Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 29, 2020

With AVS Video Editor, you can add audio tracks, backgrounds, overlays, visual effects, audio effects, and text. Audio tools. Audio tools. Easily trim and edit videos and access additional royalty-free video and audio components to take your creation to the next level. Media library. Audio tools.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Don’t Forget Audio. Once you’re actually into the production stage, don’t forget to get quality audio for your video. When it comes to video, we all have pretty good quality cameras on our phones, but audio recording is still way behind. A great, free resource for background music is the YouTube Audio Library.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2011

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. She predicted that the usability of Read2Go will encourage Bookshare members to read more books in the DAISY audio format.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Wouldn''t that create more demand for our Bookshare online library? You might ask: why would an organization that in many ways provides a competitive alternative to e-readers object to e-readers being exempted from accessibility requirements?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. Plus, it will especially help countries with less-developed libraries and services for people with disabilities by making it easier to tap large collections (like Bookshare) in other countries. Article 2(c).

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

A podcast is basically a coded feed of XML that lists the information about your podcast, titles, descriptions and a link to where the MP3 audio file lives. Imagine you were in the 90’s and gave out CDs with your podcast audio episodes and then tried to figure out who actually listened to them.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

I’m thrilled to share with you some of the recent amazing impact of Bookshare , a Benetech Global Literacy initiative and the largest accessible online library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities. The majority of our members are U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. and a new audio option for Spanish titles. This has led to advancements that benefit everyone.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2017

version introduced a whole bunch of new media widgets such as rich text, audio and video etc. As far as “under the hood” changes go, look for better mapping for theme widgets and navigation menus when you choose to switch themes; a ditching of the SWFUpload library; and recurring and automatic searches for files in plugin and theme editors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This is why the making of accessible books is a classic example of market failure: if publishers could make a lot of money selling braille, large print, audio, and fully accessible textbooks, we wouldn’t need a copyright exception. It’s expensive to adapt textbooks to be accessible. For what am I advocating?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

As the nonprofit operator of Bookshare ,the world’s largest online library for people who are blind, visually impaired, dyslexic, or have a physical disability that prevents them from reading books, Benetech strongly recommends the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty. There is still much to do, however, before the treaty takes full effect.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. My biggest argument was the “library with holes” problem. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

In my Fall 2011 President's Update , I mentioned some of our incredible recent achievements in this core program, including the amazing milestones of our Bookshare library. Our innovative approach has revolutionized the traditional library for people with print disabilities.

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 5, 2018

An online library where all the e-content (such as reference materials) can be stored. Not just this, you will need to make sure that the employees get access to a range of content types, such as video, written and audio content. Easy options to upload organization data and course materials.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video. I would class this as TVI (nearly identical) plus additional provisions creating a similar exception for schools, libraries and archives. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). This was recently presented by the U.S.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

They also help demonstrate the human impact of nonprofits' and libraries' work. This means that the rules for consent apply not only to photos, but also to videos and audio recordings. The following rules of thumb are abstracted from Bryan Carson's Laws for Using Photos You Take at Your Library. You can indeed.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

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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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Danielle Coates-Connor: And you, Devyn, have been creating a visionary library of images with all of the branding work that you’ve done at Edge Leadership, with all of the illustration work that you’ve done for Nonprofit Quarterly and for The Voice Lab. So I thought it was powerful audio to use.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

Cut the cord with discounted Sennheiser OfficeRunner wireless headsets , now available to eligible nonprofits and public libraries at TechSoup. ” Compare Audio Conferencing Tools Available from TechSoup. Audio conferencing solutions are important for staff and volunteers spread across the state, country, and world.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Should you use buttons and links on your homepage to direct visitors to your internal directory or research library? You can boost perception by using sufficient color contrast between the foreground and background, adding alternative text to images and videos, and creating audio descriptions for text when necessary.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

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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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. What can you do with your mobile site?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

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). and we needed more help.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. Nonprofits and libraries will receive what is called a conference-room license. With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. Nonprofits and libraries will receive what is called a conference-room license. With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2015

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. Nonprofits and libraries will receive what is called a conference-room license. With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Earlier this week I was invited to speak on an on-line conference by the Friends of Benetech, an independent support group for our Bookshare.org digital library for people with print disabilities. They have a neat technology for an on-line audio and text chat room. I love this kind of opportunity that technology makes possible.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2015

A new year is a fresh start for you and your nonprofit, charity, or library. Adobe's powerful tools allow you to edit images, design websites, publish newsletters, create video and audio productions, and more. Show your nonprofit or library's impact with web and graphic design product donations.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. The case studies were presented by Zoe Blumenfeld, communications manager for Global Fund for Women , and Viktor Sjöberg, digital services librarian at Escondido Public Library.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

Should you use buttons and links on your homepage to direct visitors to your internal directory or research library? You can boost perception by using sufficient color contrast between the foreground and background, adding alternative text to images and videos, and creating audio descriptions for text when necessary.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. Libraries have also experimented with replacing terminals with smaller footprint Raspberry Pi computers. Peripherals.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is esse ntial to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Organize software trainings for your library computer lab. Online courses from easyLearning by Serebra provide busy nonprofit and library staffers with access to more than 1,500 technical and professional courses.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Foursquare is essential for nonprofits that are location-based (such as museums, food banks, and libraries ). Trottr allows you to record brief audio messages with your cell phone that are then hosted on the Trottr website. Foursquare. The technology does not yet exactly match the needs of the nonprofit sector, but its close.

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