Childhood Education Innovations is a magazine featuring articles that explore solutions to challenges affecting schools, teachers, and learners worldwide and showcases innovations to address those challenges.
Benetech, a leading innovator in the field of accessible literacy, is on a mission to bridge the information gap for visually impaired individuals. Their multifaceted approach tackles challenges on multiple fronts, fostering inclusion and independence through accessible technology, training, and community building.
Bookshare is Benetech’s flagship program and is the world’s largest online library for those with visual impairments. This digital treasure trove boasts over 1.3 million titles in more than 50 languages, all optimized for screen readers and Braille interfaces. This makes reading materials accessible so that users can navigate and access them independently, which in turn fosters a sense of accomplishment and lifelong learning.
An article in the November/December 2024 issue of Childhood Education Innovations highlights this work to make it possible for people who are visually impaired in access reading materials.
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