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Talking Books News

The Tuesday, July 29, That All May eRead online program will be an open forum. We will answer your questions about the Zoomax and HumanWare Braille eReaders for the entire hour.

The program will begin at 7 p.m. eastern time and will last for one hour.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 6:00pm - 7:30 pm EDT New York Public Library, in collaboration with the NYU Center for Disability Studies.

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July 19th, 2-3:30 pm. Learn techniques for drawing raised lines: you don’t need vision to learn to draw! We’ll explore different kinds of drawing exercise each time we meet.

This month’s prompt: ‎

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Chancey Fleet Assistive Tech Coordinator, Technology Programs at Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library

Tuesday, July 22, 2-3:30 PM Eastern 

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The topic for the Thursday, July 17, 2025, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be My Talking Books Skill Preferences, Part 2.

The first part of the Preferences program was held in May. After the presentation and demonstration, we will answer any questions you have about th

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The topic for the Thursday, July 10, 2025, Many Faces of BARD program will be An Open Forum with Advanced Tech Support: You Ask, They Answer.

There will not be a presentation, just one full hour of answering any BARD-related questions.

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