Bookshare

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Bookshare® opens up the world of reading for people with print disabilities. If you cannot read traditional print books because of a visual impairment, physical disability or severe learning disability, Bookshare can help! Our books are “accessible,” which means you can read our books many different ways. Bookshare offers the world’s largest collection of accessible titles. As a result, people of all ages, as well as schools and many organizations around the globe can access the books they need for school, work, career advancment, skill development and the simple love of reading in formats that work for them. Is FREE for qualified U.S. students of any age and schools through an award from OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education). Non-students and other organizations pay a low fee.

Description

Bookshare is the largest accessible online library for people with print disabilities. People can register an online account and access the library with it. Organizations providing assistance for people with print disabilities, such as schools, libraries, community centers, etc. can also register online and provide access to their students or customers. Bookshare accounts provide limitless access to accessible book titles, textbooks, newspapers and magazines, providing easy on-screen readability through open access technologies. Bookshare’s collection has over 460,000 titles. Bookshare is an initiative of Benetech, a nonprofit organization based in Palo Alto, CA, developing aun using technologies for positive social change.

Source

Bentech http://dpya.org/en/index.php/Benetech

Links

URL: https://www.bookshare.org/cms

Wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.bookshare.org/cms

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookshare