Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S. Under our copyright exception, we simply buy a copy of the needed print book, scan it using optical character recognition, and create an accessible ebook.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. So, this means books, periodicals and other similar textual works, including audio versions of those titles. It covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances. Article 2(c).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The World Blind Union's Right to Read Campaign estimates that less than ten percent of all books published are available in accessible formats such as braille, large print, and audio talking books. It is politically popular. Helping people with disabilities gain access to education and books is a cause everyone can identify with.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges. The good news is that major changes in technology are reforming education. In addition, it is essential to ensure that all newly created digital content is made accessible from the outset.

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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.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This is why the making of accessible books is a classic example of market failure: if publishers could make a lot of money selling braille, large print, audio, and fully accessible textbooks, we wouldn’t need a copyright exception. Don’t create a global Swiss registry of nonprofit organizations qualified to use exceptions.

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JULY 20, 2013

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Alcoholic beverage tastings are frequently held as special events and are surprisingly simple to create online. 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. 4) Happy hours/wine tasting.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Their team of journalists pull together a politics and technology news feed that condenses the essential information of the day and makes easy to look at on the small screen. – is a Google created app that identified points of interest while you walk/drive around. Carlos Bergfeld, Product Content Manager.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Create a beautiful peer-to-peer event page that not only introduces new users to your mission with key branding but also hosts information like a fundraising tracker and leaderboard. Download eBook. OBS users can create live scenes made up of different windows, images, webcams, capture cards, and more. Bidding Software.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

With technology improving, virtual and hybrid events rising in popularity, and new event ideas coming to fruition, it can be hard to determine the best fundraising event that aligns with your audience, goals, and overall mission. Download eBook. Easily turn this into an auction by creating an item viewing area.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Colleen Fahey’s article, How Audio Enhances Your Brand Content: Find Your Signature Sound , provides guidance for how your nonprofit can strengthen its voice. Tech Impact echoes words from BBCON and The Nonprofit Times in their post: 6 Tips For Creating A Better Donation Form. You should. It’s a year-long thing.

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