The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), plans to make audiobooks and magazines available through Amazon Alexa smart speakers in mid-late summer 2025.

NLS is in the final stages of beta testing this ability with patrons from across the country.

NLS patrons will be allowed to download no more than 250 books and magazines from BARD in any rolling thirty-day period.

This includes both audio and braille titles.

The topic for the next That All May eRead online program on September 30, will be on using your eReader to read commercial braille books on your mobile phone.

The program will begin at 7 p.m. with a brief demonstration.

Due to the NLS Biennial National Conference being held the same week as the Many Faces of BARD and Quarterly Patron Corner programs, these programs will be cancelled for September.

The monthly That All May eRead program will still be held on Monday, September 30.

The topic for the next That All May eRead online program on August 27, will be using your NLS Braille eReader to read BARD Mobile books.

This is the first of a two-part program for August and September.

NLS is pleased to announce the release of BARD Express, version 3.0.0.7 [3.0.0.7].

This release includes the long-awaited BARD Express Player, which allows patrons to choose an audio book or magazine from their BARD Express bookshelf a