Spotlight with Brad Turner: VP of Global Literacy at Benetech

Summary: In this Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Brad Turner, the vice president of global literacy at Benetech. They discuss:<br> <a href="https://www.benetech.org/" target="_blank">Benetech </a><br> Brad tells us about the organization and its mission.<br> <a href="https://www.bookshare.org/cms/" target="_blank">Bookshare </a><br> Brad tells us about how the organization has grown into such a successful digital platform that makes more than a half a million books available for blind and visually impaired individuals.<br> <a href="https://www.benetech.org/our-programs/literacy/born-accessible/" target="_blank">Born Accessible </a><br> Brad talks about Benetech’s mission to ensure that as more and more print material is born in a digital format, it also needs to be born in an accessible format.<br> <a href="https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/114th-congress/6/document-text" target="_blank">The Marrakesh Treaty </a><br> Brad updates us on the current status of the Marrakesh Treaty in the US Senate. He also discusses the global benefit of this treaty.<br> <a href="https://www.lighthouseguild.org/spotlightgateway/about/" target="_blank">Spotlight Gateway </a><br> Brad finally talks about Benetech’s efforts to help with Spotlight Gateway, which is a project designed to help those who have a visually impairment gain access to the power of reading through a combination of the Spotlight Text app, a Bookshare membership, and an iPad. Students who are eligible can receive all of these for free through the Spotlight Gateway program<br>