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a partnership that will give print-disabled students a free text reader to access electronic books from the Bookshare.org library.

those who receive special-education services and who are unable to read standard print materials owing to physical limitations.

At the start of the 2008-09 school year, qualified students will be able to use Don Johnston’s Read:OutLoud Bookshare.org Edition text reader to access more than 36,000 books, magazines, and newspapers in the Bookshare.org library free of charge.

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