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Blogs
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The Kojo Nnamdi Show’s Interview with Jim Fruchterman
The Kojo Nnamdi Show, a live talk show produced by public radio station WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC, featured our…
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White Cane Awareness Walk 2013: National Disability Employment Awareness Month—Part 3
In this third installment of our blog series marking National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we’d like to share highlights from…
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San Francisco Chronicle Names Jim Fruchterman Among Top Innovators
The San Francisco Chronicle featured our CEO, Jim Fruchterman, among a select number of top social entrepreneurs championing positive social…
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Rethinking Equality: National Disability Employment Awareness Month—Part 2
The summer when I was 14, I got fired from my first volunteer job. I worked at a local vet/pet…
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Help Us Win Bonus Challenge #3 in the Social Entrepreneurs Charity Challenge
We’re in week #3 of the Skoll Foundation's Social Entrepreneurs Charity Challenge on CrowdRise and we just found out about…
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Bugfest: A Glimpse into Our Product Release Cycle
Ever wonder how new features come into being within Benetech’s suite of products? Each product line and team has slightly different…
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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