<div dir="auto">---------- Forwarded message -----From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Luda Demikovskaya</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ld261@optonline.net">ld261@optonline.net</a>></span></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 11:40 AM<br>Subject: Fw: [cpanys] Fw: Smart Speaker beta for BARD<br></div><br><div><div id="m_3034520174245110894ydpd741dc0eyahoo_quoted_6301195549"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a"><div id="m_3034520174245110894ydpd741dc0eyiv9265822710"><div id="m_3034520174245110894ydpd741dc0eyiv9265822710yqt32823"><div id="m_3034520174245110894ydpd741dc0eyiv9265822710ydpbec0fdedyahoo_quoted_6386448564"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a">
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<div>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.</div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* You must own either a Google or Amazon smart speaker; (NLS cannot provide the device) <span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* 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)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* 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.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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<span> </span></span><a shape="rect" href="mailto:NLSPES@loc.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NLSPES@loc.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span>or
to<span> </span><a shape="rect" href="mailto:dolson@loc.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dolson@loc.gov</a>:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* Name:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* Current BARD email address:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* type of smart speaker that you own:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* Telephone number for receiving confirmation phone calls or text messages:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* Agree to be on a discussion listserv for the NLS Smart Speaker Beta.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:16.959999px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thank you,<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.5"><u></u> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Warmly,<br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Linda Melendez, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"></span><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px">908-590-1747</span><br><a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">president@nfbnj.org</a><br><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.nfbnj.org</span></i></a><i><br>Facebook: </i><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238</span></i></a><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">To schedule a 30-minute meeting about the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey please click on the link below</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://calendly.com/nfbnj/30min" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/nfbnj/30min</a></font></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>