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Talking Books News

On Monday, June 10, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. eastern time, the NLS Patron Engagement Section will host the quarterly Patron Corner.

The topic for this program is NLS Summer Reading: Another Bridge for Literacy for Children Who Are Blind or Low Vision.

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The topic for Thursday, June 13, 2024, Many Faces of BARD program will be NLS eReader Updates: A Brief Review. The program will begin at 7 p.m. eastern time and last for one hour.

NLS will record this program.

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On May 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM Eastern time, software version 2.1 will be released.

This version of the software will add new features such as access to bookshare for those who have a bookshare account, the ability to operate the unit i

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The topic for the Thursday, May 9, Many Faces of BARD program will be Using the Siri Shortcuts for BARD. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern time and last for one hour.

This program will be recorded.  The session will begin with a brief presentation.

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The NLS, National Library Services Summer Reading Program will run from Monday, June 24, through Friday, August 9th, 2024.

The registration links for the 2024 NLS Summer Reading events will be posted on the NLS website at https://tin

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Books from Xavier Society are compatible with the NLS Talking Books program!

"We've got some brand new books that are grand slams!

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