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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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!)

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. The information can then be erased from the phone, to safeguard it from the phone’s possible loss or confiscation. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Example of Partham Books on mobile phones. It's still a journey we are on and we've had many success till date - Skype reading sessions across countries, helping us get books to children across the country, audio books created for the blind , iPad apps being made of our content and so much more.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

E-books, therefore, make access to information an affordable reality, as more and more people, including students, have a device in their pocket capable of operating as an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to Braille note-takers that can store thousands of e-books in digital Braille.

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Internet Strategy on the Cheap: Tools and Resources

Have Fun - Do Good

Built-in mike MicroTrack 2 by M-Audio. You can pay monthly, or as you go if you call from Skype to a phone). Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network. Need to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting). Podcasting Hardware Olympus Digital Recorders $125-$200 on Amazon Samson Zoom H4 Handy Digital Recorder.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. There wouldn't be a local node or the phone had some weirdness that prevented me from dialing out successfully. Like the time I was doing a session in an artists loft and the phone jack was 150 feet away and my phone cord was only 125 feet.