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    Digital Braille speaker communicates using mid-air pulses
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 26

    Digital Braille speaker communicates using mid-air pulses

    Researchers have developed a digital-age speaker system that permits the blind to read Braille using ultrasound waves in mid-air.
    Improving reading skills through action video games
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 18

    Improving reading skills through action video games

    An Italian-Swiss team demonstrates children reading skills can be improved through a novel child-friendly action video game.
    Texas boy on a mission to donate 500,000 books by the end of the month
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 10, 2021

    Texas boy on a mission to donate 500,000 books by the end of the month

    Orion Jean is 10-year-old boy on a mission. Before the end of the month, he wants to donate 500,000 books to children in Fort-Worth Texas.
    Handwriting beats typing and watching videos for learning to read
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 10, 2021

    Handwriting beats typing and watching videos for learning to read

    Though writing by hand is being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away pencil and paper
    New Kentucky sweepstakes awards children $1,000 to encourage summer reading
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 23, 2021

    New Kentucky sweepstakes awards children $1,000 to encourage summer reading

    Programming, materials, and activities for elementary-aged children should be a core part of every library’s offerings year-round.
    Barbara Bush foundation, city of Houston team up to take on illiteracy
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 2, 2021

    Barbara Bush foundation, city of Houston team up to take on illiteracy

    Former first lady Barbara Bush’s foundation is partnering with the city of Houston to increase the city's jaw-dropping adult literacy rates.

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