The BARD Mobile app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch will allow blind users to download and read National Library Service Braille and talking books directly from the Braille and Audio Reading Download site (BARD). For more information check out the BARD Mobile 'How-To Series' on YouTube:
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<p>Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped </p>
BARD Mobile App iOS: Link to the User Guide
The BARD Mobile app iOS enables NLS patrons to download audio and braille books, magazines, and music scores directly to their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, provided they have a BARD account. A refreshable braille display is required to read downloaded braille materials. The user guide is available in the Help section of the app and online in HTML format at this BARD link.
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Multiple-Book Cartridges for LBPH Patrons
The LBPH is steadily moving along with the transition to the new multiple-book cartridge distribution system and is expected to begin circulating these books in July. The primary difference between the old way of circulation and the new is that there will be multiple titles on one cartridge, as few as one book up to as many as ten complete books. Otherwise the system remains...
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