Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

It became a burden to his family and caregivers to constantly drop what they were doing to turn a page, so he began seeking out ebooks. This reality changed when Frank found out about Benetech’s Bookshare accessible digital library for people with print disabilities. To continue this work, we depend on the support of generous donors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. In 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The deal was: help people with disabilities that can't access books and don't hurt the economic interests of the publishers (and authors). Ensure that only people with qualifying disabilities get access to these books. Department of Education). Educate and inform schools and our users about the qualifications.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Betsy Beaumon, Benetech VP and General Manager of Bookshare During the event, our Bookshare staff offered demos of our Bookshare library and our Go Read accessible ebook reader for Android. A little over 4 years ago, we won a competitive contract award from the US Department of Education which took a bold risk on Bookshare.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 5, 2009

We have been very lucky to continue to partner more closely with the publishing industry, as a major segment of educational publishers come on board with Bookshare: the university presses. We're delighted to be working with these top university presses to meet this crucial need through Bookshare.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

During that time, we’ve grown from offering one product to offering many products and services, in four program areas: education, human rights, the environment, and, now, tech volunteerism. To explain our approach, let’s look at Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with print disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Here’s a sampling of the kinds of projects on our current list: Operating an open repository of image descriptions to assist blind and other disabled people to access the information locked up in images, especially in education (big fair use question here). Human Rights Program policies: what are contingency/crisis plans for our staff?

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AccelEvents

JUNE 9, 2021

Common offers include: Lifetime or VIP access to your online summit or the recorded content. Selling your core offer with an All-Access Pass included. You should outsource it (instead of designing it yourself) and make sure that you have vector files. Create and Structure Critical Landing Pages for the Virtual Summit.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The Foundation recently took part in an IT security assessment that resulted in additional training for staff related to keeping access to our data and files safe. areas, database entry , communications, and general education. Free eBook: Internal Controls for Grantmakers. Keeping software platforms updated is essential.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 9, 2021

Common offers include: Lifetime or VIP access to your online summit or the recorded content. Selling your core offer with an All-Access Pass included. You should outsource it (instead of designing it yourself) and make sure that you have vector files. Create and Structure Critical Landing Pages for the Virtual Summit.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Then click the “Create Audience” drop-down and select “Customer File.” CSV file or MailChimp list to import. Content is still a very important factor in educating, informing, and building member/donor trust. Make Calls To Action Relevant, Visible And Accessible. ” Next, choose either a.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

From Arkenstone to Bookshare The field of access to books by blind people is where Benetech has twice been the key engine of positive equilibrium change at scale, and we are already working on the third change. Blind people were dependent on sighted people for access to books. The first was the ebook.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). Or file a DMCA notice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Virtual education is a great tool and can be used to teach a wide range of skills. One of the benefits of internet events is that you may distribute immediate access to digital goodies like downloads, special offers, or links to webinars. You can provide everyone who completes the hunt with something as simple as a digital file.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). Or file a DMCA notice.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

With the right event registration tool, your supporters should be able to access your event registration page from your nonprofit website, gain all the necessary details, and successfully complete the form. Download eBook. Video Toolbox is a free video editing solution that can process video files up to 1500 MB.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. The emergence of new technology alone has led to increases in donor expectations on several fronts—from mission transparency and program reporting to organization access and donor responsiveness.

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