[Trainer-Talk] [blind-philly-comp] Bard Express/New Software to Simplify the Downloading of BARD Books and Magazines

[Tech Center]

Pretty cool app. I just installed it. Much better than the website.
I'm in a classroom environment here, at our Tech Center, so I've emailed
NLS to see if there's a auto logout feature. So when one student closes
the application, its ready for the next student who launches it. Up till
now we've use Humanware Companion but this looks liek a more robust
options and hopefully more screen-reader agnostic. I've had trouble with
NVDA and Humanware before and still do.  If I hear anything back I'll be
sure to post it here.
-David

On 12/21/2016 9:33 PM, David Goldfield via Trainer-Talk wrote:
> NLS has recently released a new program called BARD Express. This is a 
> piece of software which runs on all Windows operating systems, from 
> Windows XP to Windows 10. It allows you to search for, download and copy 
> books to a flash drive, cartridge or SD card with just a few keystrokes. 
> While you don't need this software to perform these actions, BARD 
> Express is designed to simplify the process and claims that it just 
> takes a few keystrokes to download and extract books from the service. I 
> have not used the program as I now use my iPhone to perform these 
> functions. However, for people not using iOS this sounds like a great 
> solution.
>
> https://nlsbardpractice.loc.gov/LOC_02/BARDExpress.html
>
>


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