 2014. In January 2015, the program will open to all residents and U.S. citizens living abroad who are blind or visually impaired.
TBP members requesting a currency reader device will not be able to get a currency reader device until late fall but their name and address will be kept on file so that a reader can be sent when it becomes available. Call or email TBP at 574-9310 to be put on the waiting list.
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First to Write and Read Tactically
By Alicia Waters | July 3, 2014
Do you know Laura Bridgman? She was the first blind and deaf person to learn to write and read through tactile means. As a Talking Books Plus (TBP) member, you can download a new fictional biography, What is Visible by Kimberly Elkins, through the BARD TBP service. This commercial audiobook published in 2014 tells the story of Laura who leaves Vermont at the tender age of 7 to live at the Perkins Institution for the Blind well before Helen Keller was there. Visit the BARD site to apply for BARD service.
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June 2014 Bestseller List
By Alicia Waters | July 2, 2014
The June 2014 Bestsellers List has been posted.
BACKGROUND
The enclosed report compiled monthly by NLS combines information taken from the bestseller lists of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
Bestsellers are included in the report when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more.
Once a title appears in the report with an NLS book number, it will not appear on future reports.
The acronyms used for newspapers and book clubs in the NLS bestseller report are:
Code Source
LAT Los Angeles Times
NYT New York Times
WP Washington Post
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Seasoned Times for Seniors
By Alicia Waters | July 2, 2014
Beth Eburn created a website specifically for seniors that some of our members might want to explore. Beth says “It is a positive, colorful and filled with valuable information for people in their ‘seasoned’ years. She says she “has worked as a healthcare writer for many years and developed the website to share what [she] learned about wise and healthy aging.” Talking Books Plus is pleased to connect our members to information sites of interest. We encourage you to check it out for yourself.
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