Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
We don’t think it changes who qualifies for Bookshare in the United States, though, but we’re delighted that it clearly included people with learning disabilities like dyslexia, who represent over 75% of our current users in the United States. This is satisfied by having a law like the Chafee Amendment in the U.S.,
Candid
MAY 9, 2023
HBCUs have long played a pivotal role in the United States. Foundation staff insight HBCUs educate and support the largest number of Black professionals in fields, such as medicine, law, and engineering. We’ve also made select data tables from the report available in this downloadable Excel file.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 7, 2013
Reading a Bookshare-downloaded book on the BrailleNote portable device Launched in 2007 to replicate the proven Bookshare model internationally, our Bookshare International library has already grown to serve members in more than 40 countries , many of whom are in the developing world.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 22, 2013
Textbooks in IDEA, the United States K-12 special education law The issue of TPMs is the biggest future-proofing question in the Treaty. Amazon now ships more ebooks than print books in the United States. This is already apparent in IDEA 2004, the most recent reauthorization of national special education law.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2015
Soon afterwards in 2007, we won our first major award from the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), which, in turn, allowed us to build Bookshare into a national asset. Moreover, Bookshare basically breaks even in the United States thanks to contracts to provide the services, from the U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. A professional with expertise in assessing disabilities needs to certify each Bookshare member as meeting these qualifications (the copyright law in the U.S. Employ "Social Digital Rights Management" technology.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Our experience successfully building Bookshare under the United States copyright exception, which has no such commercial availability limitation, informs this strong opinion. Over 350,000 American patrons now download more than a million accessible books and periodicals each year! exception model works well here.
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