My Take
My only issue is that unfortunately, you cannot access graphic novels easily. Otherwise, love sharing this with my students.
How I Use It
I am an Assistive Tech evaluator and see many students with Reading disabilities. I am constantly recommending that their team explore Bookshare to promote my students reading for fun. It takes so much of the struggle away and just lets the students enjoy the content.
More community reviews for Bookshare
Karl B.
December 15, 2022
Helpful resource that benefits those who have reading related impairments or disabilities
I think Bookshare is a great tool that helps those with qualifying abilities. During my initial research, I thought that it wasn't optimal that it was not automatically offered to those with intellectual disabilities. But there is other software that exists that can help students with intellectual disabilities, so there are alternatives.
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Kay H.
Special education teacher
April 12, 2022
It wasn't useful for my students who have limited internet access at school and home. It was time consuming to set up and my students complained about the robot voice.
I don't care for the robot voice either, and the textbooks we use were not on the list.
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Belinda C.
April 11, 2022
I love Bookshare. I could not teach reading to my struggling students without it.
I love it! Please keep this available for students to use! It is a valuable resource!
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