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Tek Talk welcomes Amos Miller, Glidance Founder and CEO, to discuss Glide, the first self-guided mobility aid designed to help individuals with sight loss navigate the world with ease. 03/25/2024

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A groundbreaking leap in assistive technology, Glide combines cutting-edge navigational robotics and AI to provide you with an intuitive and comfortable guided experience. Using real-time data from an array of advanced sensors, Glide autonomously steers the way. It maps the best routes, identifies targets of interest, and avoids obstacles to get you safely to your […]

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Mystery Book Discussion group to discuss Silent dolls DB104653 by Rita B Herron with guest facilitator Shelly Kane. 03/24/2024

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Please join us on Sunday, March 24, 2024 @ 5:00 PM Eastern to discuss Silent dolls DB104653 by Rita B Herron. NLS Annotation Silent dolls DB104653 Herron, Rita B Reading time: 8 hours, 42 minutes. Phoebe Zimmermann Suspense Fiction Mystery and Detective Stories Detective Ellie Reeves is called in to the case of a missing

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Worlds of Books to discuss The good good pig: the extraordinary life of Christopher Hogwood DB63822 by Sy Montgomery. 03/19/2024

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The NLS annotation follows: The good good pig: the extraordinary life of Christopher Hogwood DB63822 Montgomery, Sy. Reading time: 7 hours, 38 minutes. Read by Faith Potts. Animals and Wildlife Naturalist and author of Search for the Golden Moon Bear (RC 59135) writes of Christopher Hogwood, her seven-hundred-fifty-pound pet pig. Reminisces about Chris’s life from

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Novel Ideas will be discussing Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham. DBC 28910. 03/14/2024

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Novel Ideas will be discussing Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham. DBC 28910 The synopsis from Bookshare is below. Recently orphaned, eleven-year-old Cathy Benson feels she has been dropped into a cultural and intellectual wasteland when she is forced to move from her academically privileged life in California to the small town of Kersey in the Texas

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Tek Talk welcomes Mike May and Gena Harper to discuss the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show and what it means for blind persons. 03/11/2024

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Tek Talk welcomes Mike May and Gena Harper to discuss the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show and what it means for blind persons. Join us to hear highlights of the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show from Mike May and Gena Harper. Mike has been providing his summary of CES for over 20 years. They will touch on

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Tek Talk welcomes Zhi Huang and Don Olson of NLS BARD to discuss Playing audio books with BARD Express for Windows. 03/04/2024

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The BARD Express Windows app provides NLS BARD patrons an easy-to-use interface to search, browse, download, transfer, and manage free Braille and audio books. The latest update now also offers the ability to play the audio books on a Windows device! Join Zhi Huang and Don Olson from NLS for a demonstration of BARD Express!

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A banquet of Books with Hostess Joanie Leonard, 03/10/2024

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Please join us as Joanie Leonard hosts Banquet of Books Sunday March10 at 5pm Eastern. This informal discussion of whatever book you’re reading or have recently finished is most enjoyable and a great way to get new reading ideas. You can contribute your opinions and everyone is welcome. We will meet on the Zoom platform

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Journey through History to discuss America’s first daughter DB88020 by Stephanie Dray. 03/05/2024

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Please join us on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM Eastern to discuss America’s first daughter DB88020 by Stephanie Dray. NLS Annotation America’s first daughter DB88020 Dray, Stephanie Reading time: 21 hours, 53 minutes. Pilar Witherspoon A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Historical Fiction

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the Fiction Old and New book group will be discussing the dystopian novel, “Land of Milk and Honey” by C. Pam Zhang, DB 116953. 03/01/2024

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Here is the NLS annotation: Land of milk and honey DB 116953 Zhang, C Pam. Reading time 8 hours, 7 minutes. Read by Eunice Wong. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Subjects: Science and Technology; General; Women Description: “A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly

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Worlds of Books to discuss Identity DB114782 by Nora Roberts. 02/20/2024

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The NLS annotation follows: Identity DB114782 Roberts, Nora Reading time: 15 hours, 7 minutes. January LaVoy Suspense Fiction Bestsellers Romance “Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan’s job as a bartender. But after

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