[stylist] Improved Access to Digital Download Books for Blind and Low Vision U.S. Citizens
slery
slerythema at insightbb.com
Thu May 28 04:24:25 UTC 2009
Judith,
This is not the web braille site. That is different and does not have the
same login. Also, if you login to a site for your state to request books
through your TBBL branch of nls, it is not that password either.
I have one password for web braille, a different one for my regional nls,
and a third one for the new digital site.
Cindy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judith Bron
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:47 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/20
> 09_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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