Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 23, 2004
On Monday morning, the 2004 National Book Award winners in fiction and nonfiction were made live on our Bookshare.org site, providing rapid access to these books to readers with disabilities. Announced in the middle of last week, these two new books are two outstanding accounts of remarkably different histories.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 10, 2009
The following is the email I received from Kareem Dale in its entirety (and I have his permission to distribute it): Access to information and ideas is essential for personal and professional growth and full engagement in a democratic society. But engagement can be severely limited when information is not available in accessible formats.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 21, 2010
Hot issue this week are the now four proposals on solving the problem of access to print by people with print disabilities globally: The TVI: the treaty sponsored originally by the World Blind Union and supported at WIPO by Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Mexico. [I I was one of the co-drafters of the treaty language] The U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 24, 2010
A hot topic at the SCCR20/WIPO discussions in Geneva on global access to materials by the print disabilities is the term "Trusted Intermediaries"("TIs"). The concept of TIs uses U.S. and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point. In the U.S. This is a crucial point.
The Verge
JUNE 30, 2020
Where available, users can access them by tapping the “lyrics” card at the bottom of the service’s “Now Playing” screen. Spotify is launching a new real-time lyrics feature in 26 markets today, including India and countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America, TechCrunch reports.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2009
Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay joined together to propose that WIPO consider this treaty. During the meeting in Geneva, there was worrisome rhetoric coming from the advocacy community, like the Boing Boing post USA, Canada and the EU attempt to kill treaty to protect blind people's access to written material.
TechCrunch
APRIL 28, 2022
Millions of tons of cargo are transported each year via the Pan-American Highway and its branches across Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay. and Latin America: Magma Partners , out of Chile, which led the round; Duro Ventures , from California; 99 Startups , from Mexico; and Cibersons , from Paraguay.
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