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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. I had never heard of it. It was a magical hour.

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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. These ebooks can be instantly turned into the accessible format needed by the student with a disability, such as braille, enlarged print, or our most common format, audio through a computerized synthetic voice.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Download 54 Ways to Skyrocket Your Nonprofit Email List ! Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email. Access to password-protected content like checklists for camping with kids or sample lesson plans for outdoor educators. Is your charity hyper-local or super cozy with a particular industry?

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

When students with disabilities need books for school or simply want to read the same books as their peers without disabilities, they are likely to find that e-book in Bookshare and able to download it in the format of their choice to use at school, at home or elsewhere. Good design can and should be accessible design.

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