We've just launched Benetech's new website . This is my Welcome post that originally appeared on the new Benetech Blog . On behalf o...
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Welcome to Benetech's New Site! (and...)
We've just launched Benetech's new website . This is my Welcome post that originally appeared on the new Benetech Blog . On behalf o...
What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?
The View from an Authorized Entity Many Bookshare users (and potential Bookshare users!) have been asking about the Treaty of Marrakesh (f...
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 ...
On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates
Benetech Closing Statement on the Marrakech Treaty
To the Diplomatic Conference in Plenary on June 27, 2013 On the Adoption of the Treaty of Marrakech This is an excellent Treaty . The Benet...
Benetech's Statement to the Treaty Delegates in Marrakech
Benetech, my nonprofit organization operates Bookshare, the largest online library dedicated to serving blind and print disabled people. We...
Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal
Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 ...
Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program
The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 201...
Bookshare International Now Serves Thirty Countries
People with print disabilities around the world have a right to high-quality ebooks that they can read with assistive technology. Benetech’s...
Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students
Schools are back in session, and with them millions of American children who struggle daily to learn using traditional printed books. Having...
Public speaking for change
I originally started this blog as a way to keep more of our Benetech team aware of what was going on with me and other team members (throug...
Read2Go Tops iTunes Literacy Charts!
JVIB 2012 Special Issue on Technology: Today's Game Changer
I'm very excited to be a guest editor with the awesome Donna McNear on next year's special technology issue of the Journal of Vision...
DIAGRAM Center
I just attended two days of meetings in Washington DC on the first year of the DIAGRAM Center , held at the Office of Special Education Prog...
Bookshare Users Downloading Long-Awaited Apple e-Book App
Benetech got a call recently from an excited Bookshare member who had been waiting to download our new Read2Go accessible e-book applicati...
Bookshare User Sends Haiku
A guest Beneblog by Lindsie Verma of the Bookshare Team Hot Fall Sun hangs low Cooling breeze ruffles oak tree Beneath, small boy reads. ...
Benetech Truth #1: Social Change Through Technology
[Note: this is part one of seven posts on the Benetech Truths .] The world has big problems. We need fresh, original solutions that are bet...
