[NFBNJ] Fw: Smart Speaker beta for BARD

[Linda Melendez]

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Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 11:40 AM
Subject: Fw: [cpanys] Fw: Smart Speaker beta for BARD

Hi everyone, please see below for a message from NLS! Please reply directly
to the email addresses indicated: this is not a project our specific branch
is directly involved in! Just posting since I know it will be of interest
to many of you.

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  to six hundred users. If
you are interested in participating, please send an email with the
following information to NLSPES at loc.gov or to dolson at loc.gov:

* Name:

*  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,


-- 
Warmly,
Linda Melendez, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
908-590-1747
president at nfbnj.org
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To schedule a 30-minute meeting about the National Federation of the Blind
of New Jersey please click on the link below
https://calendly.com/nfbnj/30min
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