EOS 1518 Global Reach of Benetech and Bookshare

EOS 1518 Global Reach of Benetech and Bookshare

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Primary school children in India who are blind reading using assistive technology.



In Part 2 of our talk with Jim Fruchterman, hosts Pete and Nancy explore the global reach of Bookshare.

Last week, hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talked with Jim Fruchterman, the founder and CEO of Benetech about his early work in OCR and starting Bookshare.  This week we talk with him about Bookshare’s global reach and how it has helped to influence mainstream publishing.  He also describes a number of other initiatives being pursued by Benetech to improve access.