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PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2007
Jim Fruchterman, seated, says Bookshare.org gives blind people the tools to
download books and read them themselves.
(CBS)
Quote "The corporate goal is to make the biggest impact on people in need
around the world."
Jim Fruchterman, entrepreneur
(CBS)
Silicon Valley is where dreams turn into household names, and millionaires
are minted by the bucketful,
CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts
reports.
Jim Fruchterman has been an entrepreneur there for more than 20 years, and
he embraces the high-tech culture.
"It
is
a badge of honor to be a geek, you know. Geeks love technology for its own
sake, and we like to solve problems," Fruchterman says.
It's solving problems and improving lives, not lucrative stock options, that
drive this geek. His startup is a
. He's what's called a "social entrepreneur."
His major product ?
? is an online library for the blind. It's the equivalent of a medium-sized
bookstore. Around the country, thousands of volunteers have scanned more
than
30,000 titles, everything from Proust to Harry Potter to the latest
best-seller.
It's all legal thanks to a provision of copyright law that allows the
disabled to access content they couldn't get in its original form. Once the
books
are scanned, a computer converts them into either Braille or audio.
"The corporate goal is to make the biggest impact on people in need around
the world," Fruchterman says.
Brian Miller of Alexandria, Va., is completely blind. He's one of more than
6,000 subscribers to Bookshare. In addition to books, he downloads some of
the
150 newspapers available each morning, so Brian can make his D.C. commute
like everyone else.
"It takes minutes. You go on the Web site, you download it, it's in your
pocket and you're reading it on your way to work, the same way that somebody
who's
grabbing The New York Times or the Washington Post out of the machine,"
Miller explains. "That's bringing you into the community. To have that kind
of
immediate access to information is life-changing."
"I like being able to get on there and download the latest novel," says
Priscilla McKinley, Brian's wife, who is also blind. "I think it's really
cool that
my siblings can recommend books to me now and I can go and I can read them
and I can call and say, 'Hey, I read this,'" she adds.
"So it's that sort of 'I can do these things' that makes me feel good that
we've created a way that they can do these things without needing help,"
Fruchterman
says. "We're not going to go out there and read books to blind people. We're
going to give them the tools so they can download the books and read them
themselves."
Fruchterman recently got a MacArthur genius award. He's now trying to
convince the next generation of high-tech entrepreneurs to be socially
conscious.
He says he measures success by "how many people we've helped with our
technology.
"That's our goal, to make sure technology really serves the bigger social
issues, rather than just making a buck," he says.
In a high-tech world consumed by profits, Fruchterman is investing in
people. He's doing well ... and doing good.
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Jim Fruchterman, seated, says Bookshare.org gives blind people the tools to
download books and read them themselves. (CBS)
Quote
"The corporate goal is to make the biggest impact on people in need around
the world."
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Jim Fruchterman, entrepreneur
(CBS) Silicon Valley is where dreams turn into household names, and
millionaires are minted by the bucketful, CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts
reports.
Jim Fruchterman has been an entrepreneur there for more than 20 years, and
he embraces the high-tech culture.
"It is a badge of honor to be a geek, you know. Geeks love technology for
its own sake, and we like to solve problems," Fruchterman says.
It's solving problems and improving lives, not lucrative stock options, that
drive this geek. His startup is a
non-profit
. He's what's called a "social entrepreneur."
His major product ?
Bookshare.org
? is an online library for the blind. It's the equivalent of a medium-sized
bookstore. Around the country, thousands of volunteers have scanned more
than
30,000 titles, everything from Proust to Harry Potter to the latest
best-seller.
It's all legal thanks to a provision of copyright law that allows the
disabled to access content they couldn't get in its original form. Once the
books
are scanned, a computer converts them into either Braille or audio.
"The corporate goal is to make the biggest impact on people in need around
the world," Fruchterman says.
Brian Miller of Alexandria, Va., is completely blind. He's one of more than
6,000 subscribers to Bookshare. In addition to books, he downloads some of
the 150 newspapers available each morning, so Brian can make his D.C.
commute like everyone else.
"It takes minutes. You go on the Web site, you download it, it's in your
pocket and you're reading it on your way to work, the same way that somebody
who's
grabbing The New York Times or the Washington Post out of the machine,"
Miller explains. "That's bringing you into the community. To have that kind
of
immediate access to information is life-changing."
"I like being able to get on there and download the latest novel," says
Priscilla McKinley, Brian's wife, who is also blind. "I think it's really
cool
that my siblings can recommend books to me now and I can go and I can read
them and I can call and say, 'Hey, I read this,'" she adds.
"So it's that sort of 'I can do these things' that makes me feel good that
we've created a way that they can do these things without needing help,"
Fruchterman
says. "We're not going to go out there and read books to blind people. We're
going to give them the tools so they can download the books and read them
themselves."
Fruchterman recently got a MacArthur genius award. He's now trying to
convince the next generation of high-tech entrepreneurs to be socially
conscious.
He says he measures success by "how many people we've helped with our
technology.
"That's our goal, to make sure technology really serves the bigger social
issues, rather than just making a buck," he says.
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Jim Fruchterman, seated, says Bookshare.org gives blind people the tools to
download books and read them themselves.
(CBS)
Quote
"The corporate goal is to make the biggest impact on people in need around
the world."
Jim Fruchterman, entrepreneur
(CBS)
Silicon Valley is where dreams turn into household names, and millionaires
are minted by the bucketful,
CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts
reports.
Jim Fruchterman has been an entrepreneur there for more than 20 years, and
he embraces the high-tech culture.
"It
is
a badge of honor to be a geek, you know. Geeks love technology for its own
sake, and we like to solve problems," Fruchterman says.
It's solving problems and improving lives, not lucrative stock options, that
drive this geek. His startup is a
. He's what's called a "social entrepreneur."
His major product ?
? is an online library for the blind. It's the equivalent of a medium-sized
bookstore. Around the country, thousands of volunteers have scanned more
than
30,000 titles, everything from Proust to Harry Potter to the latest
best-seller.
It's all legal thanks to a provision of copyright law that allows the
disabled to access content they couldn't get in its original form. Once the
books
are scanned, a computer converts them into either Braille or audio.
"The corporate goal is to make the biggest impact on people in need around
the world," Fruchterman says.
Brian Miller of Alexandria, Va., is completely blind. He's one of more than
6,000 subscribers to Bookshare. In addition to books, he downloads some of
the
150 newspapers available each morning, so Brian can make his D.C. commute
like everyone else.
"It takes minutes. You go on the Web site, you download it, it's in your
pocket and you're reading it on your way to work, the same way that somebody
who's
grabbing The New York Times or the Washington Post out of the machine,"
Miller explains. "That's bringing you into the community. To have that kind
of
immediate access to information is life-changing."
"I like being able to get on there and download the latest novel," says
Priscilla McKinley, Brian's wife, who is also blind. "I think it's really
cool that
my siblings can recommend books to me now and I can go and I can read them
and I can call and say, 'Hey, I read this,'" she adds.
"So it's that sort of 'I can do these things' that makes me feel good that
we've created a way that they can do these things without needing help,"
Fruchterman
says. "We're not going to go out there and read books to blind people. We're
going to give them the tools so they can download the books and read them
themselves."
Fruchterman recently got a MacArthur genius award. He's now trying to
convince the next generation of high-tech entrepreneurs to be socially
conscious.
He says he measures success by "how many people we've helped with our
technology.
"That's our goal, to make sure technology really serves the bigger social
issues, rather than just making a buck," he says.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2007
Jim Fruchterman, seated, says Bookshare.org gives blind people the tools to
download books and read them themselves.
(CBS)
Quote
"The corporate goal is to make the biggest impact on people in need around
the world."
Jim Fruchterman, entrepreneur
(CBS)
Silicon Valley is where dreams turn into household names, and millionaires
are minted by the bucketful,
CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts
reports.
Jim Fruchterman has been an entrepreneur there for more than 20 years, and
he embraces the high-tech culture.
"It
is
a badge of honor to be a geek, you know. Geeks love technology for its own
sake, and we like to solve problems," Fruchterman says.
It's solving problems and improving lives, not lucrative stock options, that
drive this geek. His startup is a
. He's what's called a "social entrepreneur."
His major product ?
? is an online library for the blind. It's the equivalent of a medium-sized
bookstore. Around the country, thousands of volunteers have scanned more
than
30,000 titles, everything from Proust to Harry Potter to the latest
best-seller.
It's all legal thanks to a provision of copyright law that allows the
disabled to access content they couldn't get in its original form. Once the
books
are scanned, a computer converts them into either Braille or audio.
"The corporate goal is to make the biggest impact on people in need around
the world," Fruchterman says.
Brian Miller of Alexandria, Va., is completely blind. He's one of more than
6,000 subscribers to Bookshare. In addition to books, he downloads some of
the
150 newspapers available each morning, so Brian can make his D.C. commute
like everyone else.
"It takes minutes. You go on the Web site, you download it, it's in your
pocket and you're reading it on your way to work, the same way that somebody
who's
grabbing The New York Times or the Washington Post out of the machine,"
Miller explains. "That's bringing you into the community. To have that kind
of
immediate access to information is life-changing."
"I like being able to get on there and download the latest novel," says
Priscilla McKinley, Brian's wife, who is also blind. "I think it's really
cool that
my siblings can recommend books to me now and I can go and I can read them
and I can call and say, 'Hey, I read this,'" she adds.
"So it's that sort of 'I can do these things' that makes me feel good that
we've created a way that they can do these things without needing help,"
Fruchterman
says. "We're not going to go out there and read books to blind people. We're
going to give them the tools so they can download the books and read them
themselves."
Fruchterman recently got a MacArthur genius award. He's now trying to
convince the next generation of high-tech entrepreneurs to be socially
conscious.
He says he measures success by "how many people we've helped with our
technology.
"That's our goal, to make sure technology really serves the bigger social
issues, rather than just making a buck," he says.
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