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Bookshare is an initiative of Benetech®, a nonprofit organization that combines the power of the human mind with a deep passion for social improvement. It addresses the needs of underserved communities with innovative technology solutions.
Bookshare is free to qualified U.S. schools and students through an award from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
Bookshare focuses on the challenge of access to reading materials for people with print disabilities. For sighted people, technology makes access to information easier; for people who are blind, it makes access possible. With Bookshare, a person with print disabilities can read a newspaper the same day it hits the newsstand or a best-selling book online as soon as it is released.
Bookshare is free to qualified U.S. schools and students through an award from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
Bookshare focuses on the challenge of access to reading materials for people with print disabilities. For sighted people, technology makes access to information easier; for people who are blind, it makes access possible. With Bookshare, a person with print disabilities can read a newspaper the same day it hits the newsstand or a best-selling book online as soon as it is released.
Overview
Location
United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees
51-200
Phone
(650) 352-0198
Mentions in press and media 6
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| Aug 19, 2021 | G-W and Benetech Announce Publishing Partnership | Past News ReleasesRSS Goodheart-Willcox Publisher Now... TINLEY PARK, Ill. (PRWEB) August 19, 2021 To ensure that people with disabilities such as blindness, dyslexia, low vision, or mobility impairment have access to high-quality education... |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Fable Partners with Benetech To Bring Accessible Ebooks To International Community of People with Disabilities | TORONTO (PRWEB) January 22, 2021 Today Fable announces a partnership with Benetech’s Bookshare initiative to provide Fable’s community of people with disabilities access to the world’s largest library of accessible ebooks. Through the partn... |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Palo Alto nonprofit Benetech wins a $42.5M Dept. of Education grant, a nod to founder Jim Fruchterman’s quest to help the blind | Jim Fruchterman, founder of Palo Alto-based nonprofit Benetech, was very relieved when, at the end of September, he received an email from the U.S. Department of Education. With one day left to go in the federal fiscal year, the department ... |
| Mar 1, 2013 | Google Launches Sign Language Interpreter App For Hangouts, Adds Accessibility Features To Gmail, Drive And Chrome | At the CSUN International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference this week, Google announced that it has added a number of accessibility features to Chrome, Chrome OS, Gmail and Google Drive that should make using Google suites... |
| Dec 14, 2009 | Flat World Knowledge adds funding, launches open-source textbooks for the blind | Flat World Knowledge, provider of free, open-source textbooks intended to lower mounting book prices for college students, has come out with two pieces of news. First, it added about $2.5 million in funding last month, bringing its total ra... |
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FAQ about Bookshare
What has the press written about Bookshare?
Parsers VC has collected 6 articles mentioning Bookshare, among them “G-W and Benetech Announce Publishing Partnership” (Aug 19, 2021) and “Fable Partners with Benetech To Bring Accessible Ebooks To International Community of People with Disabilities” (Jan 22, 2021).
Is Bookshare still active?
Yes, Bookshare is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 17, 2026.