Re: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-27 Thread Steve Matzura
Hi, John: On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:40:38 -0400, you wrote: when I had vision in both of my eyes, I've seen those cassette players in different collars. The first one I saw in 1982, was brown. They called it the C-77. That's because they were put out in 1977. The red ones were called C-76's and

Re: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-22 Thread Steve Matzura
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:33:49 -0400, you wrote: I've heard of Bard but don't really know details. Is this a service where we can download talking books without having to have something like a Victor Stream? I would like to know about it and where to sign up, especially if it is simply a

Re: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-22 Thread DJ DOCTOR P
High Steve, when I had vision in both of my eyes, I've seen those cassette players in different collars. The first one I saw in 1982, was brown. They called it the C-77. The red ones were called C-76's and the green ones were called C-78's. It was only in 1985, is when I saw the C-1 for the

Re: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-22 Thread Valerie Lewis
BARD is the Braille and Audio Reading Download. It is a website with downloadable National Library Service (NLS) digital books. You must be a registered National Library Service patron in order to sign up for the BARD service. As a registered NLS patron you can donwload the digital books and

Re: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-21 Thread Gary Wood
Joanne! Bard is a site to download these books! - Original Message - From: Joanne countrymom...@embarqmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 5:33 AM Subject: what is bard and where to find it? I've heard of Bard but don't really know

what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-19 Thread Joanne
I've heard of Bard but don't really know details. Is this a service where we can download talking books without having to have something like a Victor Stream? I would like to know about it and where to sign up, especially if it is simply a download of talking books service. Thanks. To

RE: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Yes, you can download Digital Talking Books from BARD. You can copy them onto a blank cartridge which you could use in your Digital Talking Book Player or you can use a thumb drive and the USB port on the side of the player. If you're already a borrower in good standing with the NLS than you can

Re: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-19 Thread Joanne
I am looking at the application and using Jaws 10, and it's showing only 2 libraries--one in Pittsburgh and one in Philadelphia. I'm not in Pennsylvania and don't know where to explain that it would be the Michigan library. I'll call my library later if I need their reference, but just

Re: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Ah, sorry about that. Try this link: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/ApplicationInstructions.html. I got that previous link from the BARD Talk web site. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 4/19/2010 5:58 AM, Joanne wrote: I am looking at the application and using Jaws 10, and it's showing only 2