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GreenDimes: Stops Junk Mail.

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One of the most important gifts I'm celebrating this holiday season are the things I didn't get: many, many pounds of junk mail catalogs, many of them duplicates. And, it's accomplished through a great social venture: GreenDimes , whose motto is Stop Junk Mail. So, the Greendimes folks mailed us the postcards to sign and send in.

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There Are No Online Security Shortcuts for Human Rights

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The relevant Wired.com editor responded with an endorsement for use by Middle Eastern dissidents of Hushmail, an online web mail site with a similar design. The discussion, and this (to us) risky recommendation from a publication with a long history of covering these issues, led Benetech chief scientist, Dr.

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Bookshare and the Power of We

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When Bookshare was first created, most people with print disabilities read printed material via books on tape or hardcopy Braille books delivered through the mail. We blew up the old approaches to converting inaccessible books into accessible equivalents. Converting and delivering these accessible books was expensive and time consuming.

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AxsJAX at Google

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There's a lot going on in gmail that doesn't require going back to the Google mail server. AxsJAX builds on this draft standard to make some tough web applications not only accessible, but even better in some ways for people with disabilities. An example of this kind of challenge is with gmail.

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Giving the Gift of Accessibility

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Have included a list of the titles at the end of this mail for those who are curious. Your e-mail was deeply appreciated, It's a joy to be part of your volunteers. All they had to do was send in their “wish” and we take care of the rest. We have requests in for 51 books (wide ranging in subject and genre). What a wonderful gift! :D

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Wired News: Coders Bare Invasion Death Count

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That same article was picked up elsewhere in Africa, such as the Mail and Guardian Online. And, our Martus human rights software was covered in a South African publication, with an article entitled: Free software working for human rights.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

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Kristina Pappas and Rob Turner from Bookshare When Bookshare was first created, most people with print disabilities read printed material via books on tape delivered through the mail, which was expensive and slow. Our breakthrough with Bookshare was to put our users in charge of the collection. copyright law.

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