Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

As the operators of Bookshare in the USA, which was made possible through a great exception in our copyright law here, we would love to make all of our books available to people with qualifying disabilities around the world. Don’t load the Treaty up on with arcane processes that waste scarce funding for no benefit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

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. It creates an opportunity to have public benefit being balanced with business interests. And, the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

federal law supports braille instruction. We also know that braille materials must be far more available to braille readers of all ages in order to realize their full benefits. Accordingly, U.S. At Benetech, we agree that braille is an essential literacy tool and that every child who needs it has the right to be taught braille.

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BoardAssist

JULY 30, 2014

Requires any Board member or key employee who may benefit from a related party transaction to disclose the interest in the transaction before it is approved. Contains procedures for reporting violations or suspected violations of laws and organizational policies. Board members may participate in a meeting by video or audio conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

Charlie Nesson , Founder Berkman Center at Harvard Law School, also reflects on the Clay Shirkey post and the description of the "one time look virus." In reading Nesson's post, I was fascinated with the description of Harvard Law School's virtual court project: my sense is that second life is an ideal environment for mock trials.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Before Benetech was founded, blind people were read to either in person by a family member, volunteer, or paid reader, or via audio cassette tape. Being based in Silicon Valley, we have the benefit of seeing the future being invented constantly. Blind people were dependent on sighted people for access to books. Fast forward to today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

These licenses and the values that they stand for are vital to building and strengthening a digital commons from which we all benefit. I hope you will consider supporting Creative Commons and licensing content that you own or control such that we all benefit from the growth of the commons. Crossposted at the Creative Commons Weblog.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The benefit of doing this is to shape the headline around the content itself so I don’t get trapped into forcing a narrative around a 70 character sentence. Here’s a list of equipment and software I’ve used in the past to create 5-10 minute demo videos: Microphone: Audio-Technica. Pop Filter: Earambler Pop Filter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

Tara Hunt's reflection describes Twitter's value, attraction, and benefits while Andy Carvin looks at the potential value from an ngo perspective. Tobias Schonwetter, discusses the analogy between copyright law and culture in many regions of the world and an interview with Anna Badimo, chairperson of LinuxChix Africa.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

When transcoding audio of voices, the worker knows they are putting into writing the words of a speaker with an Irish accent. Blind and isolated, one struggles to see what one’s labour precisely is and who it benefits, just as one struggles to defend oneself against an employer about which nothing is known.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

And the podcasts became an extension of that, because I realized I wanted to do interviews, and it was a great way to do the interviews and have them in an audio form for people who are interested in audio, and then also I get them transcribed and put them on the blog. And I started working with a community outside of St.

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