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

Thu May 28 14:52:27 UTC 2009

Thanks.  Do they want 8 characters?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Improved Access to Digital Download Books for Blind 
and Low Vision U.S. Citizens


> 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
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> -----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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