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Inspire Lifelong Learning
Bookshare Basics
Presenter
Kristina King Cohen
Sr. Education Program Manager
Bookshare – A Benetech Initiative
[email protected]
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Agenda
1 – Bookshare Basics
2 – Membership Options
3 – Reading Tools
4 – Website Demo
5 – Reading Tools Demo
6 – Q&A/Next Steps
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Bookshare:
Digital and Accessible
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Timely access to AEM
Equalize educational
opportunities
Help students with print
disabilities keep up with
classmates
Encourage them to read
and study independently
What Bookshare Offers
• Digital books for
individuals with print
disabilities
• FREE memberships for
qualified U.S. students
through OSEP award
• FREE assistive
technology software
• 24/7 access to books
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Free, Digital, and Accessible
• Bookshare® is an online library of
accessible media for readers with print
disabilities.
– Over 315,000 Members
– Over 10,000 schools and other
organizations
– Over 315,000 titles
– Over a thousand new books
added every month
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The Bookshare Library
• Textbooks
– +4,500 K-12 textbooks w/images
– College/University textbooks
• Classroom Reading Books
• Special Collections
– New York Times Best Sellers
– Newbery, Caldecott Winners
– 1,000 books in Spanish (more coming + TTS)
• More than 250 publisher partnerships
• 270 nat’l/reg’l newspapers/magazines
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Eligibility
Disability
Record of
disability kept
at school!
Qualified/Not Qualified
Visual Impairment (VI)
Blindness / Low vision
Qualified, if confirmed by a
listed Competent Authority
Physical Disability (PD)
Qualified, if confirmed by a listed
Competent Authority that the disability
significantly affects the use of printed
materials
Learning Disability (LD)
Reading Disability
Autism
Emotional disabilities
ADHD
ESL and ELL
Examples of Competent
Authorities
A family doctor, ophthalmologist,
optometrist, Teacher of the Visually
Impaired, Special Education teacher;
Certification from the National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped in the U.S. or similar
national body in other countries
A family doctor or other medical
professional, physical therapist,
resource specialist, Special Education
teacher
Qualified, if confirmed by a listed
Competent Authority, that the disability
has a physical basis and significantly
affects the use of print
A neurologist, psychiatrist, learning
disability specialist, Special Education
teacher, school psychologist, or
clinical psychologist with a background
in learning disabilities
Not qualified under this diagnosis,
unless accompanied by a qualifying
visual, physical, learning or reading
disability as certified by a Competent
Authority as above
Examples listed above
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Two membership options
Individual
Membership
Organizational
Membership
• Access Bookshare at
Home
• Access Bookshare at
School
• Student downloads for
herself / himself
• Teacher downloads on
behalf of student
• Download books, except
textbooks
• Download all books,
including textbooks
Bookshare Spans a Lifetime
Students
Transitions
Adulthood
Student transitioning to
new school or district
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Put Bookshare in their backpack & keep
student status current
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Make sure new school has student on
their Bookshare roster
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Determine the best tools for your student
for smooth transition
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Inform parents on how to use Bookshare
• Request books now!
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College Bound?
“If I am continuing on with postsecondary education, how do
I maintain my Bookshare membership?”
– Use the summer months to prepare for your new
school.
– You will want to have an Individual Membership:
You can sign yourself up (students under 18 need a parent or
guardian’s permission) or your school can help you get an
Individual membership.
Your new college or vocational school might have an
organizational membership; you can also be added to that.
– Keep student status current with school information
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Taking a Break?
If a student is not continuing on for post-secondary education,
they can still maintain Bookshare membership.
– Student has 6 weeks to access Bookshare.
– Student should notify Bookshare membership
• Contact us at: www.bookshare.org/contactUs
(select “Membership and Registration”)
• $75 Qualified non-Student - first year
Breakdown: $25 one time set up fee for qualified non
student +$50 yearly membership (students need not pay
the $25)
• Once a student again, membership is FREE!
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Reading Lists
• Sponsors and Individual Members: Compile book
titles in one location, stay organized!
• Educators can create reading lists and easily share with
students so they can download books on their own –
including NIMAC books!
o Only students with both Organizational and Individual
Memberships can access and download/read from shared
Reading Lists
o NIMAC textbooks are available to K-12 students who qualify for
Bookshare and have IEPs
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4 Ways to Read
Multi-modal reading:
See and hear words
simultaneously
View books in large font
on a PC screen, or print
in large font
Listen to them (many
voice options)
Read Braille (digital or
hardcopy)
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Bookshare Reading Options
Computer
• Download free software and
books to a computer; read
AT Devices
• Download books (in DAISY Text, DAISY
with Images, DAISY Audio, or BRF
formats) to computer, transfer to AT
devices; or download directly to devices.
Mobile
• Read2Go: Download, read on iOS devices
• Go Read: Download, read on Android devices
• Download MP3 format for MP3 players
Web
• Bookshare Web Reader: Read
in an Internet browser!
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Bookshare Web Reader
• Individual Members can read books in an Internet
browser!
o No downloading necessary
o No need to use specialized reading tools
• Just find a book and select “Read Now”
• Takes advantage of Google Chrome and Safari
accessibility features – text to speech and word
highlighting
o TTS is in whatever voice is installed on computer
o Can also use Internet Explorer and Firefox (need
screen reader, no word highlighting)
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Mobile Reading with Read2Go
• Accessible eBook reader
for iPod Touch, iPhone,
iPad
• Very easy to log in in to
Bookshare, search for,
download, and read
Bookshare books within
the app
 $19.99 per device
 Volume discount
available
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Mobile Reading with Go Read
• FREE accessible eBook reader
for Android
• Easy to search for, download,
and read Bookshare books all
within the app
• Many features including:
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Accessibility options
Zoom, Bookmark, and Search
Night reading mode
Adjust background, highlight colors,
and margins
Download from Google Play
www.GoRead.org
Audio Options: MP3
• MP3 is a digital audio format that can be played by a large
number of mainstream audio devices, assistive technology
devices, tablets, phones, and computer audio software.
– Books are separated into tracks by chapter.
– Voiced using high quality TTS speech voice.
• Benefits:
– Many districts/students have more access to MP3 players than other
devices.
– Students are already familiar with this format.
• Disadvantages:
– Navigation is more difficult
– No text is displayed
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Reading Technology Partners
• Kurzweil - www.cambiumlearningtechnologies.com
• TextHelp Read&Write Gold - www.texthelp.com
• HumanWare – www.humanware.com
• HIMS BookSense - www.hims-inc.com
• APH Book Port DT - www.aph.org
• Freedom Scientific - www.freedomscientific.com
• Dolphin – www.yourdolphin.com
• Dynavox - www.dynavoxtech.com
• Voice Dream - www.voicedream.com
• AccessText Network - www.accesstext.org
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Questions
• Help Center - https://www.bookshare.org/cms/helpcenter
• Connect with Us - https://www.bookshare.org/cms/getinvolved/connect
• Training Support- [email protected]
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Contact us
• Connect with us
• [email protected]
• www.bookshare.org
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Thank you.
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