About Bookshare.org

Partner With Us

You can become a partner and help to dramatically increase access to literacy for this community of people with print-related disabilities.

• Individuals can lend their expertise or offer financial support. Donate to Bookshare.org.
• High tech leaders can provide important technology.
• Strategic donors can be key financial partners. Find out more about our recent funders.
• Authors, publishers or libraries can provide a collection of digital material. Find out more.

You can also support Bookshare.org by becoming a Volunteer.

Please contact us. We'd love to hear from you.

Our partners enable Bookshare.org to provide increased value to our members. Join us in thanking these organizations.

Bookshare.org provides the Victor Reader Soft Bookshare.org Edition from HumanWare especially for subscribers of Bookshare.org. Victor Reader Soft is a computer application for reading digital audio books. You may download a 30-day free trial copy of the Windows-platform Victor Reader Soft DAISY player directly from HumanWare to play public domain DAISY-format titles from Bookshare.org. HumanWare also offers portable digital assistants that allow you to read Bookshare.org books: Maestro is an accessible mainstream palm-size PC that includes the Victor Reader Pocket application for reading and navigating downloaded books from Bookshare.org. Click here to visit the HumanWare site to learn more about the Maestro. The BrailleNote is a portable Braille PDA with speech and Braille output. With built-in Web-browsing, an Internet connection is all that you need to search for, download, and begin reading a Bookshare.org book. Click here to visit the HumanWare site to learn more about the BrailleNote.
In partnership with Braille Institute of America, Braille books originating from the Bookshare.org digital Braille files can be ordered in embossed Braille form and mailed directly to you or as a gift. The Braille Press is the largest publisher of Braille materials on the West Coast.
In partnership with the National Federation of the Blind, NFB-NEWSLINE© System, newspapers and magazines are available for download in Sponsored States for download to Bookshare.org subscribers
Project Gutenberg has given Bookshare.org permission to include its public domain books in the collection in specialized formats for this community. Several thousand books are made available through Project Gutenberg. Find out more about Project Gutenberg.
In partnership with the DAISY Consortium, Benetech provides its content in this specialized, navigable format, to qualified members who have a print disability. Benetech also works with the DAISY Consortium to promote the harmonization of accessible information standards worldwide.

Also, help us thank the authors and editors who have provided digital copies of their books to this community through Bookshare.org:

Susanna Carr	www.susannacarr.com
Cory Doctorow	www.craphound.com
Jim Donovan	www.jimdonovan.com
Anne Hart	dnadetectives.tripod.com
Gary Karp	www.lifeonwheels.org
Larry Lessig	www.law.stanford.edu/faculty/lessig
The Lockman Foundation	www.lockman.org
J. L. McClellan
Priscilla Paul	www.priscillapaul.com
Sonia Pressman Fuentes	www.erraticimpact.com/fuentes
John E. Stith	www.neverend.com

Our product partners have worked closely with us to ensure smooth access, opening and reading of Bookshare.org books with their software or hardware.

Scan and Read Software

Kurzweil 1000 and Kurzweil 3000 both have the Unpack Tool software integrated. Kurzweil was the first product to offer an online book search feature that enables searching for, selecting, downloading and opening a Bookshare.org book without ever leaving the Kurzweil software.
OpenBook has the Unpack Tool software integrated, and contains a built-in online book search feature that enables searching for, selecting, downloading and opening a Bookshare.org book without leaving the OpenBook software. WYNN is a literacy tool that converts printed text to spoken text, with support for reading, writing, and comprehension for struggling readers of all ages.

Portable Reading Devices or Notetakers

The BrailleNote is a portable Braille PDA with speech and Braille output. BrailleNote and VoiceNote products using Keysoft 5.0 have the Unpack Tool software integrated. With built-in web-browsing, an Internet connection is all that is needed with these notetakers to search for, download, and begin reading a Bookshare.org book.
The BookCourier handheld audio reading device has the Unpack Tool software integrated, making it easy to download and transfer Bookshare.org books to read on the go.	BookCourier
The ELba Braille notetaker has the Unpack Tool software integrated, making downloading and transferring Bookshare.org books a breeze.

DAISY Players

The gh PLAYER 2.0, a leader in digital talking book technology, provides a complete accessible solution for reading Bookshare.org content. With innovative features designed for both learning and print disabled readers, it has never been easier to access your DAISY 3 or TXT book formats.

Screen Readers

Window-Eyes from GW Micro is a leading PC-based screen reader. Window-Eyes 5.0 includes 9X, Me, 2000, XP, and 2003 compatibility and also features enhanced Braille support.

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