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We Have a Treaty…and It’s Great!

I’ve been actively advocating for an international copyright exception model that would greatly benefit people with disabilities, as anyone ...

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to spea...

14:34 Unknown Labels: Braille, BRL, dollar, NFB, silver

Sometimes you come across something cool and relevant to your work. I couldn't resist getting a couple of the new Louis Braille silver ...

The Bookshare team has been attending the summer conventions of the two major blind consumer groups, the NFB and ACB. We had great user par...

President Marc Mauer of the National Federation of the Blind just had an excellent op ed published by the Baltimore Sun entitled Bias agains...

Why You Shouldn't Depend on a For-Profit Business to Defend Your Civil Rights The Kindle2 is a hot topic in the disability field right n...

I’ve been watching with interest the legal controversy over the synthetic speech capability of the new version of the Amazon Kindle, such as...

08:47 Unknown Labels: BBC, Bookshare, Braille, NFB

Today is Louis Braille's 200th birthday, and there's been a great deal of coverage for the inventor of the premier reading system fo...