Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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SocialCoding4Good Going International with Random Hacks of Kindness

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s a terrific experience to spend a weekend hacking for social good. Each of these partners has established deployments, an active community and a demonstrated history of creating transformative impact. Knowing that you’re working with literally thousands of others worldwide makes it simply awe-inspiring.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As someone who travels roughly half the time, it’s important to provide some insight into what’s going on, especially since these meetings often influence where Benetech goes with our efforts. To paraphrase Mark Twain, I didn’t have time to write a short blog post, so I wrote a long one. I decided to follow through and attend.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. We have an array of copyright exceptions that cover the activities of archives and libraries, especially fair use and the copyright exception that benefits people with disabilities.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My biggest takeaway from the summit: the time could not be more urgent, and more hopeful, for the future of braille and the prospects of those who need it. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Literacy 208
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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our experience successfully building Bookshare under the United States copyright exception, which has no such commercial availability limitation, informs this strong opinion. Countries implementing the Marrakesh Treaty, might benefit from hearing the experience of other countries which have already put such copyright exceptions into place.

Copyright 100
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Not Business As Usual!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I had a blast in New Orleans revving up the crowd about this exciting time for the Social Enterprise Alliance and the movement. I want to talk to you today about this moment in time, this great opportunity for us. There are so many times when human beings are in need, and they need our charity. It’s kind of daunting.

Business 100
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The FCC and Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

approach where users, experts and vendors can update the data every day, keeping it relevant and timely. Actively optimize for search engines so that the people who need to find the information will. • . • Old Clearinghouses rapidly became out of date, especially after the initial grant expired. The FCC should embrace a more Web 2.0