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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this third installment of our blog series, I’d like to focus on that achievement and share some of what we learned throughout the process of creating Bookshare’s first offerings in Arabic. In 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In 2012, this meant a growing push to add image descriptions, especially to math and science content. DIAGRAM This increase in accessible images would not have been possible without great tools. Together, we brainstormed even more ways to create, use, and discover accessible images. What if you’re a U.S.

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