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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book. We can do better!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
In it, we pointed out the irony that the first generation of ebook readers being inaccessible to blind people. This irony continues: it’s a terrible shame that Amazon (and other ebook device vendors) keeps putting out ebook products that are inaccessible to the blind! years ago entitled the Soundproof Book. The ship has sailed.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 20, 2015
We use digital ebooks at Bookshare’s core, which can easily be turned into braille, large print or digital audio (using synthetic speech technology). Her answer was simple: she simply needs more business. Bookshare is our large digital library for students with disabilities such as blindness or dyslexia.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
Bookshare’s role was mixed: we didn’t end up attending many of these meetings and critiqued early efforts that were crippled by heavy-handed publisher influence, although we did propose at one point to supply technology to TIGAR based on Bookshare. There was one big area of consensus. This was called Inclusive Publishing at the meeting.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2016
The common link among our projects is information technology, which can be applied to just about every aspect of the social sector. Yet, nonprofits frequently lag behind the for-profit world in applying technology to their work. Benetech has a unique opportunity to repeatedly use technology as a social change agent.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 25, 2022
While this approach may not bring in as much cash upfront, the benefit is that you may continue to attract consumers to your business and create consistent donations over a long period of time. Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. 26) Community business fair.
Tech Soup
APRIL 14, 2014
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