Bookshare.org The Digital Library Built by and for the Print Disabled Lisa Friendly Director, Bookshare.org Benetech *The Bookshare.

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Bookshare.org The Digital Library Built by and for the Print Disabled Lisa Friendly Director, Bookshare.org Benetech *The Bookshare trademark is under license from its registered owner, Follett Library Resources division of Follett Corporation

I. Bookshare.org Today II. Reading the Books III. Bookshare.org Tomorrow IV. Partnerships V. Product Demonstration VI. Where to Get More Information

I. Bookshare.org Today

The Bookshare.org Solution An online library of accessible digital text  35,700 Accessible books as digital text over the Internet Not human narrated audio  Books similar to a web page or word processing file  Users access the books by: Listening to them (voice synthesizer) Viewing them enlarged (on a PC screen or printed out) Seeing and hearing the words at the same time Reading Braille (digital or hardcopy)

Bookshare.org Advantages Completely online  Much lower costs than traditional approaches Low cost to add most books to our collection Pennies incremental cost for each book downloaded  Speed of access New books added to the collection in under a week Search the entire collection in seconds Get the book two minutes after you decide you want it Library available 24/7  Flexibility Braille for the Braille reader Large print for the low vision reader Bi-modal reading for the dyslexic reader

Types of publications available  Trade books Majority of popular titles available New York Times best sellers, series, collections Newbery awards, recommended student reading lists 1,000 Spanish language titles  Professional books Over 700 technical books from O’Reilly Press  Children’s books Scholastic partnership (with a focus on chapter books)  Textbooks Growing number available from schools & publishers U.S. focus by law, but looking for partnerships  Periodicals Available through our partnership with NFB Newsline 150 national & regional newspapers and magazines

How are books added to the collection?  Volunteers, the majority of whom are print-disabled Bookshare.org subscribers, scan and validate books they want to read.  Sighted volunteers do the same.  Readers request books through a wish list.  Bookshare.org purchases best sellers and specific books needed by college students  Books are downloaded from the NIMAC repository  Digital e-books are donated by publishers and converted to DAISY and BRF by us

How is sharing copyrighted books legal? Through an exemption in the U.S. copyright law  Key requirements of the Chafee Amendment Authorized entity (Government or nonprofit) Copyright notice Specialized formats (Braille, audio or digital text) Proof of print disability U.S. residents only unless permission granted by publisher  Bookshare.org increasingly receives permissions from publishers and authors to provide accessible books globally on equivalent terms Still need certification of disability

Definition of print disability People who cannot read a print book  Visually impaired Blind or legally blind  Learning disabled Typically a student with a specific language learning impairment and an IEP requiring text accommodation  Physically disabled Cannot hold a book and turn pages  Need to have a qualified professional sign a certification (or an agency staffer certify that such a certification is on file)

Security for Bookshare.org Seven Point Digital Rights Plan  Qualified users  Contractual Agreement  Copyright notice  Encryption  Watermark / Fingerprint  Security database  Security watch program

Big News about Bookshare.org Now serving all U.S. print disabled students for free  Bookshare.org just awarded $32 million from the U.S. Department of Education  Provide Bookshare.org services to all U.S. schools and all U.S. print disabled students  Assistive technology included  This will fund great expansion of the collection and cooperation with publishers

Who is Benetech? An authorized Chafee entity  18 year old, 501(c)(3) nonprofit U.S. charity status, active globally  Silicon Valley’s leading nonprofit tech developer Literacy, human rights, environment  Respected leadership Jim Fruchterman, founder. MacArthur, Skoll, Schwab Fellowships Operational and Engineering Management directly from large, successful Silicon Valley companies Run like a high tech project, but with a double bottom line Invited to join federal advisory committees such as NIMAS and 508

II. Reading the Books

Go to Bookshare.org and Search Like Amazon.com for the print disabled  Search for the book needed  Download an encrypted copy to a PC  Use the preferred assistive technology for the person with a disability Braille Synthetic Speech Enlargement Combination

BRF format Easy-to-use grade 2 digital Braille  Download Braille files directly from the site  Use notetakers or refreshable Braille displays Typical Braille notetaker has 20 Braille cells with plastic pins that pop up and provide 20 characters at a time  Download books to embosser  Embossing available through partnership with Braille Institute Creating hardcopy Braille books  Digital Braille is the key to the future of Braille An entire library on a flash card

DAISY format Digital Accessible Information SYstem  Books are read on a computer using synthetic speech and are visually presented as well  NISO/DAISY 3.0 XML specification enables text-based navigation Includes page numbers and paragraphs  Think of it as a web page (HTML) plus a couple of extra tags  The audio version of the books can be played on an MP3 player (just like listening to music)  We provide Victor Reader Soft DAISY player for all subscribers (uses Text-to-Speech to read the book aloud)

III. Bookshare.org Tomorrow Global Expansion

Bookshare.org International Partnering to bring Bookshare.org to the world  We can’t rely on copyright exemption It’s U.S. only Too hard to get 150 countries to rationalize copyright laws The World Blind Union is working on it for the long term  So, we ask publishers and authors to give us permission to share globally As of November, 2007, we have around 3,000 copyrighted books available globally Another 1,000+ are in process Have blanket permissions for still more (Scholastic)  Launched Bookshare.org international in October, 2007 See as an example of what we can do for other countries

Bookshare.org International Options Looking for partners  We offer the same pricing as for U.S. adults or organizations that serve adults US $75 for first year of individual access, $50 thereafter US$300 for 30 downloads (one download is one book for one person)  We can deliver a country solution Similar to Department of Education funding Blanket funding for all people with blind disabilities The infrastructure and the existing content is relatively inexpensive –Customer service and high quality book acquisition costs more  We can supply masters for partners to produce accessible media DAISY CDs Braille hardcopy

IV. Partnerships

Engagement with Publishers  Presented Bookshare.org to the copyright committee of the American Association of Publishers one year before launch Seven point DRM plan Changes and feedback Regular reviews with AAP general counsel  Agreement with author association (SFWA) Author moral rights Agreement to promote access  Textbook Access for U.S. domestic law compliance  International Publishers Association: early meetings

Publisher Partnerships  The visionary publishers are already on board Baen Scholastic HarperCollins O’Reilly  Recruiting others Our first publisher in India just signed on (Katha)

Permissions Drive  Direct access to digital content Better quality Avoids rescanning  International access Meet the reading needs of English speaking disabled people Plan to extend to other languages in 2008  Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation support Volunteer attorneys around the world  Help publishers meet accessibility obligations Both legal obligations and moral ones

Content Partnerships  Scan once, share many, save time Invest the extra effort into more titles, more proofreading  Working together to generate the content we all need and want

Assistive Technology Partnerships  Every vendor who provides text access products has or is working on Bookshare.org support We fill up those products and devices with text with the least effort  HumanWare’s Victor Reader included today Plus, a commitment to frequent improvements  Working on additional partnerships for free AT Especially software designed for dyslexic users  Longer-term goals The person without a PC can do their reading on a locked-down public access terminal Support the person who has a $20 MP3 player or $50 cell phone

V. Demonstration

VictorReaderSoft on p. 38 of A Christmas Carol

Conclusion  35,000+ books and expanding: striving for critical mass Membership now at over 13,000 students and adults and growing fast. 100,000 titles to be added through Department of Education funding  Meets a critical social need Print-disabled people have the access they need Provides an opportunity for volunteer service inside the community The clients drive the collection  We want to ensure global access to all people with print disabilities Partnerships are essential

Find out More  Bookshare.org Jim FruchtermanLisa Friendly  A project of Benetech Silicon Valley’s deliberately nonprofit tech company