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

Wed May 27 21:33:45 UTC 2009

Judith What password did you give them when you signed up? Or, is this what
you are doing? If you are just now trying to get set up, here is a sample of
my password (not the real one but one that is similar- It is 8 digits long,
the first letter is capitalized and the last digit is a number- Fulfill2 

Robert Leslie Newman 
Email- newmanrl at cox.net
THOUGHT PROVOKER Website- 
Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Judith Bron
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 7:47 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Improved Access to Digital Download Books for Blind
and Low Vision U.S. Citizens

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_r
>>>>eleases/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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