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Benetech Statistician Megan Price talks to local ASA chapter

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Guest Beneblog by Megan Price I recently had the opportunity to present several of HRP’s projects to the local San Francisco chapter of the American Statistical Association (SFASA). Quite a few are hoping to volunteer for us in the future!

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

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The first is developing strong local partners , such as disability NGOs, libraries or educational institutions that help us customize our services to the specific needs of their communities. They also provide outreach and user support, which helps us keep our costs low as well as build local capacity to meet accessibility needs.

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A Call for Millions: Ending the Global Book Famine for the Blind

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The majority of donations stay local, sourcing content in local languages and creating jobs. We have a new business model. Free service with a “pay what you can” request (like Wikipedia’s) is a sustainable nonprofit model. We have hundreds of thousands of ebooks in a dozen languages already available globally.

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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

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Data for Inclusion: Enabling people with disabilities to provide firsthand reports on the issues they face to inform policy at the local, national, and global level. Connected Civil Society: Applying machine learning and computer vision to document human rights violations and promote accountability in Syria in collaboration with the UN.

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Majora Carter’s Eco-Entrepreneurship

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SB] 2 offers programs in technology, engineering, design and entrepreneurship to local youth, and supports local, early-stage companies. [SB] One such idea I brought up is reshoring—that is, bringing well-paid factory jobs back home from overseas, and particularly to the South Bronx as a hub of local sourcing and production.

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Human Rights and the Duty to Protect Sensitive Data

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Consider this: when you visit your doctor about a medical issue in the United States, you can be reasonably confident that it won''t shortly be on the front page of the local newspaper. Co-authored with Enrique Piracés, Benetech VP, Human Rights. That''s why Martus offers end-to-end encryption.

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A Worthy Read: National Education Technology Plan

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It is full of examples of interesting ed tech from for-profits and nonprofits, as well as local, state and federal government agencies. These kinds of plans can be impenetrable, but I found this one quite readable and understandable.

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