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Blogs
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Benetech Wins AT&T Technology Innovation Award
Benetech® has been awarded the AT&T Technology Innovation Award which recognizes an outstanding assistive technology company that has created lasting…
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Bookshare Partners With Don Johnston to Provide Free Text Reader for Print Disabled Students
Read:OutLoud® Bookshare® Edition 'Text Reader' Will Provide Technology Access To Thousands of Online Educational Materials Bookshare and Don Johnston have…
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Bookshare and Code Factory Announce Partnership To Introduce Mobile Technology for Print Disabled Readers
Bookshare® and Code Factory have announced the formation of a partnership to introduce technology that allows Bookshare members to read…
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Landmine Detector Project Lessons Learned
Confronting failure is tough. There's a tendency to bury failure and hide it. In the for-profit sector, failure tends to…
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Bookshare Receives Grant From U.S. Department of Education
Far Reaching Award Makes Equal Access to Educational Materials for the Disabled a Reality The U.S. Department of Education has…
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Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman Receives 2006 MacArthur Fellowship
Jim Fruchterman, CEO of The Benetech® Initiative, has been awarded a 2006 MacArthur Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine…
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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
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