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November 17, 2009 Bookshare for Iowa

Kristina Cohen Education Program Manager Presenter Bookshare is a project of Benetech - Benetech’s nonprofit motto: Technology Serving Humanity

4 Accessible Books for Students with Print Disabilities  What is Bookshare?  Why should I get involved?  How do I get started?

5 What is Bookshare™?  Bookshare is an online library of accessible media for readers with print disabilities.  Over 60,000 Members  Over 7,700 schools and other organizations  Over 60,000 titles  Over a thousand new books added every month Bookshare believes that people with print disabilities should have the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy. Funded by an award from OSEP, the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education. as of 10/15/09

Bookshare Library  Textbooks  Hundreds of NIMAC textbooks with images  Contributions from universities and schools  Teacher-Recommended Reading  Special Collections  New York Times Best Sellers  Newbery Winners  Caldecott Winners  Young Reader’s Choice  Spanish books  Over 30 publisher partnerships  Encyclopedia Britannica  Newspapers and magazines  Available through partnership with NFB Newsline  150 national and regional newspapers and magazines  Book requests Bookshare is committed to high-quality books. Please report any quality issues on the book download page.

What Bookshare Offers?  Digital books for individuals with print disabilities  FREE memberships for qualified U.S. students through OSEP award  FREE assistive technology software  24/7 access to books

8 Why Get Digital Books and Textbooks?  Help students with print disabilities keep up with classmates  Encourage them to study independently  Motivate students to read  Equalize their educational opportunity I get it! At last!

Bookshare Helps Schools  Supports compliance with IDEA 2004 requiring timely access to accessible materials for qualified students  Provides access to the general curriculum for students with print disabilities  Reduces costs of support for students with special needs

I think I ’ ll search Bookshare for my book. Digital Books Are Easy To Kill a Mockingbird

How Does Bookshare Get Digital Books? Chop Publishers Scan Proofread To Kill a Mockingbird Universities Volunteers Textbooks

12 NIMAC - NIMAS Simplified  National Instructional Materials Access Center  National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard  Source for K-12 textbooks purchased after July 19, 2006 when specified by contract  Over 15,000 textbooks and supplementary reading

Bookshare as an Iowa NIMAC Authorized User 1.Log in to your Bookshare account and search for your textbook using Bookshare’s “one-step search,” by typing in the ISBN in our simple search field. 2.If textbook is available in the NIMAC, teacher can immediately request Bookshare to retrieve book from NIMAC and convert it. We will make the textbook student-ready and notify the teacher through . 3.Teacher can then download the textbook for the qualified student and read using free reader software. 4.Average turnaround for NIMAC-sourced textbooks is 1 week or less. 5.If book is not available, please contact: Iowa Department for the Blind at or Get Book from NIMAC “One-Step Search” Teacher makes request Teacher Bookshare Teacher notification sent Teacher downloads for student

Textbooks Not in the NIMAC  Contact your book purchasing department and see if request was made to publisher.  Check with your State Coordinator to see what contracts are in place with publishers.  Be sure to stipulate NIMAS files in publisher contracts.  Go to to find contract language.  Send physical copy to Bookshare.

15 Eligible Students DisabilityQualified/Not Qualified Examples of Certifying Professionals Visual Impairment (VI), such as blindness or low vision Qualified A family doctor, ophthalmologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, optometrist, physical therapist, or other medical professional. Teacher of the visually impaired, special education teacher, learning disability specialist, school psychologist, clinical psychologist with a background in learning disabilities, resource specialist or other educational professional Certification from the National Library Service Proof of membership with RFB&D Physical Disability (PD) which affects one’s ability to read print, such as inability to hold a book or turn pages Qualified Learning Disability such as a Reading Disability Students with a severe enough disability, and a professional certifying that the disability has a physical basis Autism Emotional disabilities ADHD Not qualified, unless accompanied by a visual or physical disability, or a qualified reading disability that has a physical basis Not applicable Other Learning Challenges ESL and ELL Record of disability kept at school!

Books and Qualifications Bookshare DownloadsWho Can DownloadStudent Qualifications Public Domain booksNon-Members and MembersNone Books with U.S. copyrights Books with International permissions Teachers and StudentsChafee Qualified NIMAC-sourced books Educators (K-12 U.S. public schools, some private schools and agencies) Chafee + IEP Bookshare is authorized to produce digital books in accessible formats through an exemption in the U.S. copyright law called the Chafee Amendment.

Register for Bookshare – It’s Easy!  Identify a Primary Contact  Create account online  Agree to Bookshare terms  Provide names of Sponsors and qualified Members on roster

Assign a Primary Contact  Responsible for overall account management  Point of contact for the organization  Agree to terms Primary Contacts: Teacher, VI teacher, Special Education teacher, Special Education Director, Itinerant teacher, AT Specialist, Resource Specialist

Assign One or More Sponsors  Sponsors download books for students  An account can have many Sponsors  Primary Contacts can also download books  Sponsors agree to terms Sponsors examples: Teacher, VI teacher, Special Education teacher, Special Education Director, Itinerant teacher, AT Specialist, Resource Specialist, Librarian, Counselor, Administrative Assistant

Terms of Organizational Agreement  Books for readers with print disabilities only  Print disability, legal definition  Book file sharing not allowed  Consequences of copyright violation  Additional Staff Sponsors – No Login Sharing!  Member roster maintenance  Individual student memberships  Volunteer to add accessible media  Payment for Members who are not U.S. students  Further details: personal use, downloads per Member, agreement renewal, NIMAS books, terms of Org agreement

Student Individual Membership  Open the world of books to your students  Login independently  Download independently  Under age 18, parent signature required  Easy new process  Print “Individual Membership Form” in Members tab  Automated process  Students register on their own

Seven Point Digital Rights Management  Qualified Users  Only qualified users with certification of disability on record.  Contractual Agreement  All users have to agree to terms of use that forbid violation of specific copyright laws.  Copyright Notice  All books in our library contain a copyright notice.  Encryption  All books are encrypted for a specific user.  Fingerprint  All downloaded copyrighted material is fingerprinted as to allow us to trace files that show up elsewhere back to the Member.  Security Database  All transactions, encryption codes and fingerprints are stored in a database enabling Bookshare to track any unusual activity.  Security Watch Program  Monitors all book downloads and suspends any user whose account exhibits unusual activity.

Downloading Books – It’s Easy!  Download software  Victor Reader Soft  READ:OutLoud, Windows and Macintosh  Find book, select Member (organizations)  Download Book

4 Ways to Enjoy Reading  Multi-modal reading: See and hear words simultaneously  View books with large font on a PC screen, or print  Listen to them (many voice options)  Read Braille (digital or hardcopy)

What’s DAISY?  DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System)  Like HTML, plus some extra tags  DAISY software combines text and/or synthetic speech (multimodal)  Navigation in books  Includes chapters, paragraphs page numbers  Convert and play on MP3 player

26 What Is BRF?  BRF (Braille Ready Format)  For notetakers and refreshable Braille displays  For embossed Braille, start with DAISY

Compatible AT Software  Any AT software supporting text-based files  HumanWare Victor Reader Soft  Don Johnston READ:OutLoud Windows and Macintosh  Kurzweil 3000, 1000  TextHelp  WYNN  OpenBook  Window-Eyes  JAWS  ZoomText Free versions available for download for Members! Free high-quality Acapela voices

Compatible AT Hardware  Any AT hardware supporting text-based files  HumanWare VictorReader Stream and ClassMate Reader  Plextalk Pocket  BookCourier and BookPort  Braille displays like the BrailleNote  ICON™  New Code Factory DAISY player for Symbian and Windows phones  MP3 players (educator or Member converts)

Next Steps  Sign up your qualified students  Ensure textbook purchasing contracts include clause requiring publishers to place books in NIMAC  Identify textbooks and other school books needed by qualified students and submit lists for conversion  Train teachers and inform them about accessible books

Webinars for Iowa Educators  Webinar 2 – Wednesday, December 2 at 3pm CT: Membership Management Tools and the Bookshare Library  Webinar 3 – Thursday, December 10 at 3pm CT: Bookshare Reading Tools

31 It’s for the Kids!  Encourage students to read and study independently  Get textbooks for access to the general curriculum  Bookshare books, memberships, software and training are FREE!* *Free for qualified US students