Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Effective Literacy Website #1 by Zharmaine Santos


        


        

Bookshare is an online platform focuses on making reading be accessible to anyone. The platform brings in effective literacy for those individuals with reading barriers. It provides different features that allow readers personalized their own reading experiences to fit their learning style. Overall, Bookshare offers a huge variety of books suitable to fit different interests and needs, whether it is professionally, educationally, or independently.


Specifically, Bookshare offers different formats to fit the user’s reading experience. The different formats include audio, audio with text, braille, and other formats. With the format of an audio, the book is being read aloud to the user. With the format of an audio with text, the words are showing as the audio is playing. With the braille format, a larger font is displayed for easier reading. By providing the different formats as options to users, Bookshare is able to accommodate those individuals with reading barriers. 


Additionally, Booshare offers more than a million different books. The library consists of educational textbooks, children's books, bestseller books, and much more. The users can read their selected book on different devices, such as smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks, computers and assistive technology devices. Bookshare ensures that their platform is accessible and convenient for the users; so it is designed to be compatible with the different devices mentioned above. 


Overall, if you are a reader who reads for pleasure or desires to enhance  your knowledge, then Bookshare is the right one for you. Even for readers who have reading disabilities, Bookshare is one for you because of the accommodated features it offers.


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