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Wednesday, 14th October 2009

Disabled Students Need Accessible Books

Jim Fruchterman, Founder of Benetech, writes in The Huffington Post:

Our online digital library, Bookshare, was launched soon thereafter. My shorthand description of Bookshare is Amazon meets Napster meets Talking Books for the Blind, but legal.

How does it work? In the simplest terms, people scan books and we share them online with readers who have qualifying disabilities. It relies on you. If you love books, and want to see them available to people who desperately want equal access to literacy, volunteer to proofread a book for Bookshare.
The Bookshare collection has been built by a community of people with disabilities, their families, teachers and schools, as well as people who simply love books and want to help. You can help us out by donating your time, your books or funds to help us expand the library. World class authors and publishers have also given us permission to make their books available to Bookshare members worldwide and major university presses have donated electronic copies of their books.

Much More in the Complete Article

Source: The Huffington Post

See Also: U.S. Copyright Office Publishes Request for Comments on Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Other Persons with Disabilities

See Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica Content Coming to Bookshare, World’s Largest Online Library for People with Print Disabilities


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