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From Classroom to Community: Emily Driver’s Quest for Education at Benetech

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Benetech is All In: Empowering change for education & accessibility 

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From Dyslexia to Driving Change: How Bookshare Shaped Brian’s Path to Microsoft

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Understanding Title II – What Educational Institutions Need to Know

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Blogs

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    Route 66 Literacy Provides Web-Based Literacy Instruction for Adolescent and Adult Beginning Readers

    January 26, 2011

    Launch of Subscription Version Features Age-Appropriate, High-Interest Contents At the 2011 ATIA (Assistive Technology Industry Association) conference in Orlando, Florida, Benetech®…

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    Partnerships in Multiple Countries Expand Bookshare Internationally

    September 29, 2010

    Organizations in Australia, Scandinavia, Africa and Asia Offer Bookshare Accessible Books within their Regions Bookshare International today announced partnerships with…

  • Education

    Bookshare Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with Free Membership Offer

    July 26, 2010

    Offer Extended to Any Qualifying American In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities…

  • Education

    Flat World Knowledge Partners with Bookshare to Make Free College Textbooks Accessible to People with Print Disabilities

    December 14, 2009

    Breakthrough Agreement Reduces Costs for Postsecondary Institutions; Improves Timely Access to Core Textbooks in Accessible Formats December 14, 2009, Nyack,…

  • Education

    U. S. Department of Education Grants Funding to Bookshare to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats

    November 20, 2009

    Open Content Textbooks Available to All without Proof of Disability The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs…

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    Encyclopaedia Britannica Grants Digital Rights to Bookshare

    October 8, 2009

    Major Reference Collections Now Accessible for Individuals with Print Disabilities Worldwide Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., today announced an agreement with Bookshare…

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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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