Bookshare Reaches 200,000 Accessible Downloadable Titles

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://0.tqn.com/d/assistivetechnology/1/0/a/0/-/-/Square-logo-nonstandard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/assistivetechnology/1/0/a/0/-/-/Square-logo-nonstandard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Recently <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html">Bookshare's</a> downloadable library of accessible ebooks reached 200,000 titles. The 200,000 mark comes just months after the 11th anniversary of the service. Bookshare books contain digital text and can be read with text-to-speech and synchronized highlighting. Text-to-speech paired with synchronized highlighting can help dyslexics with comprehension. Members can also read books on a refreshable braille display. As a result of funding from the United States Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (<a href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html">OSEP</a>) Bookshare is able to provide its services free to qualified U.S. students. For information on membership <a href="https://www.bookshare.org/_/membership/overview">click here.</a> Members are provided with software to read Bookshare books on their Mac or PC but  Bookshare books can also be read on many other devices including <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2013/06/ios-7-accessibility-overview-what-we.html">iOS</a> devices using the  <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2011/07/read2go-review.html">Read2Go</a> or <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/07/voice-dream-reader-app-for-ios.html">Voice Dream Reader</a> app. An Android app called <a href="http://bdmtech.blogspot.com/2012/04/free-bookshare-app-for-android.html">Go Read</a> is also available.</div>

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