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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word;overflow-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;line-break:after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I am on many lists and thought some of you might be interested in this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Susie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> main@echoing.groups.io <main@echoing.groups.io> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Merv Keck<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 4, 2024 10:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> main@echoing.groups.io<br><b>Subject:</b> [echoing] Smart Speaker tip for Talking Books Skill<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I got this from Don Olson and NLS. If you have the Talking Books Skill then you may find this of interest.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Merv<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello everyone,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Welcome to the first official edition of the NLS smart speaker tip of the week. For the next few months, NLS will be sending a tip about using My Talking Books.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>I realize I sent an email to this list last week about browsing and searching. I feel it’s worth sending more information about this, especially since quite a few people have joined the list since last Friday.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Before getting started, many of us know there are a number of wake words we can use to get the attention of our smart speaker. In this post, we’re going to call her “Lady A” in order to make sure that people using screen reading software will not unintentionally activate their speaker.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>This week’s tip is specifically about searching the BARD collection on My Talking Books.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>You can search for books by title, author, subject, series, annotation, book number, genre or by narrator. The following list contains examples of the various search types.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Say, “Lady A, books titled Little Women”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Say, “Lady A, search for books by Tom Clancy”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Say, “Lady A, find books about war”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Say, “Lady A, find books about music genre Jazz” </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Say, “Lady A, read books with number DB12345”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_dj62sjhi0nqr"></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Refining a Book Search:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>When searching for a book, it is possible to add further details to help refine the search. Once you have made your original search, for example, “Find books by Dr. Seuss”, and your Smart Speaker has returned a list of results, you may expand on the query. Say, “About fish.” Remember, you may interrupt your smart speaker at any time. You do not need to wait until it finishes speaking. If the speaker is, for example, listing books by Dr. Seuss, and you know you want books about fish, you may interrupt by saying "Lady A, About fish".</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>One last thing to consider is searching by the title and author. For example, say, “Lady A, books titled A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens”. This will help narrow your search My Talking Books will give you a much shorter list of titles to choose from than if you simply search by the book title.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_gf61di340mhy"></a><a name="_w6ni64qocxjt"></a><a name="_nyq4vknjn8ts"></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>There are often multiple ways to perform each function on My Talking Books. For a more comprehensive list of commands to perform a search, we recommend exploring the following resources:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.loc.gov/nls/how-to-enroll/sign-up-for-bard-and-bard-mobile/welcome-to-my-talking-books/">Welcome to My Talking Books on Smart Speaker - National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.loc.gov/nls/how-to-enroll/sign-up-for-bard-and-bard-mobile/my-talking-books-user-guide/">My Talking Books Skill User Guide - National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.loc.gov/nls/how-to-enroll/sign-up-for-bard-and-bard-mobile/my-talking-books-command-list/">My Talking Books Command List - National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>_._,_._,_<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal>Groups.io Links:<o:p></o:p></p><p>You receive all messages sent to this group. <o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://echoing.groups.io/g/main/message/32243" target="_blank">View/Reply Online (#32243)</a> | <a href="mailto:main@echoing.groups.io?subject=Re:%20%5Bechoing%5D%20Smart%20Speaker%20tip%20for%20Talking%20Books%20Skill" target="_blank">Reply To Group</a> | <a href="mailto:blind5sparrow@fastmail.com?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5Bechoing%5D%20Smart%20Speaker%20tip%20for%20Talking%20Books%20Skill" target="_blank">Reply To Sender</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/mt/108818729/232070" target="_blank">Mute This Topic</a> | <a href="https://echoing.groups.io/g/main/post">New Topic</a> <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:8.5in;text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="25%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal>-----<br>Our other groups:<br>Apple Watch enthusiasts will love our group for blind and low vision users,<br>AppleWatchUncomplicated+subscribe@groups.io<br><br>Group address:<br><br>main+subscribe@echoing.groups.io<br><br>Subgroup for chatting, off topic, and general getting to know each other:<br><br>friends+subscribe@echoing.groups.io<br><br>Owners/Moderators: Merv & Nicki Keck<o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:8.5in;text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="25%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://echoing.groups.io/g/main/editsub/232070">Your Subscription</a> | <a href="mailto:main+owner@echoing.groups.io">Contact Group Owner</a> | <a href="https://echoing.groups.io/g/main/leave/3434660/232070/1711947553/xyzzy">Unsubscribe</a> [slstanzel@kc.rr.com]<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>_._,_._,_<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>