[stylist] Improved Access to Digital Download Books for Blind and Low Vision U.S. Citizens

Wed May 27 12:46:43 UTC 2009

For two days I've tried to enter this site.  They are not accepting my 
password.  My first one hasd six letters.  I thought that might be too much 
and tried four letters.  No go.  Just now I tried four numbers.  Rejected 
again.  What do they want from me to get into the site?  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Improved Access to Digital Download Books for Blind 
and Low Vision U.S. Citizens


> the site for NLS downloadable books is:
>
> https://nlsbard.loc.gov
>
> Dave
>
> At 09:07 PM 5/25/2009, you wrote:
>>Lori, Is there a site anyone can access for talking books?  If there is 
>>such a site, can you give the address?  Thanks, Judith
>>----- Original Message ----- From: <LoriStay at aol.com>
>>To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 8:35 PM
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] Improved Access to Digital Download Books for Blind 
>>and Low Vision U.S. Citizens
>>
>>
>>>FYI
>>>In a message dated 5/25/09 4:48:28 PM, nicolas.lagace at humanware.com 
>>>writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>IMPROVED ACCESS TO DIGITAL DOWNLOAD BOOKS FOR BLIND AND LOW VISION U.S.
>>>>CITIZENS
>>>>
>>>>[This announcement is displayed in text only for accessibility with
>>>>Braille Notetakers. A web version is available at:
>>>>http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/about_us/press_releases/2009_press_releases/improved_access_to_digital_dow
>>>>nload_books]
>>>>
>>>>Longueuil, May 25, 2009
>>>>
>>>>On April 30, the National Library for the Blind and Physically 
>>>>Handicapped
>>>>(NLS), a division of the Library of Congress in the United States, 
>>>>entered
>>>>the first phase of its transition to a digital playback system, as well 
>>>>as
>>>>releasing an upgraded version of its pilot download website. Beginning
>>>>with the testing of 5,000 digital players by NLS patrons in their homes, 
>>>>NLS
>>>>is preparing to launch full-scale production and distribution of 26,000
>>>>machines per month this year, ensuring continued access to reading 
>>>>materials
>>>>for more than 500,000 registered users.
>>>>
>>>>New to the NLS program is a state of the art online component, called 
>>>>the
>>>>Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) site. This new site for blind 
>>>>and
>>>>physically handicapped patrons of NLS now provides better than ever 
>>>>access
>>>>to digital audiobooks and magazines. The BARD digital books and 
>>>>magazines
>>>>are in the ANSI/NISO Z39.86 2002 format, the specification for navigable
>>>>digital talking books. Readers may press buttons on the NLS digital
>>>>talking-book player and compatible players to jump from chapter to 
>>>>chapter, section
>>>>to section or page to page. This ability to quickly navigate the book
>>>>structure, combined with the high-quality human recording, make the new 
>>>>digital
>>>>NLS download books one of the most significant advancements in the
>>>>provision of talking books for blind and low vision people.
>>>>
>>>>"The high quality navigable digital books from the new NLS BARD service
>>>>represent a major advancement in access to books, magazines, and 
>>>>electronic
>>>>braille for Americans who are unable to read print due to blindness, low
>>>>vision, or physical disability", says Gilles Pepin, CEO of HumanWare. 
>>>>"With
>>>>BARD, NLS brings its library into the home of its patrons. Not only do 
>>>>NLS
>>>>patrons now have access to thousands of digital books but they can find 
>>>>their
>>>>book of interest and download it in minutes independently and from the
>>>>comfort of their home computer."
>>>>
>>>>HumanWare manufactures the popular Victor Reader Stream, a DAISY NISO
>>>>compatible digital talking-book player designed in collaboration with 
>>>>the
>>>>National Federation of the Blind (NFB), which several thousand NLS 
>>>>patrons
>>>>already use to play the new digital NISO books. The NLS digital books on 
>>>>the
>>>>BARD site are protected by encryption and compatible digital book 
>>>>players must
>>>>be authorized by NLS for eligible patrons to play the books.
>>>>
>>>>The ability to press buttons on the Victor Reader Stream to easily jump
>>>>between chapters, pages, or magazine articles, like the NLS digital
>>>>talking-book player, provides a rich audiobook reading experience never 
>>>>before
>>>>experienced by audiocassette readers. For reference books such as 
>>>>cookery books
>>>>the user can even enter a page number from the table of contents on the
>>>>Stream telephone-style number pad and the playback will move immediately 
>>>>to
>>>>that page. With the NLS player, Victor Reader Stream, and the NLS BARD 
>>>>books,
>>>>users now have immediate access to thousands of books and can navigate
>>>>them just like they would navigate the equivalent print book's 
>>>>structure.
>>>>
>>>>The new BARD download audiobook and magazine service is available free 
>>>>of
>>>>charge to eligible blind and physically handicapped individuals in the 
>>>>U.S.
>>>>and to citizens living abroad, who have access to a computer and
>>>>high-speed Internet connection, and who have a free NLS digital 
>>>>talking-book player
>>>>or own an authorized compatible digital talking-book player such as
>>>>HumanWare's Victor Reader Stream. To learn more about the new BARD 
>>>>service visit
>>>>https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
>>>>
>>>>About HumanWare
>>>>
>>>>HumanWare is the global leader in assistive technologies for vision,
>>>>including products for the blind and visually impaired. HumanWare's 
>>>>products
>>>>include BrailleNote, the leading productivity device for blind people in
>>>>education, in business and in their personal lives; the Victor Reader 
>>>>product
>>>>line, the world's leading digital talking book players; and myReader2, 
>>>>the
>>>>new version of HumanWare's unique "auto-reader" for people with low 
>>>>vision.
>>>>For more information visit www.humanware.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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