How do I access the Bard?
Access to the BARD web site is restricted to eligible readers. You will need a login ID and password to access it. If you do not have them, review the criteria for participation by reading the BARD application instructions and, if you qualify, request an account.
What is Bard NLS?
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How do I listen to Bard books?
To enter bookshelf mode on your NLS player, hold down the “play” button until you hear the player go into bookshelf mode. Release the play button. Now you can use the arrows at each end of the play button to move to the books that are available.
Is Bard mobile free?
The Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) Mobile app is now available through Google Play for devices running Android OS 4.1 or later. The free app allows readers to download talking books from their NLS BARD accounts.
How do you order talking books?
For general information and to order books, call 888-NLS-READ (888-657-7323) to be connected to your local cooperating library or to find your local cooperating network library online, visit Find Your Library. To change or cancel your subscription to Talking Book Topics, contact your local cooperating network library.
How do I get free braille books?
Sources of Free Braille Books
- American Action Fund for Blind Children.
- Braille Institute: Braille Special Collection.
- Braille Tales Print/Braille Book Program.
- Oakmont Visual Aids Workshop.
- Seedlings Book Angel Program.
- ShareBraille.org.
- Temple Beth El Braille Bindery.
- Xavier Society for the Blind.
How much does a braille book cost?
Braille books are more expensive than most college textbooks. Converting just five chapters of a science book, the average order, into braille can cost up to $15,000. But once it’s on hand, braille reprints cost about 5 percent of the original cost, or about $500.
Do bards sing?
Bards were originally Celtic composers of eulogy and satire; the word came to mean more generally a tribal poet-singer gifted in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds. As early as the 1st century ad, the Latin author Lucan referred to bards as the national poets or minstrels of Gaul and Britain.