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Blogs
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Benetech Appoints Keith Hiatt to Vice President of Human Rights Program
Previously Served as Director of the Human Rights and Technology Program at the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley School…
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Benetech Labs: Exploring New Strategies for Diversifying Innovation
Benetech Labs, Benetech’s new product development arm, is on a mission to create innovative, effective, and sustainable solutions for social…
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Benetech Delivers 10 Million Accessible Ebooks
Benetech’s Bookshare technology makes reading possible for over 425,000 individuals unable to read standard print Empowers students and adults to…
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10 Million Book Downloads Today Provides a 10x Model for Tomorrow
Many years ago I had the wild idea to start a deliberately nonprofit technology company in the heart of Silicon…
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Benetech Advocates for Accessibility in All Areas of Business
Jane Poole, Vice President of Human Resources at Benetech, was recently invited to participate on ADP’s Client Advisory Council. ADP…
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Benetech, Amnesty International, and the Engine Room Announce DatNav
A groundbreaking guide on navigating digital data for human rights organizations Palo Alto, California, August 24, 2016—Benetech, a Silicon Valley…
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Recent highlights
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