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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Hi Ken.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>There’s no What’s New on the Reader itself. You could try searching Bard for NLS Reader update, or something like that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>There are big changes in the update to use Bard 2.0. The whole layout looks different when you access Bard from the Reader. And there’s a setting to choose what you see on Bard—braille, audio, or both. You can’t listen to audio on the Reader, but you can see books and add them to your wishlist from the Reader.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>After the update, you have to log in to Bard again, and also in to Bookshare, if you have it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The update also increases the number of books shown in the Recent Books list on the Reader, which I appreciate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Some people on the Reader list have reported problems accessing very large files, like some bibles, after the update. Don’t know if that would affect you or not. It hasn’t affected me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Those are the changes I recall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><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'> NJTechDiv <njtechdiv-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>ken lawrence via NJTechDiv<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 14, 2025 10:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'New Jersey Technology Division List' <njtechdiv@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> ken lawrence <kenlawrence124@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [NJTechDiv] reader updated.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hi group, this morning after recharging my NLS reader I checked and it did have a software update. is there any way to view whether or not there are new features on the reader? usually when a screen reader or other software updates there is a what's new. I do notice one thing is it tells you if and when it is connected to the internet and it does seem to give a bit more feedback. is there a what's new and should I maybe have looked in the about in settings? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>