Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2012

The recent upgrades in our Bookshare site and service such as the new audio formats, images, and image descriptions motivated several Members to share their thoughts, and we sought their permission to share those thoughts with you! I don't have a VR Stream or a Booksense; I just use the NLS digital talking book player. I love them.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2024

Armed with the right CMS, you’ll be in great shape to meet your organization’s digital goals. Annual filing requirements To strengthen your visual design, you need to adhere to web accessibility best practices. For visuals with audio like video and podcast, you should supply users with transcripts and closed captions.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

are tools that can quickly translate audio notes to text with AI services. This can be useful if a CEO just wants to make some audio notes every morning reacting or giving quick thoughts around a theme. Rev.com or Otter.ai These notes can then be edited and framed for relevant platform social posts.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

A podcast is basically a coded feed of XML that lists the information about your podcast, titles, descriptions and a link to where the MP3 audio file lives. Once this file is downloaded by a user’s device, your ability to track what they do with that file falls off of a cliff. Trying to track podcasts is pretty similar.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Thousands of ebooks are pouring into the collection each month thanks to the dedication of our volunteers around the world and partnerships with more than 500 socially responsible publishers who donate their digital files. Bookshare titles range from vocational to research to teacher-recommended reading.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

argued that we must shift from spending on the provision of hard copy braille to the provision of refreshable braille and the associated digital file formats to enable people to read so much more. “As We strongly support this position and believe the digital content revolution holds the best promise for the future of braille.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

While acquisition should still be a part of a diversified fundraising strategy, if you want to reduce attrition, focus on retaining the support of those already in your donor file. For over two decades, he has helped nonprofits leverage the digital space to grow their impact. This re-engagement is a significant achievement.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2013

Digital Storytelling is in the air around TechSoup these days, and thanks to a grant from Symantec we have been able to experiment and create some new videos. As for the sound, I had an Audio-Technica AT899 lavalier microphone attached to record my voice. We aimed to make this video informative, concise, and personable.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

The landscape of communication is evolving at an exponential rate, and digital media creation is riding at the head of the wave. But what remains constant underneath all the change in this digital age is the steady pulse of community storytelling. Please visit the site to view this file). The world is changing.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2016

And yet, it's important to make the effort, becauses email "churn" eats away at the size of your file as people change email addresses, close accounts, and change jobs. There are several effective free techniques to grow your email list using the current digital assets and online properties your organization already has.

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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. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

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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. And that’s how Bookshare was founded.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Peer discussion on use of online tools for collaboration for bounded networks, exploring some of the concepts in Digital Habits (each participant got a copy). Next week the Communications Network Conference will unleash a Gorilla Capture Team who live twitter, use FLIP cameras, digital cameras, and blogs to cover the conference.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Campaign. A production grid is easy to produce in a collaborative tool like Google Docs and is easily shared via email or file sharing. The site allows users to upload content — video, audio, and images — and invite others to put the pieces together. Building a Team.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I have tried to use basic tools, like Notepad, to store notes, but that turned into an exercise of organizing multiple files with no way to easily find information or share it with others. OneNote allows users to create digital notebooks, each of which can be separated by multiple tabs for different topics. Searchability.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 20, 2011

For in-person interviews, I use the hub's Marantz PMD660 Digital Recorder ( he's an on location sound engineer ), and a microphone like the Electro-Voice 635A. (If When I'm done, I export the show into iTunes where I convert the file into an MP3. What does not sound good is if person is on their cell phone. number of downloads).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

From Icommons comes an incredibly useful legal brief to remixing media in the age of participatory media and campaigns by Steve Vosloo, Digital Hero Book Project. And how do you protect your own digital creations when you put them out there for the benefit of millions of screaming fans? into the file itself. shout-out???

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The larger aim of the organization is to support a digital commons that promotes the sharing and innovative "building upon" of creative works. Take advantage of all of TechSoup's best digital storytelling resources. image images graphics photo digital storytelling visualization visual' Ready to Go Creative Commons?

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

You’ve certainly seen pieces praising the benefits of digital marketing and lamenting the shortcomings of direct mail (or vice versa). 7 Tips for Effective Storytelling for Nonprofits Using Digital Marketing. 7 Tips for Effective Storytelling for Nonprofits Using Digital Marketing. Let’s get started. Check it out here.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

If you, like the rest of the world, have managed to shift to the virtual environment, you may be looking for ways to improve your digital presence. Or it can be a digital experience where customer avatars explore a new brand. If you want to add any graphic elements, you can, but they will require some digital finessing.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Slack Platform overview: Slack is a messaging platform that enables employees to send and receive multimedia messages, including regular chats as well as audio and video clips. This can streamline everything from new employee onboarding to cross-team collaboration and secure file sharing. This keeps all conversations focused.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

SMEX, also known as Social Media Exchange, is a nonprofit based in Lebanon that compiles an Arab digital rights dataset. Users can sift through types of law, as well as legislation that affects digital rights, and gain new insights through clear and interactive visualizations. Mix It Up: Different Mediums for More Impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 21, 2006

To get that book in large-print or as an audio book somebody else (the publisher, in most instances) had to decide to make the book available in alternative formats. Aren't there options out there already that aren't as difficult? There are some options, but the selection is limited: fewer than 5% of books are available in accessible media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

Record Two families of mics Dynamic mic - $80 SHURE SM57 or 58is top of the line- any $20 USB mic Castblaster - can que up your audio files and sound effects - DJ tool. Adjust the audio signal and keeps the quality high. Audacity or goldwave can help you get a soft audio louder. Garageban is king for Mac. Cost about $500.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

15 per person/minute for audio is very tough to swallow. Even the unlimited plans (which start at $50/month, or possibly discounted) have pricing for audio, which I hadn’ t realized. It was this audio pricing that drove a stake in the heart of my ReadyTalk plan. It does, apparently, do audio via VOIP. It’s $.24

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2006

The instructions from Digital Inspiration were fantastic, but I made a few newbie mistakes that took me more time and were a little frustrating: 1.) And, now I'm not sure where my upload bombs of png files were due to that problem or not). Since I already invested a bit of time, I figured what the hell, I'll make a screencast.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2006

Because of my husband's work, I had access to professional sound equipment: A Marantz PMD 660 Solid State Digital Recorder, (another professional option is an M-audio recorder ), a dynamic microphone, Electro-Voice 635A , and a cable to connect the microphone to the computer. This seemed like the most accessible option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2006

He works for this non-profit that supports independent, non-corporate audio and video file sharing (among other things). He has been the lead developer for Videobomb , a website that lets anyone who wants to add their digital video, primarily little independent art pieces, spoofs, etc.--

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Files: Is your organization the holder of the official record of something? Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? A digital member badge that can be shared on social media. Certificates of appreciation (digital). Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

If you, like the rest of the world, have managed to shift to the virtual environment, you may be looking for ways to improve your digital presence. Or it can be a digital experience where customer avatars explore a new brand. If you want to add any graphic elements, you can, but they will require some digital finessing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

8) Digital download donation rewards. One of the benefits of internet events is that you may distribute immediate access to digital goodies like downloads, special offers, or links to webinars. Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

I particularly like the MP3 experiments , events at which Improv Everywhere distribute an audio file to people for free as a podcast. Participants gather in a physical venue with their own digital audio players, and everyone hits “play” at the same time.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

Box is an online file sharing and collaboration tool. Comodo provides Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) digital certificates that authenticate your nonprofit's website. Litmos is compatible with numerous media types, including Microsoft Office, Flash, video, and audio. Two Truths and a Lie.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

Song Reader didn''t come as a CD, or an LP, or a bunch of digital audio files. Of course, Beck notes the irony that sheet music is not exactly accessible to everyone, especially at a time when many people are making music digitally in all kinds of ways that don''t start with standardized notation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

But interestingly, Yugma is now integrated with Skype, which totally changes the whole audio on a separate channel issue. at 3:56 pm Great America Networks Conferencing has a WebConferencing tool called QuickVisuals that lets you share your desktop, PowerPoint, video files, webcam from a PC/Mac/Linux platform easily. Be Helpful.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

We’ve done a few; I’ll interview someone for a specific reason for an article or to add to a file. Why did you decide to collect essays as opposed to digital media, perhaps video or audio? We struggle with how to save digital media. But we wanted to do something a little more formal to capture more.

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