[DTB-Talk] Smart Speaker Skill Beta Test Recruitment Notice

Thu Feb 9 19:35:41 UTC 2023

Has anyone received a Reply from NLS, letting 
them know that they are now Smart Speaker BETA Test Participants?

I have  written  nearly identical E-mail 
Messages, first to one Address and then the 
other.  So far, I have yet to receive anything.

Just Curious,

Daniel

At 11:42 AM 2/9/2023, you wrote:
>Good morning David, I would call NLS directly. I 
>have called them a few times over the years for 
>different topics and they were quite happy and 
>willing to speak with me. P.S. Text the word 
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>CellÂ  708-444-2690 Office On Feb 9, 2023, at 
>10:59, Andrews, David B (DEED) via DTB-Talk 
><dtb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote: The email addresses 
>are good. Dave Someone could contact their 
>regional library, and ask them to put them in! 
>Dave -----Original Message----- From: DTB-Talk 
><dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
>Shannon Cook via DTB-Talk Sent: Thursday, 
>February 9, 2023 10:22 AM To: 'Discussion of 
>Digital Talking Books' <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org> Cc: 
>Shannon Cook <coffeequeensc1 at sc.rr.com> Subject: 
>Re: [DTB-Talk] FW: Smart Speaker Skill Beta Test 
>Recruitment Notice I clicked on the first link 
>and it went through. -----Original Message----- 
>From: DTB-Talk <dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On 
>Behalf Of Bob Boyd via DTB-Talk Sent: Wednesday, 
>February 8, 2023 3:44 PM To: 'Discussion of 
>Digital Talking Books' <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org> Cc: 
>Bob Boyd <bobboydfl at gmail.com> Subject: Re: 
>[DTB-Talk] FW: Smart Speaker Skill Beta Test 
>Recruitment Notice I tried both the emails 
>listed in your message to volunteer for the beta 
>test, but both bounced as undeliverable. Â Any 
>idea what the problem was with the addresses, or 
>my implementation of using them. Â I just copied 
>and pasted to the address line of a new email. 
>Best wishes, Bob Boyd -----Original Message----- 
>From: DTB-Talk <dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On 
>Behalf Of Andrews, David B (DEED) via DTB-Talk 
>Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 10:04 AM To: 
>dtb-talk at nfbnet.org Cc: Andrews, David B (DEED) 
><david.b.andrews at state.mn.us> Subject: 
>[DTB-Talk] FW: Smart Speaker Skill Beta Test 
>Recruitment Notice This may interest some of 
>you. Â I have been a tester - and they do work. 
>Dave From: NLS Patron Announce 
><NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV> On Behalf 
>Of Rorie, Tamara Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 
>2023 7:58 AM To: 
>NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV Subject: 
>Smart Speaker Skill Beta Test Recruitment Notice 
>This message may be from an external email 
>source. Do not select links or open attachments 
>unless verified. Report all suspicious emails to 
>Minnesota IT Services Security Operations 
>Center. ________________________________ All: 
>NLS has developed a BARD skill that can be used 
>on the Amazon and Google Smart Speakers. We are 
>currently seeking interested BARD patrons to 
>assist in beta testing the skill. In order to 
>participate, you must meet the following 
>criteria: * You must own either a Google or 
>Amazon smart speaker; (NLS cannot provide the 
>device) * You must be an active patron of NLS; ( 
>if you want to participate and are not an active 
>patron or do not have a BARD account, please 
>contact your local network library) * You must 
>agree to access the skill at least 3 times per 
>week; (this might include checking the recently 
>added books, looking for a specific title, 
>reading a book, accessing and manipulating your 
>wish list, ETC.) For this round of testing, we 
>are seeking five Â to six hundred users. If you 
>are interested in participating, please send an 
>email with the following information to 
>NLSPES at loc.gov<mailto:NLSPES at loc.gov> or to 
>dolson at loc.gov<mailto:dolson at loc.gov>: * Name: * 
>Â Current BARD email address: * type of smart 
>speaker that you own: * Telephone number for 
>receiving confirmation phone calls or text 
>messages: * Agree to be on a discussion listserv 
>for the NLS Smart Speaker Beta. If you are 
>already part of the smart speaker beta, you do 
>not have to sign up again. As long as you are 
>actively using the system, you will remain part 
>of the smart speaker beta. Thank you, 
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