<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">6-20-2026 Braille And Tech Report</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">NLS. Updates:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">1. The NLS. Patron Engagement Section will host their That All May e-Read presentation <span dir="ltr">on June 30, 2026 at 7 PM</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">They will be talking about how to enter special characters using your ereader.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">2. The DA2 will be getting firmware update later this summer.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">There will be lots of new features, and 2 of them that were announced are integration with Bookshare, and, NFB. Newsline.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The NLS. Patron Engagement Section demoed these on their Many Faces Of BARD. presentation in June. A recording is available, and, you can listen to it by clicking on the following link:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/nls/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June-2026-Many-Faces-of-Bard-Introducing-New-Features-in-the-DA2-Software-Version-2.0-Part-1.mp3" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://www.loc.gov/nls/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June-2026-Many-Faces-of-Bard-Introducing-New-Features-in-the-DA2-Software-Version-2.0-Part-1.mp3</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Alternate link</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q9rsnlzs5do1zn9uejrr6/June-2026-Many-Faces-of-Bard-Introducing-New-Features-in-the-DA2-Software-Version-2.0-Part-1.mp3?rlkey=pj4fgq5ha8ky3ejwtyyi46u1y&dl=1" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q9rsnlzs5do1zn9uejrr6/June-2026-Many-Faces-of-Bard-Introducing-New-Features-in-the-DA2-Software-Version-2.0-Part-1.mp3?rlkey=pj4fgq5ha8ky3ejwtyyi46u1y&dl=1</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">4. Stay tuned, because they will be announcing more new features on their next Many Faces Of BARD presentation in July.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">5. The latest issue of Talking Book Topics is available on BARD.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">6. The Smart Speaking To The Smart Speaker program will be <span dir="ltr">on July 16th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">7. Last but not least I have a tech tip.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Did you know that there's a way to have VoiceOver be quiet on conference calls without disabling it?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">IT's as simple as doing a 3-finger double-tap, which will toggle speech on and off. Your VoiceOver sounds will still be audible, however.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><div dir="ltr"></div></body></html>