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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

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The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. With Bookshare, our student members can access and read the books they need—in the classroom, at home, and on the go—and have a fair opportunity to succeed at school just like their peers without disabilities.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

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He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom. The Bookshare library is made possible by a copyright exception: Section 121 of the United States Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment. For several years, he struggled in school because his vision was blurry and reading normal size print was grueling.

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