Reader's Corner

Talking Book Topics - lists of recent audio books, (new issues every two months)

• Braille Book Review - lists of recent braille books, (new issues every two months)
• Braille and Audio Book Bibliographies - (Listings on Narrow Topics, including award winners and timely topics, by NLS)

• NLS Best Sellers
• New York Times Best Sellers
• Washington Post Best Sellers - Fiction

Here are some links to resources that offer ideas and inspiration to enhance your reading experience.

• Reading Group Guides.com - a good site for those interested in books groups and some good book suggestions
• New York Review of Books - a good site to learn about recently reviewed books from a trusted source
• Washington Post Critics Picks - a selection of good reads from the Washington Post

• Strategies for Teaching Students with Vision Impairments
• Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities
• Strategies for Teaching Students with Motor/Orthopedic Impairments

• Brailliant 14 Getting Started
• Brailliant 14 Frequently Asked Questions
• Braille commands for VoiceOver on your iPhone

Humanware has created some useful MP3 audio guides about the Brailliant 14 that can help the braille display pilot patrons learn to use their assigned device.

• Brailliant 14 Introduction
• What's in the Box - Orientation
• First Power Up and Application and Terminal Modes
• Navigation Strategies
• The Menu
• A Tour of Settings
• Local Notes
• Using The Stop Watch
• One Hand Mode
• Connecting to PC or Mac in Terminal Mode
• Connecting with an IOS Device in Terminal Mode
• Synchronizing Notes
• Care and Feeding, aintenance, Charging and Troubleshooting

• Brailliant 14 Overview (PDF)
• Brailliant 14 Getting Started (Word)
• Brailliant 14 Frequently Asked Questions (Word)
• Braille commands for VoiceOver on your iPhone (Word)

• Brailliant BI14 Updater Installer (zip file)
• Brailliant BI Tools (zip file)

On mobile devices that run iOS, you can use BARD Mobile to read braille books and magazines using a Bluetooth braille display. BARD Mobile for Android does not support braille. As with audiobooks, BARD Mobile unzips your braille files automatically, so you don't need to worry about doing this. Even though you may be reading 6-dot braille from BARD, you should set your braille display to 8-dot braille. Also, single-letter QuickNav should be turned off so you can use the BARD Mobile navigation commands. If it isn’t, you can turn it off by typing dot 7 with the Q-chord command. For more information about reading braille on BARD Mobile, please see Chapter 7 of the BARD Mobile User’s Guide, located on your BARD Mobile bookshelf under the Help category.

If you’d like to read it in braille, but don’t have any prior experience with reading braille in BARD Mobile, you might want to start out accessing the guide on the web:  https://nlsbard.loc.gov/apidocs/BARDMobile.userguide.iOS.1.0.html