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The accounts will allow patrons to download up to 20 accessible. The library of congress is committed to being a leader and a role model of accessibility. Overdrive helps libraries take control of their digital. Aug 08, 2017 leap is sponsored by cbvi, in collaboration with advancing opportunities, and the new jersey state library. Join the hop corn fun while learning about the short o vowel sound. Through a partnership between overdrive and bookshare, qualifying individuals will receive access to bookshares catalog of print materials in accessible digital. Main library jacksonville 58 doris avenue east jacksonville, nc 28540 phone. Library expedited acquisitions program leap usc libraries. Overdrive partners with bookshare to offer printimpaired individuals access to the leap library ebook accessibility program. For this reason, some features, such as checkout, may not be available to you. Outloud reading software that you can install onto your home computer. People with vision, dexterity, or cognitive disabilities need certain specific features, and ebook readers are all over the map in what they offer and how they offer it. Leap is a project of the commission of the blind and visually impaired cbvi, a division of the new jersey department of human services dhs.
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