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Benetech Showcases Leading Edge Literacy Initiatives at 31st Annual CSUN Conference
Assistive technology — whether it’s a mobile app or a modified wheelchair — can transform the lives of people with…
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Three Executives Join Benetech Leadership Team and Board of Directors
Benetech’s core programs are brimming with exciting projects, cross-sector collaborations, and new social good technology applications at different exploration and…
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Benetech Hosts Silicon Valley Roundtable on Human Rights for Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Tom Malinowski visited Silicon Valley recently to meet with corporate,…
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Benetech Collaborates with Amnesty International and the Engine Room to Advance Human Rights Documentation Using Emerging Technology
Benetech, a Silicon Valley nonprofit company that provides technology to address pressing social needs, is excited to announce its participation…
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Bookshare and Assistive Technologies Help Students with Disabilities Gain Authentic Work Experiences and Independent Living Skills
Students, ages 17 to 22, with complex language, learning, and cognitive challenges, access Bookshare's online library to learn food service…
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Benetech’s President has a Call to Action for Inclusion
At the San Francisco Bay Area Makeathon last year, Google.org convened technologists and designers for seventy-two hours to write code…
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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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