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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing.

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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text. Bookshare has grown into the largest online digital library of accessible books and periodicals in the U.S., There are some 7.5

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Ratify Marrakesh!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We are joining with our peers in the disability and library community in a joint statement to strongly encourage the Senate to ratify the treaty and for Congress to implement the minor legislative changes recommended as part of the package. law with the Treaty language. Including illustrations as part of books to be made accessible.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. The Proposals A. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). The African Union Proposed Treaty (“AUPT”).

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Random House Mondadori and Expanding the Spanish-language Bookshare Program Benetech’s strong relationships with numerous partners across sectors are fundamental to our continued success. In a recent blog post , Ed explains why growth markets are key to this proposed merger of two of the publishing world’s biggest players.

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The AI Writing Prompt Formula and Prompt Ideas

Whole Whale

Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone. When building through the API For more advanced users, there are ways to better tune models with more variables beyond language. This helps the AI understand your requirements better and provide a relevant response.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

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Sometimes that one phone call can give you a leg up when it comes time for the funder to review grant proposals. Candid’s Foundation Directory Essential is a fast, easy-to-use tool that offers you free instant access to 100,000 U.S. Their database is completely free to use, so all you need to do is set up an account to get access.

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