Bookshare by Beneficent Technology
Bookshare helps to make reading easier for people with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers. For individuals with qualifying reading disabilities, visual impairment, or a physical disability that affects the ability to read printed works.
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What is Bookshare?
Bookshare helps to make reading easier for people with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers. They are able to customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading. Bookshare is therefore available only for individuals with qualifying reading disabilities, visual impairment, or a physical disability that affects the ability to read printed works. Find out more on their website listed at the end to see if you qualify.
How can Bookshare help?
Bookshare is able to help you customise your reading experience with ebooks in audio, audio/highlighted text, braille, large font, and other formats. With over 958,917 book titles, the virtual library grants people access to a large variety of different book types. Additionally, you’re able to read books on almost any device. This includes computers, smartphones, and assistive technology.
Where can I find Bookshare?
Bookshare offers costs as low as $1 per week for adults to gain unlimited access and also reduced fees in certain countries. Bookshare is also free for qualified U.S. students and schools.
Find the Bookshare website here.