Amazon’s new Kindle DX, designed for reading textbooks and newspapers, will include text-to-speech to allow students with print disabilities to read textbooks out loud. Amazon’s Director of Kindle Books, Laura Porco, said the company is working with three of the top five textbook publishers — Pearson, Cengage Learning and Wiley, along with more than 75 University [...]
On a Mission to Give the Disabled the Moon
Years after developing one of the first reading machines for the blind, Jim Fruchterman founded Benetech, a non-profit that helps people with disabilities access new technologies. He talks about making digital books free for students with low vision, equal Internet access and the future of mobile phones.
Bookshare, the online library for people with print disabilities, today announced a new program that will significantly increase college students’ access to digital books and textbooks. The Bookshare University Partnership program is a collaboration between 11 U.S. colleges and universities and publishers that will pool resources to build a more robust collection of books. The [...]
