■Bookshare offers students with disabilities new access to books

The nonprofit Bookshare provides free electronic copies of books that are adapted into formats that meet the needs of students with visual impairments or certain learning disabilities. The text of the books can be read aloud by computers, magnified or spaced differently, allowing the books to be read by those who struggle with print textbooks. The service is funded by the federal government and free to students. Education Week (premium article access compliments of EdWeek.org) (11/2)  http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/11/02/10book_ep.h31.html?tkn=PVCCvrH2dVuvFLQHStFSjdd4XgBoTqCXhhCJ&cmp=clp-sb-cec    and http://www.bookshare.org/.