Accessibility eBook Open Source Problem 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Born Accessible: Working with publishers to ensure that any new ebook is accessible to people who read differently - with the goal of one day making Bookshare obsolete. My firm belief is that tech will play a key role in solving just about every social problem imaginable. I can assure you that I am not retiring.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 16, 2014
He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. To do so, we definitely need your help. Martus Desktop 4.5
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.
ASU Lodestar Center
MAY 20, 2016
The problem is even more acute for nonprofits, which typically experience stricter budgets and more mission-related limits on what they can do when they market. An in-depth guide related to the target issues they care about, tools or templates, case studies, and ebooks are all great examples of this. Join the open source culture.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 16, 2018
Solving a major problem involving information is beyond the capability of any one enterprise – no matter how terrific. Even in the tech industry, with its intense turf battle, companies have come to rely on open standards for data, for APIs, for technological plumbing. We need to see data as an expression of the voices.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. Ironically, many of these users might buy commercial ebooks, but the anti-piracy technology built into many ebook systems are not compatible with the technology these users employ to get the books in Braille or synthetic speech.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 11, 2013
Matching Techies With Social Causes SocialCoding4Good began with the idea of building a sort of Match.com for tech volunteerism — an algorithmic platform that would match individual software developers to nonprofit organizations that were building open source software for socially good causes.
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