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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

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Random House and Bertelsmann, its European owner, are already huge players in Latin America thanks to Random House Mondadori , Bertelsmann’s trade book publisher in Spain and Latin America and one of the world’s largest and most prestigious Spanish-language publishers.

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Bookshare Announcements

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The first release was about support for mobile phone use with software developer Code Factory of Spain. We had great user parties, listened to our users and talked to other key players in the accessibility field. We also announced a couple of assistive technology partnerships.

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Optimistic about Marrakesh Treaty!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

While the meeting was going on, we heard that Spain’s government had forwarded the treaty to their parliament for ratification. While it’s not clear where this fits in the Euro-wrangles, the hope is that this development will drive the Treaty’s ratification to the next level in Spain.

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IWith.org - A Spanish Tech Social Enterprise

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IWith.org - A Spanish Tech Social Enterprise I have just gotten back from a great family vacation (may post a picture or two) where we ended the trip up in Spain for five days. It reminded me of this cool social enterprise group I have been in touch with, founded by Jordi Duran (originally from Barcelona).

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Delhi University

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Dinesh has programmed for Freedom Scientific and now works for the Codefactory in Spain, and Madhu works for IBM. Jags and I then joined a blind technical/professional couple for dinner: Dinesh and Madhu Kaushal. I quite enjoyed our discussions, which ranged from Bookshare to the need for open source screen readers.

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Breakthrough on Global Access at WIPO in Geneva!

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UK, France, Spain) would have access to crucially important cultural, vocational and educational materials. If these proposed provisions took effect, it would be easier for communities of people with disabilities to build their own accessible collections inside their own countries.