Betsy Beaumon on Disability News & Views Radio Show: Bookshare.org

By Scott Rains on March 22, 2010 11:03 AM | 0 Comments

Monica Wharton, Host of Disability News & Views Radio Show, interviewed Betsy Beaumon of Bookshare.

You can listen to the interview at the link below. (Preview: Watch for a "backstory" tomorrow):

Betsy Beaumon, Vice President, Bookshare is the world's largest online accessible library for individuals with print disabilities, such as blindness, low vision, a physical or reading disability that makes it difficult for them to read standard print.

Bookshare is free to qualified U.S. schools and students through a $32 million award from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The library has tens of thousands of books including best sellers, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading and periodicals along with two software applications that read digital books.

Listen to the interview to find out more how individuals, parents and educators can sign up. "Providing books without barriers"

http://www.bookshare.org/signUpType

Listen to the interview with Betsy here:

http://www.disabilitynewsradio.com/BooksharesFeb242010.mp3

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