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Blogs
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All Children Reading Project Delivers Ebooks and Literacy Skills
Benetech-led project exceeds goals and delivers 1,295 accessible ebooks to 131 students with visual impairments to improve reading skills. Suraj…
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A Call for Millions: Ending the Global Book Famine for the Blind
There’s a global book famine afflicting people with disabilities. They lack the books they need for education, employment, and social…
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You Can Help Us Strengthen the Social Safety Net
Tech entrepreneurs can change the world through their philanthropy. They will achieve the greatest bang for their philanthropic buck by…
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Tech Entrepreneurs Can Change the World through Philanthropy
Today we welcome Jim Fruchterman, founder and CEO of Benetech. Jim is a seasoned entrepreneur, having successfully launched multiple for-profit…
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Your New Destination for Software for Social Good
Front and Center: Our Work, Our Impact, Our Innovation Earlier this year the Benetech marketing team sat down with a…
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Hacking for Social Good: What are You Hacking on?
The hackathon model might be great for the startup scene, but it’s not well adapted for the social impact space.…
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2023
- Business Mirror: An ebook Library for Those with Reading Barriers
- School Library Journal: Serving Blind and Low-Vision Children Well Benefits All Students. Here Are Suggestions.
- Publisher’s Weekly: Lerner Publishing Group’s New Partnership Centers Accessibility
- Publishing Perspectives: Pearson Named A Benetech Global Certified Accessible Publisher
- National Federation of the Blind (NFB): Getting Books on Time with Bookshare
- BBC News: Visually-impaired Nottingham Law Student Praises Book Scheme
2022
- Government Technology: DoE Grant to Fund Digital Materials for Disabled Students
- Forbes: How AI Is Being Used To Help Blind Students ‘Visualize’ Graphs And Charts
- K-12 Dive: Nonprofit Uses AI to Make STEM Materials More Accessible
- Edutopia: Tools for Supporting Students With Reading Disabilities
- Eyes on Success Podcast: 2214 Bookshare Reader for Smart Speakers
- AppleVis Podcast: AppleVis Extra #85: Hema Natarajan Discusses the Upcoming Bookshare Reader Suite for Web, Mobile, and Smart Speaker
- Duke Fuqua Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship: Why We’re Excited About Benetech’s Impact Potential
- K-12 Dive: 3 Inclusive Education Myths Busted
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