If you are a BARD user, you have two options for storing your digital Talking Books. You can use a standard flash drive or you can order a cartridge like the ones NLS provides. Here are some places you can purchase customized cartridges:
(Taken from: http://www.loc.gov/nls/cartridges/index.html. Visit the link for the most up-to-date information).
American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. (APH)
1839 Frankfort Avenue
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
(502) 895-2405
800-223-1839 (Toll-free customer service in the U.S. and Canada)
http://www.aph.org/
Contact: Customer Servicemailto:Servicecs@aph.org
Howell Mobility Products
717 Louis Avenue
Royal Oak, MI 48067-4603
(248) 548-1788
(248) 548-1788 Fax (call first)
http://www.howellmobility.com/ canes@howellmobility.com
National Federation of the Blind
Independence Market
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
http://www.nfb.org/
(410) 659-9314, extension 2216
(410) 685-2340 Fax
IndependenceMarket@nfb.org
Perkins Products
175 North Beacon St
Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 972 7308
(617) 926 2027 (fax)
http://www.perkinsproducts.org/, Talking Book Accessories section
adaptivetech@perkins.org
Twin Ports Low Vision Center
Duluth Lighthouse for the Blind
4505 W. Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55807
(218) 624-4828 Ext. 119
(800) 422-0833 (toll free)
(218) 624-4479 Fax
http://www.lighthousefortheblind-duluth.org/lvstore/
Vistas
Braille Institute
741 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 663-1111, Ext. 1245
(323) 663-0867 Fax
http://www.brailleinstitute.org/
Talking Books are a free public library service for the visually, physically, and reading disabled. The Northeast Georgia Talking Book Center is part of the Athens-Clarke County Library and the Georgia Library for Accessible Services. For more information about our service, please visit our website.
The purpose of this blog is to provide information and useful links to our patrons. The Talking Book Center does not endorse any product mentioned on this blog.