Slide 1: The Secret is sharing
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BOokshare.org assisting & engaging the print disabled
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Slide 3: ?
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Slide 4: Can you guess the animal?
It is a:
A. B. C. D.
Antelope Tiger Elephant Monkey
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Slide 5: What does this sign say?
It reads…
A. B.
Print Disabled Need Access too Four Score And Seven Years Ago Colorblindness & Dyslexia Affect Reading
C.
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Slide 6: Guess the word in the box.
Did you guess…
A. B. C. D.
Secret Shear Share Dear
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Slide 7: Answers
Quiz 1 2 3 Topic Animal Picture Phrase Small Print Answer Tiger Four Score And Seven Years Ago Share Print Disabilities Can make an image appear Blurry! Affects what someone with Colorblindness sees. Make it difficult to read fancy, small print.
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Slide 8: But, what if you wanted to read, and…
…you had trouble turning the pages?
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Slide 10: Bookshare.org is Here!
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Slide 11: Bookshare.org Offers
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Bookshare.org currently offers “…more than 43,000 digital books comprising
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a wide range of general fiction and non-fiction, educational books, children’s literature, textbooks and best sellers.” American Foundation for the Blind
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Slide 12: New Digital File Advantages
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Improved audio quality Output Variety
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Convenience factors
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Chapter forward or back easily Bookmarks can be set Playback speed can be varied Keyword searches can be performed
Synthetic speech Refreshable Braille Enlarged text display capabilities
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Slide 13: The Secret is SHARING.
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Volunteers
Authors
Publishers Bookshare.org
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Slide 14: The SHARING continues…
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Member’s Friends Members Their Facebook Fans Facebook Fans Their Twitter Followers Bookshare.org Twitter Followers Affiliates of Organizations Organizations Curious Visitors
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Slide 15: Conclusion: Sharing = Ideas + People
Shared information is the unique commonality of mankind, and it is exciting that Bookshare.org is dedicated to linking ideas and people using Web 2.0 technologies and
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Slide 16: Credits
References & Resources
Hillman, L., et. al., Improving Access for the Sight Impaired: Books in the Sky at the City of Burnside Library South Australia. Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services v. 19 no. 4 (December 2006) p. 155-6 Levine, B. Access. Public Libraries v. 44 no. 2 (March/April 2005) p. 73-4 Roos, J. W. Copyright Protection as Access Barrier for People who Read Differently: the case for an international approach.
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