Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 14, 2011
From the website : In most respects MariaDB will work exactly as MySQL : all commands, interfaces, libraries and APIs that exist in MySQL also exist in MariaDB. There is no need to convert databases to switch to MariaDB. MariaDB is a true drop in replacement of MySQL!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
Problems with the Treaty as is If the Treaty were passed as is, with all bracketed materials dropped, we see only two painful omissions. This is especially a problem as the world moves to electronic books, which have license agreements (contracts, that are rarely looked at by consumers) that almost always prohibit making them accessible.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 16, 2011
This is becoming crucially important as the problem of delivering access to text is increasingly solved by the move to ebook publishing and solutions like our Bookshare library. Of course, just as we're solving the text problem, more and more content is moving to richer, more visual forms like graphics, simulations and flash!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
You might ask: why would an organization that in many ways provides a competitive alternative to e-readers object to e-readers being exempted from accessibility requirements? Wouldn''t that create more demand for our Bookshare online library? We think the best long-term way to solve this equal access problem is, well, equal access.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 27, 2014
Zach has Cerebral Palsy , which causes movement and coordination problems, and which keeps him from speaking and walking. To communicate his thoughts, he uses an alternative augmentative communication device. I don’t wait for my books for new classes; I search the library and find them myself.”
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
Having learning disabilities or various learning differences, they need alternative reading environments that rely on their strengths rather than on their weaknesses. Bookshare has grown into the largest online digital library of accessible books and periodicals in the U.S., In September 2007, the U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 17, 2014
Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.
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