Whether 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\u00a0both the cassette tape and digital book collections for the titles\u00a0you want to listen to.<\/p>\n
Since\u00a0cassette tapes will be around for awhile, here is a new tip\u00a0if a cassette tape\u00a0is giving trouble.\u00a0If the standard suggestion to\u00a0tap the tape on a hard surface doesn’t work, try the following. If the tape is received too tightly wound or the cassette machine winds the tape too tightly, try putting a finger or nail file in the sprocket hole and give it 3 turns to loosen the tape.<\/p>\n
The National Library Service (NLS) will\u00a0stop producing cassette books\u00a0in 2011. To put the entire NLS collection\u00a0 in perspective, as of Sept 2009, approximately 190 digital titles in cartridge format have been approved for distribution and are being shipped to the network libraries such as\u00a0Talking Books Plus (TBP). About 16,000 titles are available through\u00a0the\u00a0Braille and Audio Reading Downloads (BARD)\u00a0program\u00a0with more\u00a0titles\u00a0being added each month.\u00a0BARD is the digital program offering books to TBP members\u00a0to download\u00a0through\u00a0the Internet. BARD borrowers must have\u00a0access to high-speed Internet service, permission to download and unzip files, and have an active email address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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