Bookshare Gets A Makeover

By Paul Natsch • January 28, 2009

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series EBook Resources

iPhone/iPod Touch: The Ultimate E-book Reader
Bookshare Gets A Makeover
Amazon Kindle 2 Includes Text to Speech Capability
Make Your iPhone A Personal Library

Bookshare is a free service that offers access to more than 42,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools. It’s mostly open to USA residents with a print disability, and some sections are available to those with print disabilities outside the USA.

Among the changes to the website:

Use the site’s new accessible features
Find a book with new search and browse features
Download a book with more steamlined processes
Use new volunteer features
Access free reader software

While Bookshare’s digital books are generally formatted for text-to-speech applications they also can be converted for use with desktop ebook software like Stanza and iPhone/iPod Touch ebook apps like Stanza and Bookshelf.

Head over to the new sleek-looking Bookshare.org website and check it out!

- Paul Natsch

Series Navigation«iPhone/iPod Touch: The Ultimate E-book ReaderAmazon Kindle 2 Includes Text to Speech Capability»

Categories: Information, Mobility Impaired, Neurologically Impaired, OS X, Text to Speech, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver, iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch
Tags: books, bookshare, ebooks, ipod touch, Platform: iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, reading

About the Author

Paul Natsch

My name is Paul Natsch and I’m a thirty-nine year-old C4—C5 Quadriplegic who’s been using Macs for over twenty years. I enjoy playing games, beta testing games, writing, composing music, chatting, and doing just about anything I can think of on my iMac.

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