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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

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However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Those that are published don’t actually reach many of the people who might want to read them because of affordability. It made me who I am. I’m a big fan of the printed book and always have been.

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Our WIPO Statement on the Treaty for Access for People with Disabilities

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As a result, we are increasingly working with other disability organizations in other countries to extend Bookshare’s ability to serve people with disabilities. extended to help all people with print disabilities in the world who need it. extended to help all people with print disabilities in the world who need it.

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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

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Under Betsy’s guidance, Benetech is developing new software for social good enterprises to connect communities with inclusive technology: Service Net: Reshaping the social safety net in human services to better connect people to the services they need. Empowered over 600,000 people who are blind or dyslexic to read with Bookshare.

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Fake Facebook Friends and the CIA

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But, it was a reminder of how somebody who has been working with people at the forefront of the security field can be taken in, if only for five minutes. With the exception of a few folks who decline to participate on Facebook on principle (and are unlikely to join now), people in my network probably are not newcomers to Facebook.

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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty

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One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities. HathiTrust.

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Why You Don’t Want this Job!

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There’s a lot on the line—for the person we hire, for our organization and for the people we serve—so we want someone who will be both riveted by and successful in this critical position. and work often with people in miserable conditions (yes, in both places!); That’s why I’ve come up with this “anti job description.”

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New Ideas at TED2014

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TED gives me the chance to brainstorm with loads of people who gather to discuss ways to change the world through technology and design. We, of course, ended up talking about helping people who are blind around the world. Andrew’s focus is on curing blindness: 80% of the people he sees in rural Kenya can have their blindness reversed.

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