Digital Talking Book Player and EZone
By Alicia Waters | July 19, 2012
Downloadable books offered through EZone at Rhode Island public libraries can be played on the digital talking book machine from Talking Books Plus. Look for EZone books that are in mp3 format. The digital talking book machine will not play any books in WMA format.
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Removal of corrupt data on Victor Reader
By Alicia Waters | July 18, 2012
This post should be of interest to Victor Reader customers. The information comes from the Stream Newswire regarding the Safe Removal of USB and SD. HumanWare has received calls lately from users who have had to reformat their SD cards due to data corruption. Some of those users were not aware of the Windows Safely Remove Hardware dialog.
For more information, read the article that discusses the Safely Remove tool in detail.
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BARD Update Coming
By Alicia Waters | July 11, 2012
BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) service is coming out with a new version, planned to be launched this summer. The new BARD will tell users their Has Had titles and will keep a wish list of titles. The new BARD will also include locally produced downloadable titles. Of special interest, there will be music and foreign language titles to download. Members with WebBraille accounts will need BARD accounts to access the new BARD. Watch for announcement of the New BARD!
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What a Member said about BARD
By Alicia Waters | July 3, 2012
Talking Books Plus member, Kenneth Magee says- “Downloading is working great since Talking Books Plus staff person, Neshmayda showed me how to use the control keys to paste the files onto the flash drive. Up until then when downloading it seemed like a struggle. I tried several different ways to get it working. After talking with Neshmayda everything is working perfectly.”
If you need help downloading from BARD, call Talking Books Plus Monday through Friday 8 am to 4 pm. We are closed the 4th of July. Have a good holiday!
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Independence Day Booklist
By Alicia Waters | July 2, 2012
Here is a link to the Independence Day Booklist. Enjoy reading about the history of the freedom we enjoy today. Happy Fourth of July!
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What a Talking Book Member said
By Alicia Waters | July 2, 2012
Enjoying audios very much. Machine is very interesting.
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Blind Vets CE Program
By Alicia Waters | July 2, 2012
The Hadley School for the Blind in Winnetka, Illinois, is recruiting blinded veterans from across the country to enroll in its Adult Continuing Education Program. As part of the Blinded Veterans Initiative, veterans may receive free distance education on subjects such as business and entrepreneurship, independent living skills, and braille literacy. For more information call 1-800-323-4238 or visit www.hadley.edu/veterans.asp.
This announcement is published in the May-June 2012 issue of Talking Book Topics, a Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped publication.
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June 2012 Bestsellers List
By Alicia Waters | June 28, 2012
The bestseller list 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 NLS list when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more.
Once a title appears in the NLS list with an NLS 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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TenBroek Library featured
By Alicia Waters | June 19, 2012
On Wednesday, June 20 at 8:00 pm eastern, “Thru our Eyes” host, Joe Ruffalo, will interview Ed Morman, director and Anna Kresmer, archivist at the Jacobus tenBroek Library at the NFB Jernigan Institute in Baltimore,
The interview will highlight the goals, purposes and objectives of our library. In addition, discussion will feature the following topics:
· Who sets policy for the TenBroek Library?
· What services are offered at the library?
· What does the library collect?
· What is an archivist?
· What material is archived?
Additional topics of interest will be examined.
To call in with a comment or question, please dial: 888-572-0141.
Now you can listen live via phone so tell those you know without an internet connection!
To listen to the live show via phone, call: 347-215- 7037.
To listen/view log into: www.thruoureyes.org
or for JAWS and other screen reader users: m.thruoureyes.org
Click/Enter on the listen to get the audio only or go a bit further down the page for the view and click/enter there for audio and video.
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Hatfields & McCoys Booklist
By Alicia Waters | June 13, 2012
Due to requests for books relating to the Hatfields & McCoys miniseries airing on the History Channel, the Kentucky Talking Book Library compiled a list of related books and resources on this topic. Members of Talking Books Plus in Rhode Island should call 401-574-9310 or email tbplus@olis.ri.gov to order these books.
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