 Bookshare™ is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities. Student memberships are currently funded by an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books. Bookshare believes that people with reading challenges deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without challenges enjoy. | Printable cheat sheets Bookshare overview Read Out:Loud Bookshare Edition (free reading software) Downloading books Setting up account Downloading Read Out:Loud More information Student privacy! Which students qualify? More information Requesting a book Free software for reading DAISY digital books. Your Bookshare membership includes free versions of Humanware’s Victor Reader Soft Bookshare Edition and Don Johnston’s READ:OutLoud Bookshare Edition. Don Johnston also provides a training video for their READ:OutLoud software. | Excellent short step by step videos Read Out:Loud video tutorial Information for parents Parent tutorial - Read Out:Loud download A searchable online library. Bookshare offers more than 60,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools. |