BARD Update Michael Martys Judy Dixon John Brown Neil Bernstein

BARD Number of patron accounts: 59,748 Number of institutional accounts: 2,084 FY2013 downloads: – Patrons Audio: 2,947,475 Braille: 168,453 – Institutions Audio: 21,716 Braille: 1,595 FY2014 downloads (6 months ending 31 March): – Patrons Audio: 1,582,391 Braille: 93,734 – Institutions Audio: 13,307 Braille: 1,136

BARD: Last two years November 2012 – Merged Web-Braille – Music, local, foreign-language – Wish list – Links for authors, narrators, and series BARD API v1.0 for BARD Mobile Magazine subscriptions CSS-based layout

BARD Next release Two main technologies – Solr Search – index server – Distributed BARD Challenge: Real-time statistics Plus: BARD API 1.1

BARD Mobile Downloads (per Apple): 17,600 – iPhone:iPad = 1.65:1 Users: 10,967 Devices: 17,251 Hmmmm……

BARD Mobile Version 1.1 (iOS) – In development! – Features Sleep timer iOS 7 Magic Tap Autolock during download Braille search improvements New braille shortcut key Wish List add/delete New splash screen and icon Play/Stop and Speed/Tone announcements Bookmark button hint Distributed BARD Dates on Recently Added lists Debug mode Bug fixes

Android update Internal work New UI

Future versions Goal: Make web use unnecessary – Get rid of web view e.g. My previous downloads/Most popular downloads – Apply for and manage accounts Features – Keyword Search – Bookmark/bookshelf sync – Better status reporting (alerts) – Customizable global filters – Braille auto-reflow/autoscroll/smart navigation – Multiple users for classroom environments (iPad) – Automatic download of next wish list item – What else? You tell us.

BARD Mobile Braille demo

Q&A Thanks!