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Talking Books News

There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib, A poignant reflection on basketball, life, and home from the National Book Award finalist of A Little Devil in America.

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NLS has released a software update to BARD Express. Version 3.1.2 has been tested with the three latest versions of JAWS and NVDA and includes several improvements:
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    Learn about Americans with Disabilities Act regulations pertaining to service animals. The 211 Van will also be present to assist with a variety of resource needs.

    Outlining the titles of the ADA, they will provide the definition of a service animal, identify what is the difference between service animals and emoti

    Big news to start the new year: This spring NLS will begin offering patrons a new audiobook player, replacing the first generation of players introduced in 2009.

    This player, model DA2, has new features including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and 28 GB of internal storage.

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    On January 28, the topic for the That All May eRead program will be Navigating Books and Articles with NLS Braille eReaders.

    There will be a short presentation, and then we will take questions regarding the presentation or anything else about the eReaders.

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    Share your experiences and ideas to help improve services for people with disabilities in Rhode Island.

    We want to hear from people who are blind or have low vision about what’s working, what’s not, and what changes would make it easier to live, work, and