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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Each new content delivery system is eagerly tested by technically oriented blind individuals or the organizations serving them, often to result in disappointment and widespread advice to avoid wasting limited resources on inaccessible content.

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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I made a few tests to see how it might work I also got some advice from Jon Udell. One thing I learned just two weeks ago from a phone call to the TechSmith tech support guy is that the.wmv files from Ready/Talk can be run through microsoft media encoder - so they could be pulled into Camtasia and edited.

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Social Learning Isn't Just for Kids: Learning in Public at Conferences and Workshops

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jeremiah Owyang has a terrific post with some advice on how to do this. Twitter Training Notes and Audio File. Flip Cam Training Training Video , and Audio File. He suggests: Prepare More Than Ever. Know Your Audience’s Social Technology Adoption. Monitor the Backchannel While Speaking. Deployment Packet.

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Software to Grow Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Human resources software can save you time, reduce paperwork, and help you get rid of paper HR files once and for all. TechSoup’s Elliot Harmon has great articles on developing your first website and how websites work , full of tips, advice, and in-depth information to help you make the best choices. Learn more.

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Using Web Conferencing Software To Create A Screencast

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But wait a minute, what if I could create a screencast out of a screensharing session or using a web conference system like Ready/Talk that offers video/audio recording? So, I just plunged in with Ready/Talk and made a quick video/audio capture of me talking to myself while looking at my screen. What did I learn?

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. My idea was completely legal!

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Web Video for Social Benefit Sector: Some learnings.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The advice/questions: Do most people have and know how to use video cameras to post video replies? May need to get some technical instructions on how to convert the file formats or use a service like hipcast. Ownership of content advice: " It will depend on what you want to do with the videos.

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