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Go Green with Video, Audio, and Web Conferencing

Tech Soup

The software for a virtual meeting can be either a application downloaded on each attendee's computer or a web-based application where the attendees enter a URL to enter the conference. Some interesting ones are: Skype — the overwhelming favorite free audio and video calling service internationally.

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Bookshare Users Downloading Long-Awaited Apple e-Book App

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech got a call recently from an excited Bookshare member who had been waiting to download our new Read2Go accessible e-book application for Apple devices. Graduate student Maria Georgakarakou, who is blind, gave us a rave review for the Read2Go app which allows those with print disabilities to listen to books in the DAISY audio format.

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Rockstar Nairobi Social Entrepreneur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare is our large digital library for students with disabilities such as blindness or dyslexia. We use digital ebooks at Bookshare’s core, which can easily be turned into braille, large print or digital audio (using synthetic speech technology). Daproim has more than 7600 applications from Kenyan students who want to work there.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. Someday we want to collect audio and video, too, but we’d need a pretty serious operating budget to do that and at least one full-time employee. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Citrix Online Returns

Tech Soup

Eligible nonprofits and libraries can now access discounted rates for Citrix Online's web conferencing and remote desktop services. Not sure which web conferencing tool makes sense for your nonprofit or library? Web and Audio Conferencing. Citrix Online products are back in stock! high-definition video conferencing.

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Optimizing Your Software: 4 Tips for Growing Nonprofits

DNL OmniMedia

Growing nonprofits applying for grants should create a dedicated grant manager position who will oversee grant applications from initial outreach to check-ins with grant officers. Effective grant management software comes with a few key features: document library, calendar tools, and reporting capabilities. Best Practices.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. The information can then be erased from the phone, to safeguard it from the phone’s possible loss or confiscation.

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