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Partnerships in Multiple Countries Expand Bookshare Internationally

Organizations in Australia, Scandinavia, Africa and Asia Offer Bookshare Accessible Books within their Regions Bookshare International today announced partnerships with Vision Australia, Western Australia Association for the Blind, the South Africa Library for the Blind, TPB (The Swedish Library of Talking Books or Talboks-och punktskriftsbiblioteket), and NOTA, the Danish National Library for the Blind to […]

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Bookshare Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with Free Membership Offer

Offer Extended to Any Qualifying American In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Bookshare announces a free membership opportunity for all Americans with qualifying print disabilities, regardless of age or student status. With this offer, Bookshare celebrates the huge strides forward towards inclusion and equality for […]

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Benetech Hires New Senior Managers Gerardo Capiel and Thomas L. Stephenson

Expanding Engineering and Development Staff to Meet Increasing Demand from the Social Sector Benetech, Silicon Valley’s intentionally nonprofit technology company, announced the addition of two seasoned professionals to its senior management staff. Gerardo Capiel will serve as Benetech’s new Vice President of Engineering and Thomas L. Stephenson is the company’s new Chief Development Officer. “Benetech […]

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Benetech and CMP Release Miradi 3.0

New Release of Conservation Software Improves Biodiversity Planning and Analysis of Impact on Human Welfare Benetech® and the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) have released Miradi 3.0, an enhanced and expanded version of the user-friendly software that allows nature conservation practitioners to design, manage, monitor, and learn from their projects. Miradi 3.0 incorporates a new work planning […]

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Flat World Knowledge Partners with Bookshare to Make Free College Textbooks Accessible to People with Print Disabilities

Breakthrough Agreement Reduces Costs for Postsecondary Institutions; Improves Timely Access to Core Textbooks in Accessible Formats December 14, 2009, Nyack, NY and Palo Alto, CA – Flat World Knowledge, the leading publisher of expert-authored, open content college textbooks, today became the first dedicated college textbook publisher to supply its digital textbooks to Bookshare, the world’s […]

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