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Benetech’s New Image Description Tool Improves Accessibility of Graphical Content for Students with Print Disabilities

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This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. DIAGRAM stands for Digital Image and Graphics Resources for Accessible Materials.

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Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

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For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks. The DDD student staff people work half days at DDD, proofing textbooks to make them accessible to students with print disabilities. We scan the books in the U.S.,

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Share Files and Collaborate Online with Box

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Box.org provides organizations with the Box file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service. You can use Box's cloud-based storage and collaboration tools to replace traditional on-premises file servers and traditional file-sharing processes. See the Box.org Donation Program for details about this offer.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Free Webinar Next Week: Assessing the Cloud for Nonprofits and Libraries

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As more applications move to "the cloud," where they can be hosted online and accessed from anywhere, many nonprofits and libraries are wondering whether they should be moving their files, email, or other tech needs to hosted online parties as well. Register now and join us on December 6!

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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

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Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. In the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

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Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. As a result, we quickly became the largest online library for people with print disabilities. said Stevie. Thanks Stevie!

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