Talking Books News

Due to the Biennial National Conference, the Many Faces of BARD program will be held on September 3, which is the first Thursday of the month.

The program will resume its regularly scheduled second Thursday of the month in October.

The topic for the Tuesday, August 25, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Previewing the New Features of Version 3.1 of the NLS eReader.

In the remaining time, we will answer any questions you have about the NLS Braille eReader.

The topic for the Thursday, August 13, 2026, Many Faces of BARD program will be Updating the DA2. 

After the presentation and demonstration, we will take your questions about all things BARD for the remainder of the hour. 

The topic for the Thursday, August 20, 2026, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be Updated Preference Options in the My Talking Books Skill on Alexa: Part 2.

Part 1 was presented earlier this summer, and the recording is available on the NLS website. After the presentation and demonstration, we will answ

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The topic for the Thursday, July 16, 2026, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be Updated Preference Options in the My Talking Books Skill on Alexa: Part 1. 

After the presentation and demonstration, we will answer any questions you have about the My Talking Books skill for Alexa-enabled smart speakers.