RNIB’s Bookshare service gets an upgrade

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)’s Bookshare service has been redesigned to allow users to find and access content more easily. 

The website gives UK teachers, supporting staff and students with print disabilities access to educational materials in accessible formats, free of charge.  

Cambridge-based Studio 24, a digital design and technology agency, carried out the web platform’s overhaul, in partnership with RNIB, thanks to funds raised by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery. 

RNIB’s chair of trustees, Anna Tylor, who is registered blind and contributed to Bookshare’s set-up in 2012, said: ‘Bookshare gives children and young people every chance to learn, grow and flourish in society.