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

Fri May 29 00:02:09 UTC 2009

Judith, someone asked you a pretty important question and I sort of did to-
and that is have you gone through the request to subscribe/get digital books
from NLS? Then if you have, they provide you with the user ID and the
passward. And if you have, there would not now be your confusion.  

In fact, below is a copy of the email I received back when I joined, during
the test phase of the program. So the message you would get now would be
different-

To: newmanrl at cox.net
Subject: Your password for the NLS download web site has been set
From: NLS

Dear Robert ,

Welcome to the NLS Download Service Pilot, a pilot test of downloadable
books and magazines from NLS.

We have created your user ID and an initial password for your use on the NLS
Download Pilot web site.

Your user ID is your email address, which is:

newmanrl at cox.net

Your password is:

Xonnac:7

The password has eight characters. The first character is capitalized.
The next five are lower case letters. The seventh character is a special
character, and the eighth character is a number.

This is a one-time use password. You will be required to choose a new
password when you first login.

The address for the Download Pilot site is:

https://www.nlstalkingbooks.org/dtb/DownloadPilot.html

All of the rules and instructions for participation are explained in the
document "Instructions to Participants" on the web site.  You are strongly
encouraged to read this document from beginning to end before logging in.

The instructions can be found at:

https://www.nlstalkingbooks.org/dtb/instructions.html

Once you have navigated to the web site, you'll be asked for your user ID
and password.  Screen reader users need not enter either Forms Mode or
Browse Mode (MSAA Mode) to log in.

The first time you log in, you will be required to choose a new password.
You will also be given the opportunity to set a secret question and answer
that can be used later to recover a lost or forgotten password.

Remember, you may not share your user ID and password with anybody!

We look forward to your participation and feedback.

Info: This is message #0003 sent to newmanrl at cox.net by the NLS Download
Pilot web site.

m2-

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: Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:52 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Improved Access to Digital Download Books for Blind
and Low Vision U.S. Citizens

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
> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>This email was sent to LoriStay at aol.com.
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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