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Talking Books News

Our next book discussion on The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes - DB 122153 will be on Tuesday, September 22 @ 2 pm.

Join Talking Books Library staff and members for a lively discussion on selected books.

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The topic for the Thursday, September 17 program will be Effective Use of the Reading History and Streaming History and What’s the Difference.

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

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The topic for the Tuesday, September 29, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Effective Use of the NLS eReader Dictionary.

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

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Design with Screen Readers in Mind Tuesday, August 25, 2026, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern via Zoom.

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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.

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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.

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