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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

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The digital content is presented as text, but the built-in read-aloud capability is disabled because of ambiguity over audio rights. The digital textual content is presented as text, but the TPM blocks a screen reader from accessing the text to speak it aloud, or transmitting it to a digital Braille display.

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Bookshare Members Enthusiastic Comments

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The recent upgrades in our Bookshare site and service such as the new audio formats, images, and image descriptions motivated several Members to share their thoughts, and we sought their permission to share those thoughts with you! Another Member, Diane Fazackarley also commented on our new downloadable audio formats. I love them.

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Bookshare Users Downloading Long-Awaited Apple e-Book App

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Graduate student Maria Georgakarakou, who is blind, gave us a rave review for the Read2Go app which allows those with print disabilities to listen to books in the DAISY audio format. She predicted that the usability of Read2Go will encourage Bookshare members to read more books in the DAISY audio format.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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It was again a grant from the Lavelle Fund (our third) that allowed us to develop the ability to provide accessible MP3 audio versions of our materials and realize the enormous potential impact of mobile reading options for individuals with print disabilities.

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Advancing Reading Equality with Bookshare’s Exponential Growth

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Bookshare also provides free reading technologies and apps for members to read the books they want in a variety of formats, including DAISY Text, DAISY Audio, Braille Ready Format, and MP3, on the device of their choice. The majority of our members are U.S.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

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For those who want to use audio with other mobile devices or DAISY players, we have added DAISY audio and MP3 format download capability for all of our titles, in addition to our existing DAISY text and Braille Ready Format (BRF) options. and a new audio option for Spanish titles.

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Thank You, Gerardo!

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Gerardo during a brainstorming session in Benetech offices Advising to and leading Benetech’s collaboration with standards organizations and groups that advance the field of accessibility in education, such as the World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C ) and the DAISY Consortium.