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Bookshare Users Downloading Long-Awaited Apple e-Book App

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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How to Measure Podcast Downloads

Whole Whale

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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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Big Meeting on the Treaty this Week!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

After the last WIPO session in November, the World Blind Union convened a group of experts to review the current Treaty draft and make recommendations to the WBU on the most important issues for WBU to work on in this next session. We expect that many of the big issues with the current text will get ironed out this week.

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5 Tips to Optimize Your Healthcare Organization Website

sgEngage

Review your site’s metrics such as time spent on each page, call to action (CTA) click-through rate, bounce rate, and conversion rates for pages such as your donation form or new patient registration page. Should you use buttons and links on your homepage to direct visitors to your internal directory or research library?

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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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Imagery and Authenticity

Non Profit Quarterly

Now let’s look at the original photo which I have seen before when our friends were on a text chain doing a fashion review on a text chain for how amazing Kendra looked on election day when she was out celebrating with communities since she was the person who topped the ticket in the district that day. What visuals are we bringing in?

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