Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. My biggest argument was the “library with holes” problem. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

After all, in the world of eBooks, ten years is pretty old! What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. Thanks again! This has led to advancements that benefit everyone.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges. Thanks to e-book technology, Bookshare today serves over 300,000 students with a collection of more than 300,000 accessible books – the world’s largest library of its kind.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people who are blind or otherwise disabled when it comes to reading print. I'm happy to say these proactive activities have paid off. We have the privilege of being able to serve people with disabilities in large part because of a generous provision in U.S.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 10, 2010

I’ve helped startup nonprofits not only take their first steps in fundraising, but make giant leaps toward fully funding their activities. I’m throwing the doors open on my library of ebooks and ebook/audio combos, and marking them all half off. And it’s been very rewarding!

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2022

Nonprofits have noticed this and are starting to make use of the video sharing platform to reach its 700 million active monthly users in order to fundraise. Promo.com offers an extensive library of footage for videos so that you can make a polished video for social media and other sources. Give us a try. Request a Demo.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

I had an exceptionally knowledgeable mentor who ran an office engaged in multiple types of fundraising activities: endowment (major gifts), special project fundraising (grant writing), annual fund (with a corporate slant), membership, database administration, special events, and volunteer management. My mind was a sponge.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

The Author’s Guild asserts that they control the audio rights and that delivering a text ebook to a device which could speak it aloud with synthetic text-to-speech and that their commercial market for audio books will someday be significantly affected by TTS. government to try to get it to actively support the Treaty.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

To get on the same page, consider using virtual-friendly activities like The Center for Creative Leadership’s 10 Steps for Establishing Team Norms , which outlines a straightforward activity that can be facilitated remotely. If you’d like to try this, you can borrow free eBooks and audiobooks from Candid’s extensive online library.)

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

While most major gifts folks would probably tell you that nothing could replace the value of an in-person visit or phone call, the real magic of those activities comes for the opportunity to tell the donor a story. I don’t know about you, but as a kid I loved storytelling time at the local library and at school.

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Candid

MAY 30, 2024

The Stonewall Reader compiled by The New York Public Library. The book is “a celebration of queer life and activism under the challenging circumstances that come with more conservative surroundings,” she writes. For help getting started, please read “ How can I access Candid’s eBook collection? ” Mogul, Andrea J.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The first was the ebook. Fundamentally, the Arkenstone Reader allowed blind people to create their own personal ebook as a text file that could be read in something like Microsoft Word. These formats now underpin the ebook industry of today. The Bookshare breakthrough depended on three innovations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 11, 2013

We’re actively participating in initiatives such as the Taproot Foundation Pro Bono Summit and the A Billion+ Change campaign , and we’re working closely with tech giants like HP and VMware to match and structure the right opportunities for their engineering teams to collaborate with our Project Partners.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

The app also has a voice-activated search. Overdrive media console – is an audio and ebook downloader and reader app which is especially useful for ebooks you get from the library. The app lets me request a ride and also pay for it with my phone. Yelp – for restaurant and other reviews.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

They oversee activities and play a large role in determining how you spend your budget and the goals you set. Download eBook. If you have any passionate supporters or those who just love being active, auctioning off sports-themed items is a great idea. Set up a tournament so that supporters have a little friendly competition.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Bookshare Hits 100,000 Members Boy reading at a computer with teacher in the background.Since the beginning of 2009, we’ve tripled the number of people with disabilities Bookshare is serving with our accessible library of ebooks. Men being trained to use Martus to enter testimonies.Our human rights team is active all over the world.

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