Tutorials

Getting Started

Check out our reading app review videos to learn more about the popular reading apps. You can also read our reports on various library reading apps here.

The DAISY Consortium's app reviews may also be of interest:

Learn to use built-in accessibility features for:

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Recent FAQs

Where can I find more braille books?

The distributed braille collection in NNELS is one place to start: anything you find in this collection can be sent to any public library in Canada.
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Can our library have an account to download books for patrons?

Absolutely! If your library is in a participating province or territory, please contact support@nnels.ca for an account. If your library is not in a participating province or territory, please ...
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Recent Tutorials

Loading Ebooks on Patrons' Devices

If possible, patrons and staff should use product websites or apps to read ebooks (whether borrowed from the library or purchased). However, many platforms do not meet the needs of print disabled readers. In these cases, print disabled... Read more
Migrating Audiobooks from Cassette to MP3

If you would like to digitize content from cassette but do not have a cassette deck, you can borrow one from NNELS. We currently have 2 dual cassette decks that can be loaned out. Equipment: cassette deck Computer with line in port (... Read more
Using Obi to Record Audiobooks

Installing Obi Obi is a Windows only program that requires DirectX 9c. Check which version of DirectX is installed. Download DirectX 9c and install it. Download Obi and install it. If the Obi online installer is causing problems, please... Read more