[bookshare-discuss] Re: Bookshare.org's Library Surpasses 20,000 Titles
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:38:36 -0500
We are on our way, smile and getting stronger every day.
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Advisory Council
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to
stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
-- Vance Havner
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Hurrah!
With hopes for 20,000 more!
Ron Miller
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Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Bookshare.org's Library Surpasses 20,000 Titles
YubaNet, CA
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Bookshare.org's Library Surpasses 20,000 Titles
By BneeTech
Project Is Largest Provider of Digital Books to the Visually Impaired,
Learning Disabled
Bookshare.org announced today that its online collection of accessible
digital books has now exceeded 20,000 titles. With its collection growing by
over 100 new books per week, Bookshare.org remains the world's largest
provider of accessible digital books to individuals with visual impairments
and learning disabilities. Through Bookshare.org, individuals with print
disabilities have access to an extraordinarily diverse array of reading
materials: from current bestsellers and literary classics to "how-to" books
and textbooks. These books are provided to members as electronic text and
can be read with the adaptive technology of the reader's choice, including
text-to-speech software which read the book aloud and refreshable Braille
devices that display the book line by line as tactile Braille.
"Twenty thousand books is an extremely exciting milestone for us," stated
Janice Carter, Director of Literacy Programs. "Our goal from the start has
been to create an experience for our members that rivals a non-disabled
person's typical trip to the local bookstore or library. Every book that we
add to Bookshare.org is an important achievement in pursuit of that goal."
Benetech's CEO, Jim Fruchterman, was pleased to announce that Janice Carter
has joined the team as the Director of Literacy Programs, with
responsibility for the Bookshare.org project. Fruchterman stated that
"Carter has the vision, experience, and can-do attitude necessary to
accomplish Benetech's goals in global literacy."
Carter brings nearly 20 years of entrepreneurial leadership and corporate
executive management to Benetech. She previously served as Senior Vice
President, Partner Development with ManyOne Networks, where she was
instrumental in bringing together leading NGOs and nonprofit organizations
to develop the Environmental Information Coalition. Prior to that, she was
Senior Director of Business Development at Hyperion Solutions, a leading
enterprise software company, held senior management positions at several
Internet startups and Silicon Valley's leading software association,
SDForum.org, and had a great deal of experience in content production and
distribution as SVP Sales for Hasbro's broadcast group. Janice holds a BS in
Information Systems Management from the University of San Francisco.
About Bookshare.org
Bookshare.org offers a collection of over 20,000 accessible digital books to
members who have visual impairments or learning disabilities. The books are
protected by a comprehensive digital rights management plan, which features
extensive controls, including file encryption, watermarks, fingerprinting
and a security watch program. Bookshare.org builds on 15 years of work in
the adaptive technology field, originally under the Arkenstone name.
Bookshare.org is a project of Benetech, an innovative Silicon Valley
nonprofit that develops technology projects to address pressing social
issues in areas such as disability, human rights, literacy, education and
the digital divide. Many technologies have compelling social applications
that are not developed because such efforts do not meet investors' financial
expectations. Benetech specifically pursues endeavors with a strong social,
rather than financial, rate of return on investment, bringing commercial
technology and private sector management techniques to bear in creating
innovative solutions to difficult social challenges.
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_17046.shtml
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