Bookshare Ireland
Bookshare Ireland is an online digital library that provides accessible reading materials to people with print disabilities including dyslexia. It offers a wide range of books in formats such as audio, EPUB, large print, and braille ready files, helping to ensure equal access to education and reading for all users.
Bookshare Ireland holds over 1.5 million titles in a variety of accessible formats. The platform hosts over 1200 primary and secondary school books from the school curriculum and over 700,000 books for third level education.
The service also includes features like text-to-speech, highlighted text, and adjustable fonts, so users can choose the format that works best for them.
By providing accessible versions of curriculum and other texts, Bookshare Ireland (run by Vision Ireland) helps users participate more fully in education and everyday reading. It supports independence and confidence, making learning and reading more accessible.
For more information see https://bookshare.ie/
This information video with Dyslexia Ireland and Vision Ireland explains what Bookshare is and how it can be accessed.