Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities
- Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities, thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
- Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books. People with disabilities deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy.
- A searchable online library. Bookshare offers over 134,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools.
- Readers of all ages. Bookshare offers affordable membership, unlimited library privileges and a community of Members, Volunteers, parents, publishers and authors
App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch Allows Users to Read Bookshare Books
Read2Go ($19.99) is the most full-featured, accessible DAISY reader for the Apple device market. Books downloaded from Bookshare are stored on a bookshelf. Users can choose to read them using text-to-speech with synchronized word-by-word highlighting and audio provided by the highly natural Acapela voices or in VoiceOver mode with the Acapela or Apple voices. Based on reading preferences, users have a wide range of options for font size, color and background color. In addition to adjusting the rate of the audio, users can turn the text-to-speech on and off. Further, Read2Go supports all levels of DAISY navigation that are included in the structure of the book, navigation using VoiceOver gestures, as well as connectivity with Bluetooth-enabled braille devices.
~ V. Chernek, September 8, 2011, Bookshare News
To go to the read2go website click here
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