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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S., as well as our Human Rights Program, which supports activists fighting injustice around the world.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting. Imagine a library for people with disabilities where you can’t have a book on your shelves if a patron could buy the book in that format.

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. 250,000 Grant Winners.