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JAWS users may like to read Bookshare books with FSReader, a reading program that comes free with JAWS. If you are using JAWS but prefer not to use FSReader, please visit our article on Reading Books with a Screen Reader. If you'd like to use FSReader, please follow... more
Video Tutorial: Where to find the Organizational Agreement Where to find the Organizational Agreement×All Organizations must complete our Organizational Agreement form before they can start downloading books for their members. Sponsors can download this form following... more
Android users can download Bookshare books directly on their device with Darwin Reader. Darwin Reader is available in the Google Play Store for purchase, although they also offer a trial version for free. Like other Bookshare-integrated mobile apps, Darwin Reader... more
Bookshare members can download books directly on their iPad using Spotlight Text. Spotlight Text is designed specifically for low vision users, with a high contrast interface, large controls, and large print. Once you've purchased Spotlight Text from the App Store,... more
Kurzweil Firefly users can save Bookshare books to their Universal Library online. To download books directly in Firefly, please follow the steps below:Go to Kurzweil’s Firefly website: https://www.kurzweil3000.com/KLogin.php.Enter your Kurzweil username and password,... more
Capti, the creators of Capti Narrator, also offer an online reader on their website. Capti Narrator Online is a free eBook reader that you can open in Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Like Web Reader, Capti Online has built-in Text to Speech and a number of visual settings... more
Note: Voice Dream Reader for Android devices is now called Legere Reader.
To install Voice Dream Reader:
Open the Google Play Store on your device.
In the search field, enter "Legere Reader". Select the "$9.99" button.
Select the Install button.To download books... more
Bookshare members can save their download history to their computer for a record of what books they’ve read. To save your download history as a .CSV file that can be opened in Excel:Log in to your Bookshare account.Select the My Bookshare link on the top right corner... more
All Sponsors of your Organization can access the entire account’s download history online. To save a report of your Organization’s download history:Log in to the Sponsor's Bookshare account.Select the My Bookshare link on the top right corner of the page.Select the... more
Apple users can read Bookshare books in the EPUB format on their computers and mobile devices using Apple's Books app (formerly called iBooks).Books on macOSDownload EPUBLog in to your Bookshare account.Search for a book using the search box at the top of the page.... more
To install Capti Voice: Open the App Store. In the search field, enter “Capti Voice.”Select the Install button. Although Capti is a free app, you may need to sign in to your Apple account to download it.Once Capti is installed, select the Open button in the App Store... more
Read&Write’s free extension can be installed from the Chrome Web Store. Follow the steps below to install the Read&Write Chrome extension:Open Google Chrome and navigate to the Chrome Web Store.Enter "read and write" in the search box in the top left corner of... more
Organizational Members (OM's) are qualified Bookshare users who are registered on an Organization's Bookshare account. Sponsors, generally teachers or other school staff, add students to their school's roster as Organizational Members. Other organizations such as... more
An Individual Membership (IM) is a qualified adult or student's personal Bookshare account with Bookshare. IM's can freely search for and download books in any of the Bookshare accessible formats, unlike Organizational Members who only have access to books assigned to... more
There are three main types of student Bookshare accounts: Individual Memberships, Organizational Memberships, and Linked Accounts. Students with each kind of account have different access to the full Bookshare collection. We recommend reviewing the chart below to help... more