Welcome to the home page for My Talking Books on Smart Speaker. Here you will find everything you need to know about using My Talking Books on Smart Speaker including how to sign up.
What is My Talking Books on smart speaker?
My Talking Books is an Amazon Alexa skill that NLS patrons can use to access and stream English language audiobooks from BARD. Using the skill’s voice-only interface, you can search the BARD catalog, manage your wish lists, book lists, bookshelves, bookmarks, preference settings, sleep timer, reading speed, jumping in time, and book-specific volume setting, as well as find book descriptions and review your streaming history.
If My Talking Books is the first Alexa skill or one of the first Alexa skills you have ever used, you might want to read An Introduction to My Talking Books to learn more about working with the skill.
Documentation
Learn more about My Talking Books by reading the My Talking Books User Guide. Get up to speed with voice commands for interacting with the skill by reading the My Talking Book Command List. And these user-friendly breakout documents may be of help on the following topics: browsing and searching the BARD catalog, wish lists, selecting a book from a book lists, working with bookshelves, bookmarks, sleep timer, changing reading speed, jumping by time, getting a book descriptions and streaming history.
Supported Devices
As an Amazon Alexa skill, My Talking Books is available on Alexa-enabled devices. At present, verified Smart Speaker devices for My Talking Books include:
- Amazon Echo (2nd Generation and above)
- Echo Dot (2nd Generation and above)
- Echo Show 5 (2nd Generation and above)
- Echo Flex
- Alexa App on Android
- Alexa App on Apple iOS
How to sign up for My Talking Books
My Talking Books is currently in Open Beta with a limit of 5000 users. Interested NLS patrons can register for Open Beta using the My Talking Books – Open Beta Registration Form. Patrons who are minors are required to have a parent or legal guardian fill out the My Talking Books – Parental Acknowledge Form. Registered patrons will be added on a first come, first served basis until the 5000-user limit is reached. Patron registering for Open Beta after the limit is reached will be waitlisted for future access.
Support
Please direct questions to the BARD Support Team at [email protected] or your network library.