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Bookshare for Iowa
November 17, 2009
Presenter
Kristina Cohen
Education Program Manager
650-644-3452
[email protected]
Bookshare is a project of Benetech - www.benetech.org
Benetech’s nonprofit motto: Technology Serving Humanity
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Accessible Books for Students
with Print Disabilities
 What is Bookshare?
 Why should I get involved?
 How do I get started?
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What is Bookshare™?
 Bookshare is an online library of accessible
media for readers with print disabilities.
 Over 60,000 Members
 Over 7,700 schools and other
organizations
 Over 60,000 titles
 Over a thousand new books
added every month
Bookshare
believes that
people with print
disabilities should
have the same
ease of access to
books and
periodicals that
people without
disabilities enjoy.
Funded by an award from OSEP, the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education.
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Bookshare Library
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Textbooks
 Hundreds of NIMAC textbooks with images
 Contributions from universities and schools
Teacher-Recommended Reading
Special Collections
 New York Times Best Sellers
 Newbery Winners
 Caldecott Winners
 Young Reader’s Choice
 Spanish books
Over 30 publisher partnerships
 Encyclopedia Britannica
Newspapers and magazines
 Available through partnership with NFB
Newsline
 150 national and regional newspapers and
magazines
Book requests
Bookshare
is committed to
high-quality books.
Please report any quality
issues on the book
download page.
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
Why Get Digital Books and Textbooks?
 Help students with
print disabilities keep
up with classmates
I get it! At last!
 Encourage them to
study independently
 Motivate students to
read
 Equalize their
educational
opportunity
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Bookshare Helps Schools
 Supports compliance with IDEA 2004
requiring timely access to accessible
materials for qualified students
 Provides access to the general curriculum
for students with print disabilities
 Reduces costs of support for students with
special needs
Digital Books Are Easy
I think I’ll
search
Bookshare
for my book.
How Does Bookshare Get Digital Books?
Volunteers
Chop
Scan
Proofread
Textbooks
Publishers
Universities
NIMAC - NIMAS Simplified
 National Instructional Materials Access Center
 National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
 Source for K-12 textbooks purchased after July 19,
2006 when specified by contract
 Over 15,000 textbooks and supplementary reading
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Bookshare as an Iowa NIMAC Authorized User
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Log in to your Bookshare account and search for your textbook
using Bookshare’s “one-step search,” by typing in the ISBN in our
simple search field.
If textbook is available in the NIMAC, teacher can immediately
request Bookshare to retrieve book from NIMAC and convert it. We
will make the textbook student-ready and notify the teacher
through email.
Teacher can then download the textbook for the qualified student
and read using free reader software.
Average turnaround for NIMAC-sourced textbooks is 1 week or
less.
If book is not available, please contact: Iowa Department for the
Blind at 1-800-362-2587 or www.idbonline.org.
“One-Step
Search”
Teacher
Teacher
makes
request
Get Book from NIMAC
Bookshare
Email
notification
sent
Teacher
downloads
for student
Teacher
Textbooks Not in the NIMAC
 Contact your book purchasing department
and see if request was made to publisher.
 Check with your State Coordinator to see
what contracts are in place with publishers.
 Be sure to stipulate NIMAS files in publisher
contracts.
 Go to http://nimas.cast.org/ to find contract
language.
 Send physical copy to Bookshare.
Eligible Students
Disability
Qualified/Not Qualified
Visual Impairment (VI), such as
blindness or low vision
Qualified
Physical Disability (PD) which affects
one’s ability to read print, such as
inability to hold a book or turn pages
Qualified
Learning Disability such as a Reading
Disability
Students with a severe enough
disability, and a professional
certifying that the disability has a
physical basis
Record of
disability kept
at school!
Examples of Certifying
Professionals
A family doctor, ophthalmologist,
neurologist, psychiatrist, optometrist,
physical therapist, or other medical
professional.
Teacher of the visually impaired,
special education teacher, learning
disability specialist, school
psychologist, clinical psychologist
with a background in learning
disabilities, resource specialist or
other educational professional
Certification from the National Library
Service
Proof of membership with RFB&D
Autism
Emotional disabilities
ADHD
Other Learning Challenges
Not qualified, unless accompanied by
a visual or physical disability, or a
qualified reading disability that has a
physical basis
Not applicable
ESL and ELL
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Books and Qualifications
Bookshare Downloads
Who Can Download
Student Qualifications
Public Domain books
Non-Members and Members
None
Books with U.S. copyrights
Books with International
permissions
Teachers and Students
Chafee Qualified
NIMAC-sourced books
Educators (K-12 U.S. public
schools, some private schools
and agencies)
Chafee + IEP
Bookshare is authorized to produce digital books
in accessible formats through an exemption in
the U.S. copyright law called the Chafee
Amendment.
Register for Bookshare – It’s Easy!
 Identify a Primary Contact
 Create account online
 Agree to Bookshare terms
 Provide names of Sponsors and qualified
Members on roster
Assign a Primary Contact
 Responsible for overall account management
 Point of contact for the organization
 Agree to terms
Primary Contacts:
Teacher, VI teacher, Special Education teacher, Special Education Director,
Itinerant teacher, AT Specialist, Resource Specialist
Assign One or More Sponsors
Sponsors download books for students
 An account can have many Sponsors
 Primary Contacts can also download books
Sponsors agree to terms
Sponsors examples:
Teacher, VI teacher, Special Education teacher, Special Education Director,
Itinerant teacher, AT Specialist, Resource Specialist, Librarian, Counselor,
Administrative Assistant
Terms of Organizational Agreement
Books for readers with print disabilities only
Print disability, legal definition
Book file sharing not allowed
Consequences of copyright violation
Additional Staff Sponsors – No Login Sharing!
Member roster maintenance
Individual student memberships
Volunteer to add accessible media
Payment for Members who are not U.S. students
Further details: personal use, downloads per Member,
agreement renewal, NIMAS books, terms of Org agreement
Student Individual Membership
 Open the world of books to your students
 Login independently
 Download independently
 Under age 18, parent signature required
 Easy new process
 Print “Individual Membership Form” in
Members tab
 Automated process
 Students register on their own
Seven Point Digital Rights
Management
 Qualified Users
 Only qualified users with certification of disability on record.
 Contractual Agreement
 All users have to agree to terms of use that forbid violation of specific
copyright laws.
 Copyright Notice
 All books in our library contain a copyright notice.
 Encryption
 All books are encrypted for a specific user.
 Fingerprint
 All downloaded copyrighted material is fingerprinted as to allow us to trace
files that show up elsewhere back to the Member.
 Security Database
 All transactions, encryption codes and fingerprints are stored in a database
enabling Bookshare to track any unusual activity.
 Security Watch Program
 Monitors all book downloads and suspends any user whose account exhibits
unusual activity.
Downloading Books – It’s Easy!
 Download software
 Victor Reader Soft
 READ:OutLoud, Windows and Macintosh
 Find book, select Member (organizations)
 Download Book
4 Ways to Enjoy Reading
 Multi-modal reading: See and hear words
simultaneously
 View books with large font on a PC screen, or print
 Listen to them (many voice options)
 Read Braille (digital or hardcopy)
What’s DAISY?
 DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System)
 Like HTML, plus some extra tags
 DAISY software combines text and/or synthetic speech
(multimodal)
 Navigation in books
 Includes chapters, paragraphs page numbers
 Convert and play on MP3 player
What Is BRF?
 BRF (Braille Ready Format)
 For notetakers and refreshable Braille displays
 For embossed Braille, start with DAISY
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Compatible AT Software
 Any AT software supporting text-based files
 HumanWare Victor Reader Soft
 Don Johnston READ:OutLoud
Windows and Macintosh
 Kurzweil 3000, 1000
 TextHelp
 WYNN
 OpenBook
 Window-Eyes
 JAWS
 ZoomText
Free versions
available for
download for
Members!
Free
high-quality
Acapela
voices
Compatible AT Hardware
 Any AT hardware supporting text-based files
 HumanWare VictorReader Stream
and ClassMate Reader
 Plextalk Pocket
 BookCourier and BookPort
 Braille displays like the BrailleNote
 ICON™
 New Code Factory DAISY player for Symbian
and Windows phones
 MP3 players (educator or Member converts)
Next Steps
 Sign up your qualified students
 Ensure textbook purchasing contracts
include clause requiring publishers to place
books in NIMAC
 Identify textbooks and other school books
needed by qualified students and submit lists
for conversion
 Train teachers and inform them about
accessible books
Webinars for Iowa Educators
 Webinar 2 – Wednesday, December 2 at 3pm CT:
Membership Management Tools and the Bookshare
Library
 Webinar 3 – Thursday, December 10 at 3pm CT:
Bookshare Reading Tools
It’s for the Kids!
 Encourage students to
read and study
independently
 Get textbooks for access
to the general curriculum
 Bookshare books,
memberships, software
and training are FREE!*
http://www.bookshare.org/contactUs
*Free for qualified US students
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