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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation. Martus Desktop 4.5 and Mobile Martus 1.2

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting. We had a call with Aubrey Webson of Perkins International about their experiences in different countries (Perkins has done incredible work in Africa and other regions).

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. We work in North Africa Latin America, Asia: most of the places where large scale human rights abuses are going on.

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