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1/17/2012 Englewood Colorado News: "Stephanie Llorente's Winning Attitude" “I was amazed at what Learning Ally does and immediately joined their program. The organization began providing me audio versions of all my textbooks. Listening to the recordings while following along in the textbook has brought my reading comprehension up to the same level as my classmates and I understand what I am reading. I also found I enjoy books and I now listen to audio books for pleasure.” read more...

1/5/2012 DAISY PLANET: "Learning Ally: Then and Now" "It was not a change we entered into lightly, as RFB&D was a long-established national institution and that name was known both nationally and internationally. However our new name reflects our vision to become an advocate and friend to those who learn differently." read more...

12/19/2011 NBC-9 Denver: "9Who Care Winner Reads With a Purpose" "Word for word, he reads his lines. He rarely mispronounces anything. 'I've been reading for the blind for 14 years,' says Dr. Donald Bennallack. It was back when he was a practicing OBGYN that Dr. Bennallack started volunteering for Learning Ally, voicing medical textbooks for the blind." read more...

11/7/2011 Herald Star Online: "Forging Ahead, Focused on the Future" "For 22-year-old Stephanie Fernandes, visual impairment is no obstacle when it comes to educational success, although it does present its challenges. As Fernandes forges ahead, she is focusing on a future of helping others. The 2007 graduate of Steubenville High School who has begun her law degree studies was singled out by Learning Ally, a 63-year-old nonprofit organization based in Princeton, N.J..." read more...

10/20/2011 Disability.GOV: "Students with Visual and Learning Disabilities Thrive with Accessible Audiobooks" "By providing state of the art, accessible audio textbooksto students, Learning Ally removes a major obstacle to their success in the classroom: access to the printed word. The books provide extensive navigation, bookmarking and control features that are critical to successful studying." read more...

9/12/2011 The Sacramento Bee: "Blind Student Has No Trouble Visualizing a Doctorate in Chemistry" "Even the most adept chemistry student will spend an evening hopelessly staring at models of double helixes, polypeptides and ribonucleic acids. Not Henry Wedler. Blind from birth, Wedler, who is working on hisdoctorate in organic chemistry at UC Davis, sees these complex structures in his mind and occasionally with his hands. Wedler, popularly known as 'Hoby,' is one of six students honored by Learning Ally, a nonprofit organization that makes specialized audio books for people with visual impairments or reading disabilities." read more...

8/29/2011 Phoenix Examiner: "No Child is Ever Labeled" "Learning Ally....has superb technological educational resources that provide a successful reading process, in addition to providing an exceptionally positive environment in which there are no stereotypes or labels." read more...

8/18/2011 Upgraded Learning Ally Audiobook Player Brings Accessible Books to Apple Devices for People With Disabilities "The upgraded app, renamed Learning Ally Audio, offers advanced accessibility features for ease of learning, including page and chapter navigation, variable speed and pitch control, bookmarking capabilities, and Apple VoiceOver compatibility. Users will also enjoy significant new features. The popular iOS application enables the entire Learning Ally library of downloadable DAISY-formatted audiobooks to be played on Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch." read more...

8/15/2011 Florida Sun Sentinel: "Unsung Heroes - Boca Man Records for the Blind" "Reading disabilities are present in so many forms — blindness, dyslexia, the inability to hold a book. Some individuals are helped by simply listening and reading simultaneously while text is underlined word by word on a computer monitor. I volunteer to be a part of bringing literature to these people for their pleasure, education and enlightenment." read more...

8/8/2011 Chicago Sun Times: "Learning Ally Records Texts for Students" "All of the Orland studio’s volunteers — there are 120 of them, and more eager readers are on a waiting list — have to audition, and those who make the cut undergo three months of training. And it’s not just reading the words, it’s also trying to describe to the listener any charts, maps or graphics contained in textbooks. Learning Ally tries to match readers with their particular background or expertise. A couple of former math teachers, for instance, are tag-teaming on a geometry book." read more...

1/17/2012

Englewood Colorado News: "Stephanie Llorente's Winning Attitude"

“I was amazed at what Learning Ally does and immediately joined their program. The organization began providing me audio versions of all my textbooks. Listening to the recordings while following along in the textbook has brought my reading comprehension up to the same level as my classmates and I understand what I am reading. I also found I enjoy books and I now listen to audio books for pleasure.”

1/5/2012

DAISY PLANET: "Learning Ally: Then and Now"

Learning Ally member Henry Vasquez accesses his audiobooks with an assistive technology device "It was not a change we entered into lightly, as RFB&D was a long-established national institution and that name was known both nationally and internationally. However our new name reflects our vision to become an advocate and friend to those who learn differently."

12/19/2011

NBC-9 Denver: "9Who Care Winner Reads With a Purpose"

NBC-TV9 logo for its "9Who Care" awards series "Word for word, he reads his lines. He rarely mispronounces anything. 'I've been reading for the blind for 14 years,' says Dr. Donald Bennallack. It was back when he was a practicing OBGYN that Dr. Bennallack started volunteering for Learning Ally, voicing medical textbooks for the blind."

11/7/2011

Herald Star Online: "Forging Ahead, Focused on the Future"

Blind law school student Stephanie Fernandes is a Learning Ally National Achievement Award winner "For 22-year-old Stephanie Fernandes, visual impairment is no obstacle when it comes to educational success, although it does present its challenges. As Fernandes forges ahead, she is focusing on a future of helping others. The 2007 graduate of Steubenville High School who has begun her law degree studies was singled out by Learning Ally, a 63-year-old nonprofit organization based in Princeton, N.J..."

10/20/2011

Disability.GOV: "Students with Visual and Learning Disabilities Thrive with Accessible Audiobooks"

Logo for Disability dot Gov blog "By providing state of the art, accessible audio textbooksto students, Learning Ally removes a major obstacle to their success in the classroom: access to the printed word. The books provide extensive navigation, bookmarking and control features that are critical to successful studying."

9/12/2011

The Sacramento Bee: "Blind Student Has No Trouble Visualizing a Doctorate in Chemistry"

Henry Wedler, blind graduate student, aspiring chemistry professor, Learning Ally National Achievement Award winner "Even the most adept chemistry student will spend an evening hopelessly staring at models of double helixes, polypeptides and ribonucleic acids. Not Henry Wedler. Blind from birth, Wedler, who is working on hisdoctorate in organic chemistry at UC Davis, sees these complex structures in his mind and occasionally with his hands. Wedler, popularly known as 'Hoby,' is one of six students honored by Learning Ally, a nonprofit organization that makes specialized audio books for people with visual impairments or reading disabilities."

8/29/2011

Phoenix Examiner: "No Child is Ever Labeled"

"Learning Ally....has superb technological educational resources that provide a successful reading process, in addition to providing an exceptionally positive environment in which there are no stereotypes or labels."

8/18/2011

Upgraded Learning Ally Audiobook Player Brings Accessible Books to Apple Devices for People With Disabilities

Learning Ally Audio App screen displaying on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch "The upgraded app, renamed Learning Ally Audio, offers advanced accessibility features for ease of learning, including page and chapter navigation, variable speed and pitch control, bookmarking capabilities, and Apple VoiceOver compatibility. Users will also enjoy significant new features. The popular iOS application enables the entire Learning Ally library of downloadable DAISY-formatted audiobooks to be played on Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch."

8/15/2011

Florida Sun Sentinel: "Unsung Heroes - Boca Man Records for the Blind"

"Reading disabilities are present in so many forms — blindness, dyslexia, the inability to hold a book. Some individuals are helped by simply listening and reading simultaneously while text is underlined word by word on a computer monitor. I volunteer to be a part of bringing literature to these people for their pleasure, education and enlightenment."

8/8/2011

Chicago Sun Times: "Learning Ally Records Texts for Students"

"All of the Orland studio’s volunteers — there are 120 of them, and more eager readers are on a waiting list — have to audition, and those who make the cut undergo three months of training. And it’s not just reading the words, it’s also trying to describe to the listener any charts, maps or graphics contained in textbooks. Learning Ally tries to match readers with their particular background or expertise. A couple of former math teachers, for instance, are tag-teaming on a geometry book."