Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
These are exciting times for everyone who’s been working to meet the accessibility imperative, as we are witnessing global movements that will increase accessible publishing and create new and better opportunities for people with disabilities. In my talk, I highlighted three global movements towards increasing accessible publishing.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
The miracle of ebooks What if we had the ability to overcome these accessibility barriers, barriers that affect most of humanity, not just people with identified disabilities, wouldn’t we have the moral obligation to act? We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. We can do better!
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 28, 2014
Gerardo’s contributions related to the Benetech Global Literacy Program include: Overseeing the building of the tech infrastructure that has taken Bookshare from serving tens of thousands of members to over 300,000 members, with a rapidly growing collection of 280,000+ accessible ebooks.
sgEngage
JULY 26, 2023
Respect Universal Opt-Out Do any of your online resources need to detect and record the Global Privacy Control (GPC) or other universal opt-out signals? Do you need to create opted-out constituent audience groups? If you have a website or form allowing constituents to set privacy preferences (e.g., Set data storage expirations?
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. It also demonstrates how each ebook that is added to the Bookshare collection is a brick in our members’ foundation of independence and inclusion. Eventually he had to ask others to turn pages for him.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 23, 2014
Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. This is one reason why our Human Rights Field Team is supporting LGBTI rights groups from the Caribbean to the African regions with targeted Martus and capacity building trainings. But what about everybody else?
Neon CRM
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The best software for your nonprofit—the one that fits your size and budget, style of fundraising, technical know-how, and donor preferences—might be only the third or fifth or twentieth best option for another group. A small grassroots group may choose to go with a basic, freely available option.
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