National Achievement Award Winner - Bhavya S.
Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards winner and college senior, Bhavya from Edgewater, New Jersey, shares how his learning differences created challenges for him in school and how Learning Ally was the tool he needed to achieve academically. #blindness #visuallyimpaired #assistivetechnology #audiobooks
Bhavya is a senior at Stanford University majoring in computer science and mathematical compilation. This year, he will attend a Masters Program majoring in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.
In high school, Bhavya discovered Learning Ally’s audiobook library after struggling to understand his course material in a Probability Theory math class. He found the required textbook in the library, and was thrilled that the text was human-read by a narrator familiar with the subject matter. “Mathematics computations and symbols are very difficult in synthesized audio streaming,” he said, “but Learning Ally’s narrators are clear and competent. I can understand the information and the author’s intent.”
This discovery enabled Bhavya to pursue many more audiobooks for his secondary classes, and now in higher education. He encourages all students with visual impairments to explore Learning Ally for their courseware and reading interests. “Learning Ally plays a critical role in my educational journey, and is very beneficial for students who need accessible books and textbooks.”