Accessibility Alternative Library Problem 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
Having learning disabilities or various learning differences, they need alternative reading environments that rely on their strengths rather than on their weaknesses. Bookshare has grown into the largest online digital library of accessible books and periodicals in the U.S., In September 2007, the U.S. There are some 7.5
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
Problems with the Treaty as is If the Treaty were passed as is, with all bracketed materials dropped, we see only two painful omissions. The first issue is that the treaty would not permit direct access by consumers to international authorized entities. Alternative B qualifies this issue so much as to make it ineffective.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 16, 2011
The goal of the DIAGRAM R&D Center is to greatly improve access to graphical information for students with print disabilities (for example, helping blind students get access to important graphics inside textbooks). We are also building a content model for making images more accessible.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 27, 2014
Zach has Cerebral Palsy , which causes movement and coordination problems, and which keeps him from speaking and walking. To communicate his thoughts, he uses an alternative augmentative communication device. With Bookshare’s accessible ebooks and reading tools, Zach made a successful transition to college.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 17, 2014
Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 3, 2008
A related, but slightly different and less recognized issue, is the fact that people with disabilities such as blindness often have limited access to printed materials, even if they are well-educated. One of the programs developed by Benetech is a digital library called Bookshare.org. Bookshare managers. www.bookshare.org.
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