Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. But, the Treaty does lean much more in the direction of a copyright exception without a commercial exemption.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
I’m thrilled to share with you some of the recent amazing impact of Bookshare , a Benetech Global Literacy initiative and the largest accessible online library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities. Bookshare titles range from vocational to research to teacher-recommended reading. The majority of our members are U.S.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2015
It was again a grant from the Lavelle Fund (our third) that allowed us to develop the ability to provide accessible MP3 audio versions of our materials and realize the enormous potential impact of mobile reading options for individuals with print disabilities. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
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. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
And in exchange, the SFWA encourages their members to voluntarily give Bookshare their content (high quality files remove/greatly reduce the danger of errors creeping in). Amazon isn’t distributing an audio book: it’s distributing a text ebook (which they have the rights to do so and authors get compensated for, one assumes).
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses. It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 17, 2006
My (incorrect) perception that non-copyrighted music is crap. Why add KB or MB to the file size when my content instructional. Lack of technical skills or software tools in cutting, splicing, fading the audio and weaving it with the video track. I thought that any non-copyrighted music might be hopelessly amateur.
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