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Thanks to a grant from the Washington Council of the Blind, the Evergreen Radio Reading Service is available live on the Internet as a pilot program for registered Washington Talking Book & Braille Library patrons.
The Evergreen Radio Reading Service (ERRS) audio web stream is hosted by Abacast, a web streaming service provider located in Vancouver, Washington. A digital audio signal travels from the ERRS broadcast studios at WTBBL directly to Abacast. Abacast's computers then stream the signal out to the Internet. WTBBL patrons with a computer can listen to the web stream while connected to the Internet.
Each listener needs a user name and password to access the ERRS web stream. To obtain a user name and password, please contact WTBBL by email at radio@wtbbl.org. After receiving your user name and password, use the link at the top of this page to log in. Enter your user name and password in the form and click on "login". This opens a webpage that allows you to connect to the web stream.
JAWS for Windows. To log into the webstream page, use standard screenreader commands to locate and access the link on this page titled "Log in here to listen". On the next page, enter your user name in the user name field and your password in the password field. Then use the enter key or the spacebar to activate the log in button. If you are unfamiliar with webpage and form navigation, information on the necessary commands can be found in your screenreader's help system.
Window-Eyes.
1. From the home page, click the link that says "log in here" to listen. A shortcut you may wish to use is to press insert tab, then the letter l and finally press enter.
2. Window-Eyes will then announce "one link one table". You are at a page now with 2 edit boxes in a table. Press the letter c to move to the first edit box then press enter to turn browse mode off. Here is where you place your Library user name.
3. Press tab and Window-Eyes will say "edit box". Here is where you enter your password.
4. Press tab again and Window-Eyes will say "log-in button". Press enter and you are logged in.
5. Once you are logged in, you are taken to the page where you may begin to listen. Pressing tab from the top of this page first takes you to the log-out button. The next press of the tab key takes you to the link that will activate Winamp, iTunes, or Real Player. A third press of the tab key takes you to the link that will activate Windows Media Player.
If you experience problems when logging in, please check the following items:
1. You are using the user name and password that were e-mailed to you.
2. Your "Caps Lock" button is not on.If you would like the ERRS to send you your user name and password again, please e-mail radio@wtbbl.org. If you are still experiencing problems logging in, call WTBBL at 1-800-542-0866 or 206-615-0400.
WinAmp minimum specifications:
500MHz Pentium III
64MB RAM
15MB Hard Disk Space
16bit Sound Card
Windows 98 SE/ME
Internet Explorer 5.01
Speakers or headphonesWindows Media Player 9 minimum specifications:
233Mhz Pentium II
64MB RAM
100MB Harddisk space
16bit sound card
Win98 SE/ME
Internet Explorer 6.0
Speakers or headphones
For the current ERRS program schedule, go to Evergreen Radio Reading Service.
The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library welcomes donations from local corporations, foundations, service organizations, and individuals. The Evergreen Radio Reading Service relies on these outside sources for funding. Call the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library for more information, 1-800-542-0866 or 206-615-0400.
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WTBBL
2021 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121-2783
Phone: 206-615-0400 or 800-542-0866 or (TTY) 206-615-0418
Email: wtbbl@wtbbl.org
Content Modified: 02 November 2007
05/31/2007